New Visa Category For Filipinos To Work In Guam

Comment from a reader on "Marketing the Olongapo Workforce":

To answer your question, yes the US has changed the H2 and some other worker categories for Guam and the Northern Marianas Islands. They lifted the cap and eased the restrictions in order to accomodate the build up necessary to relocate the Marines from Okinawa. The philippines will be competing with China and other nations for these jobs though.

[The Subic Bulletin] And more information:

Workers from Olongapo will get H-2B Visas. See the following regarding Gordon's efforts to market his City's workers:

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics5_mar28_2009,

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/regions/10723-olongapo-plans-ahead-of-us-bases-move-from-okinawa.html

Olongapo workers coming to Guam will enter under H-2B Visas. http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/h-2b.cfm

[The Subic Bulletin] Seems like Mayor Gordon was ahead of the game on this one, lets see if Olongapo's offering can be internationally competitive. We hope so!