In this video, we’ll talk about the H3 trainee visa. I'll see you on the other side. In this
video, we're going to talk about the H3 trainee visa, which is available for people coming
to the US to train with US employers. Before talking about this visa, I want to invite
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is, again, I think it's an unknown visa to many people who are trying to come to the
US. And H3 visa is it's a trainee visa that is designed to help employers to bring people
to the United States to offer training that is traditionally not available in their home
country. Now, the most known training visa is the J1 where you come as a cultural exchange,
you can work for a year in hospitality. After 18 months in business and other disciplines,
you can be a trainee, you can be an intern. There are different categories of the J1.
The H3 is a category of its own. It's its own visa, it has its own requirements. Unlike
the J1, where we file it with the State Department, we file directly with the US Embassy in the
home country where the applicants coming from, and we’re using a third-party agency to
sponsor the program. H3 visas are directly filed with USCIS directly. So, we file the
application on form I-129 and we file this with the US Immigration Service in the US.
And what is needed is we have to prove certain elements. First of all, we have to prove that
the person is a genuine trainee. So, either somebody who has just finished school or somebody
who has finished a particular trade and they need more training in their trade which is
not available in their home country. The key the H3 is that we have to prove that whatever
training they’re getting in the US is not available in their home country. We do that
in hospitality, we do that in construction, we do that even in certain tech industries,
we're able to do that. H3 visa, unlike the J1, is available after 24 months. And typically
we recommend employers not to go up to 24 months because people that use the trainee
visa for the full two years, they're required to leave the country for six months, similar
to what the J1 has, is a home residence requirement that is for two years. In the H3, it’s only
for six months. So typically, if you do 20 or 22 months, you don't need to go back home
if you find a way to change your status. The beauty of the H3 is that if you're able to
do so if you’re able to demonstrate to the government that their training is not available
in the home country, they will approve this particular petition and the way we do is we
prepare a comprehensive training plan that shows that what the training is going to be
doing every month with the employer. And also the training must include a classroom style
of training, kind of maybe you meet in a classroom setting, there's a board, we're teaching the
trainees some elements, whether it's marketing or it’s hospitality, or whatever the company
is doing. It's very important to document that there is some sort of a form of classroom
training. But once you get it, the visa is available for almost two years, as I said.
You can pay the trainee a salary. Again, it is important to show that the training is
not done to replace regular employment. And it's a really good option to get people to
join your company as trainees while we don't have any H1B visas. H1b visas are limited
in duration. They're limited in numbers and it's very difficult to have people join your
company if you work with foreign employees. Unless you're using the J1, which again is
very difficult to get right now. We've been doing a lot of H3s. I’ve done that for hotels,
for restaurants, for construction companies. We've done a recent one for a technology company.
They brought a trainee from Africa and we're able to show that whatever they're learning
here is not available in the home country. So again, I personally think it's a great
visa to help young people come to the US, learn a new skill. It's a great visa for US
employers to gain new talent that is eager to work and learn. And it's fairly not complicated
if you follow the rules if you follow the regulations. And you do it correctly, you
can get an entry visa in less than 45 days if done correctly. So once again, H3 visa,
designed for trainees to come to the United States to work with US employers. It's different
than the J1. It’s different than the H1B. It's specifically done for training. You can
get it for up to two years. If you're married, if you come in with a spouse, the spouse can
come on an H4 visa as a dependent. Thanks for watching. If you have any questions about
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