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PERM: Is Sheepherding an option for you?

By Joel Stewart

The Immigration procedures for Sheepherders (an important part of American history, culture and economy) are complex and have always merited special attention by the U.S. Government. In a special advisory issued in 2001 (ETA Advisory: Field Memorandum No. 24-01), the DOL ETA reviewed the entire history of sheepherders in the U.S. A review of the memorandum is interesting and useful not only for sheepherders, but for stakeholders in the labor certification program, now called PERM. According to the memorandum, employers in several Western States utilized the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act to "import" non-immigrant foreign workers to work...

Full post as published by Joel Stewart's Blog on July 27, 2009 (boomark / email).