Did you know that depending on where you live, your visa options may vary? The H-2B visa is a perfect example of this. H-2B petitions are only approved for nationals that the Secretary of Homeland Security has designated. The Department of Homeland Security publishes a list of the Eligible countries in a Federal Register Notice. Here is the latest list, it was released in January 18, 2017:
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Andorra |
Ethiopia |
Luxembourg |
Serbia |
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Argentina |
Fiji |
Macedonia |
Singapore |
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Australia |
Finland |
Madagascar |
Slovakia |
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Austria |
France |
Malta |
Slovenia |
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Barbados |
Germany |
Mexico |
Solomon Islands |
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Belgium |
Greece |
Monaco |
South Africa |
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Belize |
Grenada |
Montenegro |
South Korea |
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Brazil |
Guatemala |
Nauru |
Spain |
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Brunei |
Haiti |
The Netherlands |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Bulgaria |
Honduras |
New Zealand |
Sweden |
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Canada |
Hungary |
Nicaragua |
Switzerland |
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Chile |
Iceland |
Norway |
Taiwan* |
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Colombia |
Ireland |
Panama |
Thailand |
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Costa Rica |
Israel |
Papua New Guinea |
Timor-Leste |
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Croatia |
Italy |
Peru |
Tonga |
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Czech Republic |
Jamaica |
The Philippines |
Turkey |
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Denmark |
Japan |
Poland |
Tuvalu |
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Dominican Republic |
Kiribati |
Portugal |
Ukraine |
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Ecuador |
Latvia |
Romania |
United Kingdom |
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El Salvador |
Lichtenstein |
Samoa |
Uruguay |
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Estonia |
Lithuania |
San Marino |
Vanuatu |
Learning which visa is best for you and how to apply can often cause some confusion. To learn more about what visas are available or what visa is best for you, call us for a free 1 hour consultation on immigration law.
