Arkansas Global Connect was founded by Arkansans with decades of experience in diplomacy, visa adjudication, law, farming, forestry, small business, lobbying and accountancy. Our strategic partners have additional decades of experience handling all aspects of logistics and compliance for legal foreign workers when U.S. workers are not available. We combine everything you need to ensure a reliable work force year after year. 

As soon as you contact us, we will walk you through all aspects of hiring seasonal workers from abroad. If you are interested, we then introduce you to an experienced immigration attorney who handles the required government authorizations. We will then work with our office on the ground in Honduras to recruit workers who are experienced in the jobs you need filled and highly likely to comply with immigration requirements. We then take care of the logistics to get the workers to their job site on time and without hassle. We are committed to the Employer Pays Principle when it comes to processing foreign worker visas. This means visa candidates do not pay fees of any kind to work in the United States. While the ordinary employer/employee relationship will develop once workers arrive at the worksite, we are available to help everything go smoothly throughout the contracted period. Above all, we act with integrity, seeking the mutual benefit of employers and workers. We do this because it is the right thing to do and because we know this is the way to ensure a reliable workforce year after year.

Arkansas Global Connect was founded on the premise that legal seasonal work offers an honorable solution to multiple problems. American businesses are desperate for reliable labor and U.S. workers are simply not available for many seasonal occupations. This not only harms individual operations but the entire U.S. economy and our food security. In 2018, Dr. Stephen Bronars, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, studied the effect of the H-2B seasonal work visa program. His research found each H-2B worker supports the jobs of 3.2 American workers.

At the same time, thousands of hard-working Hondurans want to provide for their families but there are not nearly enough employment opportunities in their communities. Legal seasonal work visas allow these individuals to make a good salary while building their futures in their home countries.

By matching hard-pressed employers with talented job seekers, we have every expectation that countless lives will be transformed, the migration crisis significantly reduced, and the U.S. economy strengthened.

Dana Deree

Founder of Arkansas Global Connect

Dana Deree, founder of Arkansas Global Connect, is a retired Foreign Service Officer who represented the United States of America around the world for two decades. He served as Consul General in Honduras, Coordinator of American Citizen Services for U.S. Mission Mexico, Deputy Principal Officer and Consul in New Zealand, Branch Chief in the Office of Overseas Citizen Services, Senior Civilian Representative and co-leader of a Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan and economic officer in Nicaragua, as well as other diplomatic assignments in Washington and abroad. He is also a Marine Corps combat veteran and has more than a decade of global experience as a Public Affairs Officer in the Navy Reserve.

Dana oversaw the U.S. response to major earthquakes, hurricanes, civil unrest and countless other overseas emergencies. He’s led negotiations in Honduras, Canada, Mexico, Haiti and Kazakhstan. He’s engaged government leaders and international press in those countries plus Nicaragua, Samoa, New Zealand and Bahrain. He knows how U.S. diplomatic, security and military institutions work and what foreign audiences seek to meet their unique needs.

Dana is an expert on legal seasonal employment visas. He understands what employers need, what regulators require and how to find qualified workers who will comply with immigration laws.

Dana is also ready to train your corporate, educational institution, church or non-profit personnel before they embark on international travel on how to avoid trouble and what to do if trouble finds you. He is also available on retainer to assist in the event of an international crisis big or small. Dana can also help you engage foreign governments and publics. He can also help your immigration law firm with non-legal aspects of your practice on matters such as demystifying the visa adjudication process at an embassy or consulate.