Branson Businesses Scrambling to Fill Jobs After Visa Change

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BRANSON, Mo. – A change out of Washington D.C. has businesses in Branson scrambling before the season.An exemption in the H-2B Visa program – allowing temporary workers from other countries to come into tourist destinations – could leave hundreds of jobs in Branson unfilled in 2017, many of which are vital to the city.”There is just such a tremendous shortage [of workers] in this area,” says Chateau on the Lake general manager, Stephen Marshall. “It’s not that we don’t want to hire locals, there’s just not enough.”The Chateau, like many Branson businesses, relies on foreign workers to fill positions …

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