APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL B-1 DOMESTIC HELPER APPLICANTS

1. The salary paid for work in the United States MUST be the higher of the prevailing U.S. wage or U.S. legal minimum wage.
2. Overtime pay (time and a half) is calculated for work hours exceeding eight in a day or 40 in a week.
3. Just as with any other employment in the U.S., it is the employer's obligation to comply with U.S. employment law, such as meeting any applicable tax; workmen's compensation; insurance; and Social Security requirements. It is up to the employer to research these requirements.
4. A receipt proving payment of the visa application fee
5. Employee's valid passport
6. Employer's passport and employer's spouse's passport
7. Fully completed and signed application form
8. Submit a recent photo (within the past six months), 2 inches square (roughly 50 mm square) with the head centered in the frame. The photo must be of your full face, against a white or off-white backgound and employee's signature on the reverse side
9. Two signed copies of a U.S. employment contract to contain the following elements (must also be presented at the U.S. port of entry):
   1. The employer will be the only provider of employment for the employee.
   2. The employer will provide free room and board and round-trip airfare.
   3. The employee will receive the minimum or prevailing wage (whichever is higher) for an eight hour day and any other benefits normally required for U.S. domestic workers in the area of employment.
   4. The employer will give at least two weeks notice of intent to terminate employment and the employee will give not more than two weeks notice of intent to leave employment.
10. Proof of a residence abroad which the employee has no intention of abandoning.
11. Contemporaneous proof of wage payment to the employee for any previous travel to the U.S. to demonstrate intent to comply with U.S. law on the upcoming trip. Many employers have submitted contemporaneous receipts, wire transfers, direct deposits or checks as proof of compliance.
12. If the employer has taken another employee (other than the applicant) to the U.S. since March 2001, contemporaneous proof of wage payment to the employee