Seoul, Washington likely to seek visa rule changes for skilled Korean workers

Officials in Seoul and Washington have signaled a possible review of visa policies for foreign technical staff working in the U.S. after an immigration raid last week at a battery plant construction site in Georgia operated by Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution. U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday (local time) that the United States maintains a “great” relationship with Korea and suggested his administration could allow some foreign manufacturing experts to help train American workers. Addressing the issue, Trump told reporters, “When they’re building batteries … if you don’t have people in this country right now that know about batteries, maybe we should help them along and let some people come in and train our people to do complex things, whether it’s battery manufacturing, computer manufacturing or building ships.” He added, “Your investments are welcome, and we encourage you to legally bring your very smart people.” He then said that he would look at the “whole situation” in an apparent reference to visa-related issues that have hampered Korean buWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times