Quick-service restaurants can solve chronic staffing issues through international hiring programs like the EB-3 visa. This workforce strategy creates a continuous talent pipeline of committed ...
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The EB-3 Other Worker visa allows retail employers to sponsor international workers for permanent residency in positions requiring less than two years of training. Eligible roles include stock ...
The H-2B visa allows U.S. employers to hire seasonal foreign workers when local labor isn’t available. Designed for non-agricultural, seasonal, or peak-load needs, it helps businesses maintain full ...
Cultural exchange serves as powerful professional development for U.S. teachers. Working with international J-1 educators exposes them to diverse teaching methods, global perspectives, and new ...
The H-2B visa helps seasonal businesses hire temporary workers. Proper planning and compliance aids in meeting peak staffing needs, avoiding penalties, and building a reliable workforce for seasonal ...
The main difference between J-1 Intern and J-1 Trainee cultural exchange programs is experience level. J-1 Interns are current students or recent graduates gaining foundational skills, while J-1 ...
The EB-3 Other Worker visa program offers construction employers a long-term solution to persistent labor shortages by providing permanent workers for hard-to-fill support roles. Unlike temporary ...
The J-1 Exchange Visitor visa program helps hotels and resorts elevate guest experience and service quality by bringing in international hospitality trainees with diverse global perspectives. These ...
Do you qualify for the H-2B visa program? Understanding the eligibility requirements can help you determine whether this international talent is the right fit for your workforce needs.
The J-1 visa cultural exchange program allows U.S. businesses to host international interns and trainees, creating shared value through global talent development, innovation, and workforce growth. ...
Hotels with chronic staffing challenges can use the EB-3 Other Worker Visa Program to build a stable, long-term legal workforce for essential roles such as housekeeping, food service, maintenance, ...
J-1 STEM teachers enhance education by combining global expertise, innovative teaching, and cultural exchange to strengthen academic outcomes and workforce readiness.
Build a stronger workforce by combining H-2B visas for seasonal peaks with EB-3 visas for long-term roles. This dual strategy delivers flexibility during busy periods while creating a stable, ...
International teachers in J-1 Exchange Visitor programs enrich classroom learning by providing authentic accents, cultural context, and real-world communication experiences that textbooks can’t ...
International teachers placed through J-1 visa programs help schools build inclusive, culturally responsive learning environments. By sharing authentic global perspectives, they spark curiosity, ...
H-2A visas provide U.S. farms with a reliable, legally authorized seasonal workforce, helping agricultural operations avoid the annual hiring scramble. By pairing the H-2A program with professional ...
What is the role of visas in strategic workforce planning? Visas serve as a core workforce planning tool, not a last resort. When embedded into long-term talent strategy, visa programs help ...
Why is the EB-3 visa a competitive advantage for small businesses? The EB-3 Other Worker visa helps small businesses compete for talent by opening access to a global workforce and offering permanent ...
Global competence—the ability to understand, communicate, and collaborate across cultures—is a defining skill for student success. One of the most effective ways schools build this capability is by ...
Ethical international hiring gives agricultural operations a strategic advantage during harvest season. By using fair, transparent practices, farms gain reliable labor, improved productivity, ...
Labor shortages continue to define the American economic landscape in 2025, creating strategic challenges that demand C-suite attention. Recent data revisions reveal the scope of the crisis: job ...
Media Coverage
How Immigration Can Help Manufacturing's Labor Shortage
U.S. manufacturers face a compounding labor crisis. A 2024 Deloitte and Manufacturing Institute study projects a need for 3.8 million new workers by 2033, with nearly half of those roles at risk of going unfilled. Retirements are accelerating the gap, and entry-level roles such as production helpers, packers, and warehouse workers see chronically high turnover.
Company's Co-Founder and CEO Named to Annual List Honoring Dynamic Female Entrepreneurs and Leaders Over 50
On the Move: Karin Borchert
Karin Borchert was appointed chief executive officer of BDV Solutions. She has 25 years of global experience in driving business strategy for revenue and margin growth, product and business innovation.
The number of millionaires moving across international borders has increased significantly in the last decade, with a projected 125,000 in 2024..
Opinion: No, immigration and the border are not impossible problems
While the end of Title 42 did not lead to the border surges some anticipated, America still faces an immigration crisis, with a backlog of nearly 1.6 million asylum cases.
As the 2024 U.S. presidential election looms, immigration attorneys are bracing for a potential second-term for former president Donald Trump, fearing swift and stringent actions that could impede employment-based immigration.
Canada Woos American H-1B Visa Holders Fed Up With U.S. Immigration System
Layoffs sweeping the tech industry have not spared workers on temporary visas, known as H1Bs.
Arkansas Global Connect receives recognition for responsible recruitment practice
Arkansas Global Connect, which provides U.S. businesses with reliable seasonal labor, announced Tuesday (Oct. 22) it has received Clearview certification for demonstrating ethical labor practices.
Florida needs legal immigrants for its workforce
At a time when Florida's jobless rate stands at a mere 3% and businesses face a severe workforce shortage - with just 53 potential workers available for every 100 vacancies - the state's economic momentum faces a critical challenge.
Ditch the Green-Card Lottery
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have called for an increase in visas for skilled immigrants, angering some of President-elect Trump’s supporters.
Commentary: Legal immigrants want SC jobs Americans don’t. Make it easier to hire them.
With the state’s unemployment rate hovering at 3% and only 43 available workers for every 100 jobs, employers across a wide range of market sectors — from hospitality to manufacturing to construction — are struggling to find and retain workers.
Officials announced that United States employers looking to hire H-1B visa holders will be able to apply for next year's round of visas as usual next month, despite uncertainty for legal immigration under the new Trump administration.
Jauntavia Padgett didn't grow up talking politics. Now she's meeting with White House officials.
By day, the 28-year-old works as government relations manager for BDV Solutions, a Greenville-founded company that connects legal immigrants with in-need employers. By night, she serves on the Lyman planning commission.
Greenville firm helps navigate immigration work visas, reduce labor shortage
When Britt Vergnolle and her husband, Ronald, formed BDV Solutions in 2011, they started the business from their family’s kitchen table.
12 Black Leaders to Know: Chris Richardson
GREENVILLE — Fifteen years before he became a U.S. diplomat, doctors told Chris Richardson that he had cancer. He was 15 years old and he had at most five years to live.
Greenville’s BDV Solutions acquires Arkansas Global Connect
Greenville-based BDV Solutions recently acquired Arkansas Global Connect, a company that provides U.S. businesses with reliable seasonal labor.
A federal court will hear the lawsuit brought by the conservative Heritage Foundation against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking the public release of visa records of Prince Harry.
The life sciences industry in South Carolina is at a pivotal moment. No industry has grown as fast (42% since 2017) or attracted as many new businesses (1,000+) to the Palmetto State.
Greenville Best and Brightest 2023
Welcome to Greenville Business Magazine’s 2023 Best & Brightest 35 and Under! This is our 29th year of recognizing the business and community leaders who are making an impact in our state.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will increase its premium process fee for the I-140 petition.
Upstate entrepreneur among top 50 women in the US
An upstate business owner was recently named to the prestigious 50 Over 50: Impact list at Forbes magazine.
Visa Bulletin For January 2024
The final action date for EB-3 changed from August 1, 2020 to September 1, 2020 on the January 2024 visa bulletin.