Electric Sheep, Jason's wife was a woman named Mags . She was an extraordinarily successful and well regarded business woman.
She ran wonderful creche facilities, people were queuing to place their children in one of her creches.
She was dynamic, she had a brilliant mind, she was witty and she was bright.
She was known to be a genius at child care, ahead of her time.
People still speak of her work.
She was the kind of woman who would know your soul just be looking at you. I knew her to see and we shared many smiles (I had a massive dog and my mother hated to see me coming to visit with dog in tow he was huge but an eternal puppy, which was awkward, for many/most people)
Mags would often be in the garden when I would arrive with trepidition, with his nibs and she would just throw back her head and roar laughing.
She was a beautiful light.
My big dog died the same night Mags Corbett died. I was devastated and the local community were stricken and grief struck for a very long time afterwards.
That is not usual in rural Ireland.
The anecdote is by way of explaining context. She was in the business of child care, she was highly experienced and highly qualified. Finding a suitable nanny is never an easy business but its easier when one is in the business.
I actually worked for an agency that placed nurses doctors and nannys in the USA and the middle east several years ago. And yes, nannys were allowed to apply for Green Cards after a period of either a year or 18 months in the uSA.
The process of obtaining Green Cards is much more complex since 9/11, but still San Bernadino happened just some months ago.. and flawed visa processes is being bandied around as one of the contributory factors.
Ireland's laws are far more lax.. its much easier for an American to live and even work here.
If Jason had advertised and an experienced and reputable agency presented her or even if she replied directly and produced good character references and a glossy CV she could have been hired.