Seoul, South Korea (AP) – South Korean President said on Thursday that South Korean companies will likely hesitate to maintain or make direct investments in the United States if the United States fails to improve the visa system for Korean workers, South Korea (AP) –
At a press conference indicating 100 days in his post, He called for improvements in the American visa system as he was talking about the immigration raid on September 4 in Georgia, which led to the arrest of more than 300 workers in South Korea at a battery factory under construction at the Hyundai Auto Factory accumulated in Georgia.
He told me that the Korean workers are scheduled to be brought home on Friday on a rented plane after negotiations with the United States
Li said that South Korea and US officials are discussing a possible improvement in the American visa system
The American authorities said that some of the detained workers had crossed the American border illegally, while others entered legally, but they have finished visas or entered into exemptions from the visa that prevent them from working.
However, South Korea experts and officials said that Washington has not yet behaved at the request of Seoul for years to ensure a visa system to accommodate skilled Korean workers, although it is pressing South Korea to expand industrial investments in the United States
South Korea companies rely on short -term visas or electronic system for traveling permission to send workers necessary to launch manufacturing sites and deal with other preparation tasks, a practice that has been largely tolerated for years.
He told me that whether the United States creates a visa system that allows South Korean companies to send skilled workers to industrial sites will have a “major impact” on South Korea investments in the future in the United States
He said: “These are not such a long -term workers. When you build a facility or install equipment in one of the factory, you need technicians, but the United States does not have these workforce, yet it will not issue visas to allow our people to stay and do work.”