J-1 VISAS. The main purpose of this visa is to learn. Trainees or interns come for one year, and then they return home. They are paid minimum wage and slightly above, plus housing and reasonable access to transportation. This process will take about three months.
TN VISAS. These are Mexican nationals with professional cedulas at home. They are able to come in for extended stays, and their visas are renewable. Processing the TN visas takes around 6-8 weeks typically.
HUMANITARIAN VISAS. There are a few countries who have a new visa category, which allows them to come into the USA under a sponsorship. After a few months, they have legal authorization to work. These individuals are ready immediately.
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Ronni, ECUADOR. Ronni has solidly good English, and has completed a veterinarian degree in Ecuador. (This is not quite the same as American veterinarian medicine training in the USA, but is a bit more than an animal science degree.) He is currently working in ag sales. He is ready to come as soon as papers can be completed.
Stephen, UGANDA. Stephen started a process with Global Cow before COVID, and has been both patient and resourceful with all the delays. He worked in Israel in floriculture, has been in the USA for a year, also with greenhouses. Upon his return to Uganda, he worked in dairy, before leaving for 18 months in Denmark, again on a dairy. He’s currently helping on his family dairy. He is ready to come ASAP as well.
Allan, UGANDA. Alan’s family has a farm of about 95 cows, 35 of them lactating. He’s always been around cows; “I have farming in my blood.” He has worked with his university in Uganda, and also in Israel in horticulture for a year. He has also worked on the dairy production side. He hopes to learn much more about modern dairying in the USA.
Ibrahimu, TANZANIA. Ibrahimu has also been to Israel for a year, working with a dairy of around 500 milking cows. He worked with feeding, milking, sanitation, housing and other areas. In his own village at home, he and his parents have a dairy with 100 cows (very large for Tanzania). Although they are milking all cattle by hand–with up to 12 people milking–they have an average of about 12 liters/cow/day.
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Ricardo, MEXICO. Ricardo’s English is between good to excellent. He has been in the USA before under a TN visa, in 2006-2007, with a 850 cow dairy as herd manager. He returned to Mexico for family reasons. Although he has solid work at home as a dairy management advisor, doing about 300 pre checks a week, the violence in his area has convinced him it’s time to look into opportunities in the USA. He has is open to positions on large or small dairies. He would be available as soon as the TN visa paperwork is processed.
Valeria, MEXICO. Valeria’s English is very good, with no problems in communicating. She has a degree in biotech engineering from Mexico, and also a masters degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Her working experience is in dairy processing, and she has never been in the USA under the TN visa before. She is ready to travel as soon as TN visa paperwork is processed.
HUMANITARIAN
Medardo, NICARAGUA. Medardo’s English is very high, very fluent. He has a veterinarian degree from Nicaragua (again, the vet med degree is not exactly the same as the USA’s training), and a master’s degree in animal health. He’s taught at the veterinary faculty in Nicaragua for a year, worked for vet clinic for four years, and then also worked on his own for three years as a veterinarian. He is most interested in nutrition, vet med and reproduction. He’s inseminated at least 300 and palpated at around 1,500 cows. He hopes for a dairy or beef farm (dairy being the first preference) where he can increase his knowledge, better his English and work a lot of hours during his two years here. NOTE: he and his brother would like to share living arrangements–see below. He has all work papers in order, and is ready to start “yesterday”.
Eliezer, NICARAGUA. Eliezer’s English is solid, and part of his goal while here is to improve his English skills. He has a food engineer degree and work experience in a slaughterhouse in Nicaragua. While in the USA, he is interested in working in agriculture in general, processing or production. Like his brother (above), he hopes for a dairy or beef farm where he can increase his knowledge, better his English and work a lot of hours during his two years here. NOTE: he and his brother would like to share living arrangements–see above. He has all work papers in order, and is ready to start “yesterday”.
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