AMERICAN WORK VISAS

The Law Offices of Danielle Nelisse specializes in the following work visas:

SUMMARY OF WORK & OTHER NONIMMIGRANT VISAS

Temporary visas, also called non-immigrant visas, allow people to enter the US temporarily. There are many non-immigrant visa categories, each for different purposes and for varying periods of validity. Some visas allow employment in the US, but not all. Each temporary visa class is designated by a different letter of the alphabet. Below is a brief summary of most of the non-immigrant visa classes.

A VISA
Diplomats & their dependents (A-1), other government officials or employees & their dependents (A-2); attendants, servants and personal employees or close relatives (A-3).

B VISA
Visitor for business (B-1) or pleasure (B-2).

C VISA
Alien in transit (C-1); in transit to United Nations Headquarters (C-2) or government official in transit (C-3).

D VISA
Crew member (ship or aircraft).

E VISA
Treaty-trader (E-1), Treaty-investor (E-2) or Australian Work Visa (E-3).

F VISA
Student in academic program (F-1) & dependents (F-2).

G VISA
Government representative to international organization.

H VISA
Temporary worker as a nurse (H-1A), in a specialty occupation such as registered nurse, veterinarian, or others (H-1B), in temporary agricultural work (H-2A), or as a trainee (H-3); and dependents (H-4).

On April 1, 2010, the USCIS began processing H-1B visa petitions for foreign workers who wish to start work on October 1, 2010. As of August 6, 2010, approximately 28,500 H1B cap-subject petitions were filed with the USCIS out of the 65,000 H1B work visas available in the non-Master's category and 11,900 cap-subject H1B petitions were filed in the 20,000 Master's category.

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I VISA
Information media/press.

J VISA
Exchange visitor (J-1) and dependents (J-2).

K VISA
Fiancé of U.S. citizen living abroad (K-1) and children (K-2); spouse of U.S. citizen living abroad (K-3) and children (K-4).

L VISA
Intracompany transferee visa for executives (L-1A), managers (L-1A) and specialized knowledge workers (L-1B), and their dependents (L-2).

M VISA
Student in vocational program (M-1) & dependents (M-2).

N VISA
Relatives of employees of International Organizations.

O VISA
Individuals of extraordinary ability in certain areas (O-1), accompanying member (O-2), & dependents (O-3).

P VISA
Artist/athlete/performer of international recognition (P-1), in reciprocal exchange program (P-2), or culturally unique (P-3), & dependents (P-4).

Q VISA
Participant in international cultural exchange program (Q-1); Irish Peace Process Program Participant (Q-2).

R VISA
Religious worker (R-1) & dependents (R-2).

S VISA
People who provide information or other assistance to U.S. law enforcement agencies.

T VISA
Human trafficking victims who cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation or prosecution of human trafficking.

TN VISA
Professionals (TN) and their dependents (TD) from Mexico and Canada, under NAFTA.

U VISA
Victims of criminal activities such as rape, torture, trafficking, incest, domestic violence, prostitution, etc.

V VISA
Spouse (V-1) and unmarried children (V-2 or V-3) of permanent residents who have been waiting (either in the U.S. or outside the U.S.) for permanent residence for three years or more under the family based second preference classification who filed by December 21, 2000.

This is a brief introduction to some of the non-immigrant visas available in the United States. For more information on non-immigrant visas please contact:

The Law Offices of Danielle Nelisse
Toll Free Telephone: (877) 884-6644
E-mail: danielle@immigrationworkvisa.com