2015
DOI: 10.17583/generos.2015.1662
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The H2 Visa process in the catfish industry

Abstract: This article builds on global ethnography, transnational feminist sociology, and gendered organizations to examine the processes and practices required to obtain H2 visas, temporary work permits for non-U.S. citizens seeking employment in agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. The article is based on ethnographic observation at a U.S. Consulate in Mexico with a focus on observing the process experienced by a group of Mexican workers seeking H2-A Visas to work on a catfish farm in Mississippi. I argue that b… Show more

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“…Because H2 visas are granted in response to peti tions from U.S. employers or their agents, legal tem po rary migrants nec es sar ily depend on them as middlemen to achieveU.S.entry(Hernández-León2021;Moorefield2019). In her study, Dellinger (2015) accom pa nied one U.S. employer on two jour neys to Monterrey, Mexico: one to arrange for the entry of H2A work ers and the other to bring in H2B work ers. Before arriv ing, the employer com pleted appli ca tion forms for all the pro posed ben e fi cia rieslistedintheI-129peti tion.OnceinMonterrey,heandanassis tantcare fully checkedall theformsandappli cantiden ti fi ca tiondoc u mentsandpreppedmigrants for their con sular inter views.…”
Section: How the New System Workmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because H2 visas are granted in response to peti tions from U.S. employers or their agents, legal tem po rary migrants nec es sar ily depend on them as middlemen to achieveU.S.entry(Hernández-León2021;Moorefield2019). In her study, Dellinger (2015) accom pa nied one U.S. employer on two jour neys to Monterrey, Mexico: one to arrange for the entry of H2A work ers and the other to bring in H2B work ers. Before arriv ing, the employer com pleted appli ca tion forms for all the pro posed ben e fi cia rieslistedintheI-129peti tion.OnceinMonterrey,heandanassis tantcare fully checkedall theformsandappli cantiden ti fi ca tiondoc u mentsandpreppedmigrants for their con sular inter views.…”
Section: How the New System Workmentioning
confidence: 99%