Personal / Domestic Employees (B1)
A personal or domestic servant applying for a U.S.
visa to accompany his/her employer to the United States for a brief visit
must:
- Present all documents noted under our general
nonimmigrant visa application instructions.
- Have been employed abroad by the employer as a
personal or domestic servant for at least one year prior to the date of the
employer's admission to the United
States.
- Have a residence abroad which he or she has no
intention of abandoning.
- Demonstrate at least one year experience as a
personal or domestic servant by producing statements from previous employers
attesting to such experience.
- Provide a contract signed by the domestic servant
and the employer stating clearly the salary that the domestic servant will
receive while in the United
States. Please visit the Department of Labor's Online Wage
Library for details on prevailing wages in the state you will visit.