Foreign Worker Visa
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A Foreign Worker visa is an immigration document that allows a foreign national
to temporarily live and work in a country. Ideally, such foreign nationals remedy a skill shortage in the host country, which gains support of business groups.
Foreign worker
A foreign worker is a person who works in a country other than the one of which he or she is a citizen. The term migrant worker as discussed in the migrant worker page is used in a particular UN resolution as a synonym for "foreign worker"...
to temporarily live and work in a country. Ideally, such foreign nationals remedy a skill shortage in the host country, which gains support of business groups.
See also
- Foreign Worker Visas of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
:- E-3 visaE-3 visaThe E-3 visa is a United States visa for which only citizens of Australia are eligible. It was created by an Act of the United States Congress as a result of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement , although it is not formally a part of the AUSFTA. The legislation creating the E-3 visa...
- H-1B visaH-1B visaThe H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101. It allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations...
- L-1 visaL-1 visaAn L-1 visa is a visa document used to enter the United States for the purpose of work in L-1 status. It is a non-immigrant visa, and is valid for a short amount of time, generally three years. L-1 visas are available to employees of an international company with offices in both the United States...
- E-3 visa