Wednesday, June 24, 2015
U.S. Visa Glitch Continues to Stall Workers, Strain Farms
A computer hardware problem continues to cripple U.S. visa processing around the globe, stranding tens of thousands of foreigners who need to reach the country for business, weddings and funerals and other purposes.
A few hundred agricultural workers who were stalled near the Mexico-U.S. border have entered since the problem began. But many more remain there, farmers said, unsure if they will get visas before crops rot.
“We are talking about a situation now where we are falling further and further behind,” said Daren Gee, a major California strawberry grower. He said 200 seasonal workers he has arranged to employ had been delayed 19 days as of Friday, costing him $25,000 to $30,000 a day mainly in potential revenues.
Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-visa-glitch-continues-to-stall-workers-strain-farms-1434740816
Contact Darren Heyman immigration attorney Las Vegas, for more information
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