NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS

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Types of Non-Immigrant Visas

A-1

Foreign Government Officials: Ambassador, Public Minister, Career Diplomat or Consular Officer, or Immediate Family

A-2

Foreign Government Officials: Other Foreign Government Official or Employee, or Immediate Family

A-3

Foreign Government Officials: Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of A-1 or A-2, or Immediate Family

B-1

Temporary Visa for Business Travelers and domestic servant.

B-2

Visitors (“tourists”): Temporary Visitor for Pleasure or Medical Treatment.

C-1

Alien in Transit

C-1/D

Combined Transit and Crewman Visa.

C-2

Alien in Transit to United Nations Headquarters District Under Sec. 11.(3), (4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement.

C-3

Foreign Government Official, Immediate Family, Attendant, Servant or Personal Employee, in Transit.

C-4

Transit without Visa, see ATP.

D-1

Crewmember departing on same vessel of arrival.

D-2

Crewmember departing by means other than vessel of arrival.

E-1

Treaty Trader, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

E-2

Treaty Investor, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
Employee Treaty Trader, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

E-3

Special category for Australian nationals who will work in a Specialty Occupation (Profession), Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21). It is called an “Australian H-1B”.

F-1

Academic Student.

F-2

Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

F-3

Canadian or Mexican national commuter student in an academic or language training program.

G-1

Principal Resident Representative of Recognized Foreign Government to International Organization, Staff, or Immediate Family.

G-2

Other Representative of Recognized Foreign Member Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.

G-3

Representative of Nonrecognized Nonmember Foreign Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.

G-4

International Organization Officer or Employee, or Immediate Family.

G-5

Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of G-1 through G-4 or Immediate Family.

H-1B1

Professionals who come temporarily to the U.S. to perform a specialty occupation.

H-1B2

Aliens who come temporarily to the U.S. to perform cooperative research and development projects.

H-1B3

Aliens who come temporarily to the U.S. as a fashion model.

H-1C

Nurse coming to areas of health professional shortage.

H-2A

Aliens who come to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of temporary or seasonal nature.

H-2B

Aliens who come to the U.S. not to perform agricultural labor or services but to perform work in temporary nature.

H-2R

Special type of H-2B visa which was temporarily provided as a way to bypass the quotas for the H-2B for individuals who had been previously issued H-2B status (enacted in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, P.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231, signed into law by the President on May 11, 2005).

H-3

Aliens who come to the U.S. to participate in a training program.

H-4

Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).

I

Representative of Foreign Information Media, Spouses and Child.

J-1

Exchange Visitor.

J-2

Exchange Visitor.

K-1

Fiance(e) of United States Citizen.

K-2

Minor Child of Fiance(e) of U.S. Citizen.

K-3

Spouses of a U.S. Citizen under LIFE Act.

K-4

Children of K-3 under LIFE Act.

L-1A

Intracompany Transferee (Executive, Managerial) Continuing Employment with International Firm or Corporation.

L-1B

Intracompany Transferee (Specialized Knowledge Personnel) Continuing Employment with International Firm or Corporation.

L-2

Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

M-1

Vocational Student or Other Nonacademic Student.

M-2

Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

M-3

Canadian or Mexican national commuter students (vocational studies or other nonacademic studies).

N-8

Parent of an Alien Classified SK-3 Special Immigrant.

N-9

Children under the age of twenty-one (21) of N-8 or of an SK-1, SK-2, or SK-4 Special Immigrant.

NATO-1

Principal Permanent Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) Resident in the U.S. and Resident Members of Official Staff; Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General, and Executive Secretary of NATO; Other Permanent NATO Officials of Similar Rank, or Immediate Family.

NATO-2

Other Representative of member state to NATO (including any of Subsidiary Bodies) including Representatives, its Advisers and Technical Experts of Delegations, Members of Immediate Art. 3, 4 UST 1796 Family; Dependents of Member of a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions Status-of-Forces Agreement or in Accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters; Members of Such a Force if Issued Visas.

NATO-3

Official Clerical Staff Accompanying Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) or Immediate Family.

NATO-4

Official of NATO (Other Than Those Classifiable as NATO- 1) or Immediate Family.

NATO-5

Expert, Other Than NATO Officials Classifiable Under the NATO-4, Employed in Missions on Behalf of NATO, and their Dependents.

NATO-6

Member of a Civilian Component Accompanying a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions of the NATO Status-of- Forces Agreement; Member of a Civilian Component Attached to or Employed by an Allied Headquarters Under the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters Set Up Pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty; and their Dependents.

NATO-7

Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, and NATO-6 Classes, or Immediate Family.

O-1A

Aliens possessing extraordinary abilities in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.

O-1B

Aliens of extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry.

O-2

Accompanying Alien.

O-3

Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

P-1

Athletes, Entertainement Groups and Support Personnel.

P-2

Artistic Exchange (reciprocical exchange program).

P-3

Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

P-4

Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

Q-1

Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program.

Q-2

Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (Walsh Visas).

Q-3

Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

R-1

Aliens in a religious occupation.

R-2

Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

S-5

Certain Aliens Supplying Critical Information Relating to a Criminal Organization or Enterprise.

S-6

Certain Aliens Supplying Critical Information Relating to Terrorism.

S-7

Qualified Family Member of S-5 or S-6.

T-1

Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.

T-2

Spouse of a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.

T-3

Child of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.

T-4

Parent of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (if T-1 victim if under twenty-one (21) years of age).

T-5

Unmarried sibling under 18 of T1 under 21 years of age

TN

Professional Workers under NAFTA.

TD

Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).

U-1

Victim of Certain Criminal Activity.

U-2

Spouse of U-1.

U-3

Child of U-1.

U-4

Parent of U-1, if U-1 is under the age of twenty-one (21).

U-5

Unmarried sibling under age 15 of U1 under 21 years of age

V-1

Spouse of an LPR who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition (Form I-130) which was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years.

V-2

Child of an LPR who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based visa petition (Form I-130) that was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years.

V-3

The derivative children of a V-1 or V-2.

TPS

Temporary Protected Status.

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