Agencies face a visa crunch; Visa caps, post-9/11 scrutiny hit U.S. shops and foreign workers.(Viewpoint)

Advertising Age, October, 2003 by Koestler, Mark D.

Byline: MARK D. KOESTLER

U.S. advertising agencies have to be able to hire the best and the brightest talent, regardless of an employee's nationality. But the number of visas available for foreign workers has contracted-and sharply. And the time to prepare is now.

While associated with America's high technology sector, the H-1B specialty-occupation visa category is also the workhorse of many ad agencies. It is used for virtually every advertising, marketing and public relations discipline, including account management, art and copy, creative direction, account, media and brand planning, multimedia design and many others.

H-1B status for about 50 years has permitted qualified foreign-born, nonimmigrant professionals to work for U.S. employers...

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