| Visa
types |
Details
|
| A
Visa |
Diplomatic
employees |
| B
Visa |
For
persons desiring to enter the United States temporarily for business
(B-1) or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2) |
| C
Visa |
Transit
Visa |
| D
Visa |
Crew
Members |
|
Diversity Immigrants |
Green
Card through Diversity Visa lottery. |
| E
Visa |
Treaty
investors or treaty traders |
| F
Visa |
Student
visa (academic studies) |
| G
Visa |
Employees
of International Organizations |
| Green
Card |
Permanent
resident visa.(Family Based Green Card) |
| H
Visa |
H-1B
H-2A
H-2B
H-3
|
| I
Visa |
International
Media |
| J
Visa |
For
educational and cultural exchange programs designated by the U.S.
Department of State, Exchange Visitor Program and Designation Staff |
| K
Visa |
Fiancé'
visa |
| L
Visa |
Classification
applies to intracompany transferees who, within the three preceding
years, have been employed abroad continuously for one year, and
who will be employed by a branch, parent, affiliate, or subsidiary
of that same employer in the U.S. in a managerial, executive, or
specialized knowledge capacity |
| M
Visa |
Language
and vocational students (nonacademic or vocational studies) |
| N
Visa |
NATO
employees |
| O
Visa |
O-1
O-2 |
| P
Visa |
P-1
P-2
P-3 |
| Political
Asylum |
Asylum
may be granted to people who are already in the United States and
are unable or unwilling to return their home country because of
persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group,
or political opinion. |
| Q
Visa |
For
international cultural exchange programs designated by the Bureau
of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland
Security (BCIS) |
| R
Visa |
For
aliens proceeding to the United States to work in a religious capacity |
| S
Visa |
Criminal
informants |
| T
Visa |
Victims
Of Trafficking |
| TN
Visa |
The
category "Professionals Under the North American Free Trade
Agreement" is available only to citizens of Mexico and Canada.
Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) a citizen
of a NAFTA country may work in a professional occupation in another
NAFTA country provided that 1) the profession is on the NAFTA list,
2) the alien possesses the specific criteria for that profession,
3) the prospective position requires someone in that professional
capacity and 4) the alien is going to work for a U.S. employer.
The spouse and unmarried, minor children of the principal alien
are entitled to the derivative status, but they are unable to accept
employment in the United States. Aliens entering under this classification
are considered non-immigrants. |
| US
Citizenship |
U.S.A
Citizen |
| V
Visa |
The
V visa allows certain spouses (V-1 category) and children (V-2 category)
of Legal Permanent Residents to live in the United States in nonimmigrant
visa status while awaiting their priority dates for immigration.
|
| WT
|
(Waiver
Pilot program), Tourist/Visitors Visa |
| |