If you are a U.S. citizen who wants to bring your foreign fiancé(e) to the United States in order to get married, you will need to file a Form I-129F, Petition For Alien Fiancé(e). This is the first step to obtaining a nonimmigrant K-1 Visa for your fiancé(e). The nonimmigrant K-1 visa is also known as a fiancé(e) visa.
E Visas are available to foreign nationals of countries that have a treaty of commerce and navigation or a bilateral investment treaty with the United States providing for non-immigrant entries. Imigrus offers representation with both Treaty Trader (E-1) and Treaty Investor (E-2) visas.
TN NAFTA Visas were created under USMCA (previously NAFTA) for qualifying professionals who are nationals of Canada or Mexico. The TN non-immigrant classification permits qualified Canadian and Mexican citizens to seek temporary entry into the United States to engage in business activities at a professional level.
P Visas are used for individuals of extraordinary ability in the arts, business, education, science, or athletics who want to come to the United States temporarily in the capacity of one of the listed abilities to work. Subcategories of the P-1 visa include P-1, P-2, and P-3 visas.
O Visas are one of the U.S. non-immigrant worker visas for people who possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or who have demonstrated a record of exceptional achievement in the motion picture or television industry. They have been recognized nationally or internationally for those achievements. Subcategories of the O-1 visa include O-1A, O-1B, O-2, and O-3.
The H1B visa classification permits a foreign national to work in the United States for a temporary period. It is available for offers of employment in a specialty occupation*. A person may hold H1B status for a maximum of six years, which may be issued in increments of up to three years by the USCIS. An employee may receive extensions of H1B status beyond six years in certain circumstances if he/she is in the process of applying for employment-based permanent residence (commonly referred to as the “green card”).
M-1 is a Vocational Student Visa awarded to students in vocational or other nonacademic programs, other than language training. Cooking classes, technical courses, mechanical classes, flight school and cosmetology are considered vocational studies. M-1 students are only admitted into the United States for the period of time that is needed to complete their course of study as indicated on their Form I-20, “Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Student Status,” plus any practical training (PT) after they complete their program. This time cannot exceed one year.
This is a non-immigrant work visa for executives of foreign companies with branches in the US. The L-1 visa is a temporary non-immigrant visa which allows companies to relocate foreign qualified employees to their UNITED STATES branch, subsidiary, affiliate, or parent company. The qualified employee must have worked for a subsidiary, parent, affiliate or branch office of the company for at least one year out of the last three years preceding his/her transfer to the United States.
J Visas, particularly the J-1 non-immigrant visa classification is for exchange visitors who come to the United States to participate in an exchange visitor program administered by the U.S. Department of State. Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must first obtain a visa, either a non-immigrant visa for temporary stay, or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. Exchange visitor (J) visas are non-immigrant visas for individuals approved to participate in exchange visitor programs in the United States.
