In order to look for jobs with temporary visas in the United States it is of utmost importance to understand the hiring process, keep in mind necessary requirements and procedures, and verify information about job offers. 

Para buscar empleo con visas de trabajo temporal en los Estados Unidos es de suma importancia conocer el proceso de contratación, tener en cuenta los trámites y requisitos necesarios y verificar la información sobre las ofertas de trabajo. 

The passport is an official identification document used to travel and to show proof of identity and nationality of a person. 

H-2 visas are petition-based permits and are valid when an employer in the United States requests that the United States government approve and certify the visas before scheduling appointments with workers. Therefore, the real work offers are those that have approved certification on behalf of an employer or business. The certification, in a general sense, is a permit that the United States government grants to employers to be able to contract and bring foreign workers to the United States temporarily in order to do the job specified on the petition. 

El Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM), worked closely with women migrant workers for months on the project: Breaking the Shell: How Maryland’s migrant crab pickers continue to be “picked apart”. 

This survey-based report comes at an urgent moment when the pandemic is heightening health and safety risks for the women on H-2B visas who sustain Maryland’s crab industry-- just this July, 50 migrant crab pickers fell ill with COVID-19 on Hooper’s Island.

El Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM), trabajó durante meses de cerca con trabajadoras migrantes en el proyecto: Rompiendo el caparazón: cómo las pizcadoras migrantes en Maryland siguen siendo “cosechadas aparte”.