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Nonimmigrant Visa A-1. Ambassadors, public ministers, or career diplomats, and their immediate family members. B-1. Temporary visitor for business. B-2. Temporary visitor for pleasure; tourism or medical treatment. C-1. Foreign travelers in immediate and continuous transit through the U.S. D-1. Crewmen who need to land temporarily in the U.S. and who will depart aboard the same ship or plane on which they arrived. E-1. Treaty traders working for a U.S. trading company that does 50% or more of its business with the trader's home country. E-2. Treaty investors working for a U.S. company with 50% or more of its investment capital coming from the worker's home country. F-1. Study in an academic program, on a full-time basis at an accredited academic educational program. G-1. Principal representative of recognized foreign member governments to an international organization (e.g. UN), and their staff members and immediate family members. H-1B. Persons working in specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent, and distinguished fashion models. H-3. Temporary trainees coming for on-the-job training unavailable in their home countries. I. Bona fide representatives of the foreign press coming to the U.S. to work solely in that capacity, and their immediate family members. J-1. Exchange visitors coming to the U.S. to study, work, or train as part of an exchange program officially recognized by the U.S. Information Agency. K-1. Fiancés or fiancées of U.S. citizens coming to the U.S. for the purpose of getting married. L-1. Intra-company transferees who work as managers or executives with specialized knowledge. M-1. Vocational or other nonacademic students, other than language students. M-3. Citizens or residents of Mexico or Canada commuting to the U.S. to attend vocational school. N. Children of certain special immigrants. NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, and NATO-5. Principal Permanent Representative of Member State to NATO and resident members of official staff or immediate family. NATO-6. Civilians accompanying military forces on missions authorized under the NATO Treaty, and their immediate family members. NATO-7. Attendants, servants, or personal employees of NATO-1 through NATO-6 visas holders, and their immediate family members. O-1. Persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics. P-1. Internationally recognized athletes and entertainers, and their essential support staff. P-2. Entertainers coming to perform in the U.S. through a government-recognized exchange program. P-3. Artists and entertainers coming to the U.S. in a group to present culturally unique performances. Q-1. Exchange visitors coming to the U.S. to participate in international cultural exchange programs. R-1. Religious worker. S-1. People coming to the U.S. to supply critical information to federal or state authorities for a criminal investigation or prosecution. T. Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons. U. Victim of a certain criminal activity. V. Spouses and children of U.S. lawful permanent resident petitioners who have already waited three years for the approval of their visa petition or for an immigrant visa to become available, so long as their visa petition was submitted on or before December 21, 2000. |
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