- B1 - Visitor for Business | B2 Visitor for Pleasure:
For coming to the U.S. for business or pleasure. B1 business visitor visas are for brief visits and do not allow employment. Nationals of some countries are allowed to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days without a visa.
- E1 - Treaty Trader | E2 - Treaty Investor:
Investors/traders and their employees may receive visas to carry on their business in the U.S. if the home country has a commercial treaty with the United States conferring visa eligibility.
- F1 - Academic Student:
Persons doing a full course of study at an educational institution in the United States may be eligible for a visa for the course of their study and a period for practical training (P/T) in their field.
- H1B - Specialty Occupation:
DOD Employee Professionals with at least a BA (bachelors or its equivalent work experience) may be eligible for a nonimmigrant visa. Their employers should demonstrate that they are paid the minimum prevailing wage for the job.
- H2A - Agricultural Labor:
- H2B - Other Temporary Labor:
- H3 - Trainee:
- I - Representatives of Media:
- J - Exchange Visitor:
People coming to the U.S. through an approved exchange program may be eligible for the J-1 Exchange Visitor's visa. These are students, scholars, job trainees, faculty, professors and research scholars, specialists, government visitors etc. Sometimes, a J-1 program will require that the beneficiary spend at least two years outside of the U.S. before being permitted to switch to a different nonimmigrant visa or to permanent residency. - K - Fiancé/e of U.S. Citizen:
A Fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen is eligible for a nonimmigrant visa on the conclusion of the marriage within 90 days.
- L - Intra Company Transferee:
L-1 visas are available to executives, managers and specialized employees moving to their employer's U.S. affiliate sites. Executives and managers holding L-1 visas may be eligible for permanent residency without the need for a labor cert.
- M - Vocational Student:
- O1 | O2 - Extraordinary Ability:
The O-1 category is for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability. They are entertainers, athletes, scientists, business people etc.
- P1 | P2 | P3 - Athletes and Group Entertainers:
For athletes, artists and entertainers.
- Q - International Cultural Exchange Program:
- R - Religious Vocation:
Religious workers apply for the R-1 visa.
- TN - Trade NAFTA Professionals:
A special visa category for nationals of Canada/ Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement and the United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement. - Dependents of the Above:
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