Re: J-1 visas

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Posted by Viter on July 31, 2003 at 01:13:57:

In Reply to: Re: J-1 visas posted by Tatiana Durbak on July 29, 2003 at 23:59:22:

: : Several weeks ago there was an article in the NYT regarding temporary workers from Eastern Europe employed as summer help in American tourist destinations. There may be a possibily of locating a couple of dozen potential employers willing to take on Ukrainian students for next summer. But......

: : The article states that these young people came in under J-1 visas. From what I can gather from the web J-1's are issued only to students studying here or to persons here to enhance their professional qualifications. Motel help, fast food positions etc. are specifically not eligible for J-1 employment. Yet it was just the type of jobs the students written about were employed at, and none were students here. Anyone able to clarify?

: : Z povahou -- ma d'yakuyem!

: J-1 visas are available in a number of situations. One situation is for college-aged students to come and work at seasonal jobs as exchange workers.
: The sponsoring agency must be approved by the BCIS (old INS) to provide particiapnts with an IAP-66.
: It's a shame that there are not more Ukrainian organizations in the US which shoose to do this. It would be far better for organizations to apply for the appropriate status and enable Ukrainians to come here and work legally than it is for these same organizations to employ visitors, thereby causing them to lose status.
: Maybe someone reaading this board might become interested and do something positive about this. However, I am not too optimistic that this will happen, given the apparent lack of interest in the Ukrainian US diaspora about effective immigration-related action or reform.

To both Mrs. Durbak and Dr. Oryshkevich:

Sincere thanks to both of you for taking the time to reply. The information you supplied gave me some idea of what's involved. (your posts are always of value!!) And I unfortunately share your skepticism as to our organized diaspora.

What drew my interest in the article was that it was datelined Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. Some time ago "the Dells" had at least a dozen Ukrainian-owned motels. I've not been there in years but it was my thought that if that was still the case these folks might be approached with a "a mozhe b nan'yali kilka z nashikh". I still intend to do that (fully expecting a "a na scho meni takikh klopotiv) but the article mentioned that there were 3500 (!!) young foreigners employed there this summer. Should be room for at least a few of ours.

No mention was made of sponsorship issues but I will query their Visitors & Convention people (one of whom was quoted) as to the mechanics of how they filled all those jobs.

Again -- Schiri spasibi

and a brief p.s.: I admit I find Zapad amusing but not much else, and your response was quite eloquent, but why bother?

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: : : Several weeks ago there was an article in the NYT regarding temporary workers from Eastern Europe employed as summer help in American tourist destinations. There may be a possibily of locating a couple of dozen potential employers willing to take on Ukrainian students for next summer. But...... : : : The article states that these young people came in under J-1 visas. From what I can gather from the web J-1's are issued only to students studying here or to persons here to enhance their professional qualifications. Motel help, fast food positions etc. are specifically not eligible for J-1 employment. Yet it was just the type of jobs the students written about were employed at, and none were students here. Anyone able to clarify? : : : Z povahou -- ma d'yakuyem! : : J-1 visas are available in a number of situations. One situation is for college-aged students to come and work at seasonal jobs as exchange workers. : : The sponsoring agency must be approved by the BCIS (old INS) to provide particiapnts with an IAP-66. : : It's a shame that there are not more Ukrainian organizations in the US which shoose to do this. It would be far better for organizations to apply for the appropriate status and enable Ukrainians to come here and work legally than it is for these same organizations to employ visitors, thereby causing them to lose status. : : Maybe someone reaading this board might become interested and do something positive about this. However, I am not too optimistic that this will happen, given the apparent lack of interest in the Ukrainian US diaspora about effective immigration-related action or reform. : : To both Mrs. Durbak and Dr. Oryshkevich: : Sincere thanks to both of you for taking the time to reply. The information you supplied gave me some idea of what's involved. (your posts are always of value!!) And I unfortunately share your skepticism as to our organized diaspora. : What drew my interest in the article was that it was datelined Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. Some time ago "the Dells" had at least a dozen Ukrainian-owned motels. I've not been there in years but it was my thought that if that was still the case these folks might be approached with a "a mozhe b nan'yali kilka z nashikh". I still intend to do that (fully expecting a "a na scho meni takikh klopotiv) but the article mentioned that there were 3500 (!!) young foreigners employed there this summer. Should be room for at least a few of ours. : No mention was made of sponsorship issues but I will query their Visitors & Convention people (one of whom was quoted) as to the mechanics of how they filled all those jobs. : Again -- Schiri spasibi : and a brief p.s.: I admit I find Zapad amusing but not much else, and your response was quite eloquent, but why bother? :

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