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This visa classification is relevant for individuals seeking entry to the United States to engage in temporary business activities. It permits business activities like conventions, conferences, consultations, and other legitimate commercial and professional activities. This category does not allow individuals to engage in local employment for hire within the United States.
This visa classification is relevant for individuals planning to visit the United States for pleasure. It is appropriate for tourism, social visits, certain medical treatments, and participation in amateur sports, music and related events.
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is available to citizens of a specified list of countries. The VWP facilitates routine travel for up to 90 days for business or pleasure by eliminating the need to apply for a visa at a U.S. consulate prior to entry. However, it contains strict prohibitions on obtaining extensions or changes of status within the United States.
The H1B visa permits a foreign national to work in the United States temporarily for offers of employment that are in a specialty occupation. H1B visas are numerically limited, with a total of 85,000 visas available each fiscal year (20,000 of these visas are restricted to individuals who have received master's degrees or higher from U.S colleges or universities).
The L-1 visa is appropriate for the transfer of specified types of employees within multinational companies. This visa permits a U.S. company to temporarily transfer certain employees from an affiliated foreign company. The employee must be offered employment in either an executive / managerial position or in a specialized knowledge position to qualify for this classification.
The E-3 visa permits U.S. employers to hire Australian nationals as "specialty workers" in certain professional occupations and employ them in the United States on a temporary basis. Initial E-3 status may be issued for a maximum of two years, but E-3 status may be renewed indefinitely, in two-year increments.
The E-1 (treaty trader) and E-2 visas (treaty investor) allow nationals of countries having commercial treaties with the United States to engage in trade or business investment activities.
The H2B visa allows for entry of certain short-term, temporary workers.
The O visa is for persons of extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences, education, business, or athletics.
The P-1, P-2, and P-3 visas are for certain types of performers and athletes.
The Q visa allows entry to persons participating in an international cultural exchange program designated by the USCIS, intended to provide foreign citizens with practical training in the United States, while permitting them to introduce the culture, history, and traditions of their respective home countries to the United States.
The R visa is for religious workers.
The TN category is a potential option for citizens of Canada and Mexico who wish to work in the United States. It is for professionals, who are offered employment in a specific occupation listed in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
The H-3 category allows noncitizens coming temporarily to the United States as either a: Trainee to receive training in any field of endeavor, other than graduate medical education or training, that is not available in the noncitizen's home country or Special Education Exchange Visitor to participate in a special education exchange visitor training program that provides for practical training and experience in the education of children with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities.
International Entrepreneur Rule permits the use of parole for "entrepreneurs of start-up entities whose entry into the United States would provide a significant public benefit through the substantial and demonstrated potential for rapid business growth and job creation."
The employment-based, first preference (EB1), or priority workers, category is reserved for persons of extraordinary ability (EB1(a)), outstanding professors and researchers (EB1(b)), and multinational executives and managers (EB1(c)).
This employment-based, second preference visa is available if you are a member of the professions holding an advanced degree or its equivalent, or a foreign national who has exceptional ability.
The EB2 national interest waiver (NIW) category involves members of the professions who hold advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability. Although the EB2 category normally requires an employer and a labor certification, the Attorney General may waive this requirement if the work by the applicant is in the national interest.
You may be eligible for this immigrant visa preference category if you are a skilled worker, professional, or other workers. The "other workers" subcategory is for persons performing unskilled labor requiring less than 2 years training, education, or experience, not of a temporary or seasonal nature.
The EB4 category is for a broad group of special immigrants that most commonly includes religious workers, broadcasters, Iraqi / Afghan translators, Iraqis who have assisted the United States, international organization employees, certain physicians, armed forces members, Panama Canal zone employees, retired NATO-6 employees, as well as spouses and children of deceased NATO-6 employees.
The EB5 category is reserved for foreign nationals who invest one million dollars in a new commercial enterprise that employs ten or more U.S. citizens or authorized immigrant workers. (Investment of $500,000 is required if it is in a rural area or in an area of high unemployment.) EB5 investors obtain lawful permanent resident (LPR) status on a conditional basis valid for two years. After the expiration of the initial two-year period, EB5 investors have to file a separate application with the USCIS to remove conditions on their LPR status.
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) conducts an annual visa lottery program. This program, allocates 50,000 immigrant visa numbers each year. These visa numbers are granted to individuals who are chargeable to countries with low rates of emigration to the U.S.
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