The Secretary of Defense authorized the military services to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills are considered to be vital to the national interest. Those holding critical skills - physicians, nurses, and certain experts in language with associated cultural backgrounds - would be eligible. To determine its value in enhancing military readiness, the limited pilot program will recruit up to 1,000 people, and will continue for a period of up to 12 months. Read More
ELIGIBILITY
1. The applicant must be in one of the following categories at time of enlistment
a. asylee, refugee, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or
b. non-immigrant categories E, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, TC, TD, TN, U, or V
2. The applicant must have been in valid status in one of those categories for at least two years immediately prior to the enlistment date, but it does not have to be the same category as the one held on the date of enlistment; and
3. An applicant who may be eligible on the basis of a non-immigrant category at time of enlistment (see 1b above) must not have had any single absence from the United States of more than 90 days during the two year period immediately preceding the date of enlistment.
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
· Applicants must fill medical specialties where the service has a shortfall
· Applicants must meet all qualification criteria required for their medical specialty, and the criteria for foreign-trained DoD medical personnel recruited under other authorities
· Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in English
· Applicants must commit to at least 3 years of active duty, or six years in the Selected Reserve
ENLISTED INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL LANGUAGE SKILLS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS
· Applicants must possess specific language and culture capabilities in a language critical to DoD
· Applicants must demonstrate a language proficiency
· Applicants must meet all existing enlistment eligibility criteria
· Applicants must enlist for at least 4 years of active duty
Languages
· Albanian · Amharic · Arabic · Azerbaijani · Bengali · Burmese · Cambodian-Khmer · Chinese · Czech · Hausa · Hindi · Hungarian · Igbo · Indonesian · Korean · Kurdish · Lao · Malay · Malayalam · Moro · Nepalese
· Persian [Dari & Farsi] · Polish · Punjabi · Pushtu (aka Pashto) · Russian · Sindhi · Sinhalese · Somali · Swahili · Tamil · Turkish · Turkmen · Urdu · Yoruba
If you have questions regarding these changes or other immigration issues, please contact Joseph Law Firm, P.C.
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