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.