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Foreign
Government Officials |
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A-1 |
Ambassador,
public minister, career, diplomatic or
consular officer, and members of immediate
family. |
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A-2 |
Other foreign
government official or employee, and members
of immediate family. |
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A-3 |
Attendant,
servant, or personal employee of A-1 and
A-2, and members of immediate family. |
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Visitors |
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B-1 |
Temporary
visitor for business |
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B-2 |
Temporary
visitor for pleasure |
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Visa Waiver
Program |
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Aliens in
Transit |
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C-1 |
Alien in
transit directly through U.S. |
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C-1D |
Combined
transit and crewman visa |
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C-2 |
Alien in
transit to UN headquarters district under
Section 11.(3), (4), or (5) of the
Headquarters Agreement |
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C-3 |
Foreign
government official, members of immediate
family, attendant, servant, or personal
employee, in transit |
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C-4 |
Transit without
Visa, see TWOV |
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Crewmen |
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D-1 |
Crewmember
departing on same vessel of arrival |
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D-2 |
Crewmember
departing by means other than vessel of
arrival |
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Treaty Traders
and Treaty Investors |
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E-1 |
Treaty Trader,
spouse and children |
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E-2 |
Treaty
Investor, spouse and children |
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Academic
Students |
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F-1 |
Academic
Student |
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F-2 |
Spouse or child
of F-1 |
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For Foreign
Medical Graduates (see individual
categories H-1B, J-1, O-1, TN, E-2) |
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Foreign
Government Officials to International
Organizations |
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G-1 |
Principal
resident representative of recognized
foreign member government to international
organization, and members of immediate
family. |
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G-2 |
Other
representative of recognized foreign member
government to international organization,
and members of immediate family. |
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G-3 |
Representative
of non-recognized or nonmember government to
international organization, and members of
immediate family |
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G-4 |
International
organization officer or employee, and
members of immediate family |
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G-5 |
Attendant,
servant, or personal employee of G-1, G-2,
G-3, G-4, or members of immediate family |
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Temporary
Workers |
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H-1B |
Specialty
Occupations, DOD workers, fashion models |
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H-1C |
Nurses going to
work for up to three years in health
professional shortage areas |
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H-2A |
Temporary
Agricultural Worker |
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H-2B |
Temporary
worker: skilled and unskilled |
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H-3 |
Trainee |
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H-4 |
Spouse or child
of H-1, H-2, H-3 |
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Foreign
Media Representatives |
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I |
Visas for
foreign media representatives |
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Exchange
Visitors |
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J-1 |
Visas for
exchange visitors |
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J-2 |
Spouse or child
of J-1 |
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Fiance(e)
of US Citizen |
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K-1 |
Fiance(e) |
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K-2 |
Minor child of
K-1 |
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K-3 |
Spouse of a
U.S. Citizen (LIFE Act) |
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K-4 |
Child of K-3
(LIFE Act) |
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Intracompany Transferee |
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L-1A |
Executive,
managerial |
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L-1B |
Specialized
knowledge |
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L-2 |
Spouse or child
of L-1 |
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Vocational
and Language Students |
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M-1 |
Vocational
student or other nonacademic student |
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M-2 |
Spouse or child
of M-1 |
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N-8 |
Parent of alien
classified SK-3 "Special Immigrant" |
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N-9 |
Child of N-8,
SK-1, SK-2, or SK-4 "Special Immmigrant" |
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NAFTA |
North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
(see TN, below) |
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North
Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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NATO-1 |
Principal
Permanent Representative of Member State to
NATO and resident members of official staff
or immediate family |
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NATO-2 |
Other
representatives of member State; Dependents
of Member of a Force entering in accordance
with the provisions of NATO Status-of-Forces
agreement; Members of such a Force if issued
visas |
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NATO-3 |
Official
clerical staff accompanying Representative
of Member State to NATO or immediate family |
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NATO-4 |
Official of
NATO other than those qualified as NATO-1
and immediate family |
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NATO-5 |
Expert other
than NATO officials qualified under NATO-4,
employed on behalf of NATO and immediate
family |
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NATO-6 |
Member of
civilian component who is either
accompanying a Force entering in accordance
with the provisions of the NATO
Status-of-Forces agreement; attached to an
Allied headquarters under the protocol on
the Status of International Military
headquarters set up pursuant to the North
Atlantic Treaty; and their dependents |
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NATO-7 |
Servant or
personal employee of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3,
NATO-4, NATO-5, NATO-6, or immediate family |
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Workers
with Extraordinary Abilities |
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O-1 |
Extraordinary
ability in Sciences, Arts, Education,
Business, or Athletics |
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O-2 |
Alien's
(support) accompanying O-1 |
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O-3 |
Spouse or child
of O-1 or O-2 |
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Athletes
and Entertainers |
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P-1 |
Individual or
team athletes |
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P-1 |
Entertainment
groups |
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P-2 |
Artists and
entertainers in reciprocal Exchange programs |
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P-3 |
Artists and
entertainers in culturally unique programs |
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P-4 |
Spouse or child
of P-1, 2, or 3 |
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International Cultural Exchange Visitors |
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Q-1 |
International
cultural exchange visitors |
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Q-2 |
Irish Peace
Process Cultural and Training Program (Walsh
Visas) |
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Q-3 |
Spouse or child
of Q-2 |
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Religious
Workers |
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R-1 |
Religious
workers |
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R-2 |
Spouse or child
of R-1 |
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Witness or
Informant |
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S-5 |
Informant of
criminal organization information |
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S-6 |
Informant of
terrorism information |
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T |
Victims of
a Severe Form of Trafficking in Persons |
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T-1 |
Victim of a
severe form of trafficking in persons |
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T-2 |
Spouse of a
victim of a severe form of trafficking in
persons |
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T-3 |
Child of victim
of a severe form of trafficking in persons |
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T-4 |
Parent of
victim of a severe form of trafficking in
persons (if T-1 victim is under 21 years of
age) |
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North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
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TN |
Trade visas for
Canadians and Mexicans |
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TD |
Spouse or child
accompanying TN- |
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Transit
Without Visa |
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TWOV |
Passenger |
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TWOV |
Crew |
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U |
Victims of
Certain Crimes |
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U-1 |
Victim of
Certain Criminal Activity |
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U-2 |
Spouse of U-1 |
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U-3 |
Child of U-1 |
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U-4 |
Parent of U-1,
if U-1 is under 21 years of age |
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Certain
Second Preference
Beneficiaries |
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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 |
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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. |
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V-3 |
The derivative
child of a V-1 or V-2 |
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Humanitarian Parole |
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Temporary
Protected Status (TPS) |
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TPS |
Temporary
Protected Status |
