B-1 Domestic Worker

Under specific conditions and limitations, a business visitor could be classified as B-1 to be a personal or domestic worker in the U.S. as following categories:

• Personal/Domestic Employees of U.S. Citizens Residing Abroad
  • The employee has a residence abroad;
  • The employee has been employed abroad by the employer as a personal or domestic servant; or the employer can show that while abroad the employer has regularly employed a domestic servant;
  • The employee has at least one year experience as a personal or domestic servant; etc.
• Personal/Domestic Employees of U.S. Citizens on Temporary Assignment in United States.
  • Personal or domestic employees who accompany or follow to join U.S. citizen
    employers who have a permanent home or are stationed in a foreign country and who
    are visiting the United States temporarily. The employeremployee relationship
    existed prior to the commencement of the employer’s visit to the United States.
  • The employee has a residence abroad;
  • The employee has been employed abroad by the employer as a personal or domestic servant; or the employer can show that while abroad the employer has regularly employed a domestic servant;
  • The employee has at least one year experience as a personal or domestic servant; etc.
• Personal/Domestic Employees who accompanies or follows to join Foreign Nationals in Nonimmigrant Status.
  • A personal or domestic employee who accompanies or follows to join an employer who is seeking admission into, or is already in, the United States in B, E, F, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, or Q nonimmigrant status.
  • The employee has a residence abroad;
  • The employee has been employed abroad by the employer as a personal or domestic servant; or the employer can show that while abroad the employer has regularly employed a domestic servant;
  • The employee has at least one year experience as a personal or
    domestic servant; etc.
• Personal/Domestic Employees of Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs).
  • Personal employees of all lawful permanent residents (LPRs), including conditional permanent residents and LPRs who have filed Form N470, Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes, must obtain permanent resident status, as it is contemplated that the employing LPR is a resident of the United States.

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