US Embassy Clarifies Temporary Worker Visa Procedures

10 Jan, 2012

January 10, 2012, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea -- U.S. Embassy Port Moresby Public Diplomacy Officer Brian Asmus clarified that while Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu citizens are eligible for temporary work programs in the United States, all applicants must have an approved job offer before applying for a visa. Mr. Asmus was responding to queries following publication of an article on H-2A and H-2B temporary worker programs in the National on January 10.

"Anyone interested in applying for temporary work programs in the United States," he said, " would have to have made contact with and been offered a job by an approved entity in the U.S. All applicants must have a petition approved by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security prior to applying for a U.S. visa." He advised interested parties not to contact the U.S. Embassy or any of its consular agencies directly as "neither the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, nor our consular agency in Honiara, Solomon Islands would be able to make an offer of employment."

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