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Non-Immigrant Visas

Nonimmigrant visas, also called temporary visas, allow people to enter the US temporarily. Each nonimmigrant visa has a different purpose and a different length of stay in the US. Some visas allow employment in the US, but not all. The temporary visas categories are designated by letters of the alphabet. Read the chart below to learn about all the nonimmigrant visas discussed on these pages. For further information, please click on the link provided.
  • E - Treaty-trader (E-1) or Treaty-investor (E-2) & dependents.
  • F - Student in academic program (F-1) & dependents (F-2).
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  • H - Temporary worker as a nurse (H-1A), in a specialty occupation (H-1B), in temporary agricultural work (H-2A), or as a trainee (H-3); and dependents (H-4).
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  • J - Exchange visitor (J-1) and dependents (J-2).
  • K - Fiancé/e of US citizen (K-1) and children (K-2).
  • L - Intracompany transferee visa for executives (L-1A), managers (L-1A) and specialized knowledge workers (L-1B), and their dependents (L-2).
  • O - Individuals of extraordinary ability in certain areas(O-1), accompanying member (O-2), & dependents (O-3).
  • P - Artist/athlete/performer of international recognition (P-1), in reciprocal exchange program (P-2), or culturally unique (P-3), & dependents (P-4).
  • R - Religious worker (R-1) & dependents (R-2).