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What are the most commonly used Nonimmigrant Business Visas?
What is a B-1 Business Visa?
What is an E-1 Visa for Treaty Traders?
What is an E-2 Visa for Treaty Investors?
What is a L-1 Visas for Intercompany Transfers?
Can I get a work permit or green card if I invest in the U.S. economy?
Who can obtain an Investor green card?
How do I get an employment-based green card?
What is the green card Lottery and how can I participate?
What are the Most Commonly Used Nonimmigrant Business Visas?
B-1 Visas for Business Visitors
E-1 Visas for Treaty Traders
E-2 Visas for Treaty Investors
F-1 Visas for Foreign Students
H1-B Visas for "Specialty Occupation" Employees
L-1 Visas for Intercompany Transfers
J-1 Exchange Visitors
O-1 Visas for Extraordinary Ability
TN (NAFTA) Visas for Mexican and Canadian Citizens
What is a B-1 Business Visa?
The B-1 Business Visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign nationals to enter the United States temporarily for business (e.g., to negotiate contracts, attend business meetings, seminars or conferences, etc.).
What is an E-1 Visa for Treaty Traders?
The E-1 Visa for Treaty Traders is a nonimmigrant visa that allows foreign nationals from a treaty country to carry on trade of a substantial nature, which is international in scope, either on the foreign national's behalf or as an employee of a foreign company engaged in trade between the United States and the foreign country. Employees of a foreign company may qualify for E-1 status if (1) they are engaged in duties of an executive or supervisory character, or (2) have special qualifications that make the services to be rendered essential to the efficient operation of the enterprise.
What is an E-2 Visa for Treaty Investors?
The E-2 Visa for Treaty Investors is a nonimmigrant visa for foreign entrepreneurs from treaty countries who have invested or are actively in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital in bona fide enterprise in the United States. Two types of employees may also qualify for E-2 status: (1) employees engaged in duties of an executive or supervisory character, or (2) the employee with special qualifications that make the services to be rendered essential to the efficient operation of the enterprise.
What is a L-1 Visas for Intercompany Transfers?
The Intercompany Visas are used to transfer managerial and specialized knowledge workers from foreign companies to provide services in a similar capacity to a related company in the U.S. The foreign employees must have been employed continuously abroad for one year within the past three years by a parent, branch affiliate or subsidiary of U.S. company.
Can I get Work Permit or Green Card if I Invest in the U.S. economy?
If you invest a "substantial amount," you may qualify for an E-2 Visa for Treaty Investors. If you invest $1 million (or $500,000 in certain areas), you may be eligible for an investor green card.
Who can Obtain an Investor Green Card?
Foreign investors who have invested, or are actively in the process of investing, at least $1,000,000 (or $500,000 in targeted employment areas or designated rural areas) of capital into a new commercial enterprise they have established. They must further demonstrate that this investment will benefit the U.S. economy and create at least ten (10) full-time jobs within the U.S.
How do I get an Employment-Based Green Card?
You may qualify under one of the following five categories of employment-based immigration:
(a) First Preference: Priority Workers - foreign nationals with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, certain multinational executives and managers;
(b) Second Preference: Professionals with advanced degrees or persons of exceptional ability;
(c) Third Preference: Skilled workers with at least two years of experience, professionals and others with less than two years of experience who are capable of performing labor for which qualified workers are not available in the United States;
(d) Fourth preference: Special Immigrants - certain religious workers, certain U.S. Government employees, employee of the Panama Canal Company, medical doctors, etc.; and
(e) Fifth Preference: Employment Creations- foreign nationals engaging in a new commercial enterprise in which such alien has invested or, is actively in the process of investing capital in the amount of at least $1 million (or $500,000 in targeted employment areas or designated rural areas), and which will benefit the United States economy and create at least 10 full-time jobs.
What is the Green Card Lottery and How can I participate?
The green card lottery (Diversity Immigrant Visa Program) makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually, drawn from random selection among all entries to persons who meet strict eligibility requirements from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. To be eligible to participate in the Green Card Lottery, you must meet (1) the education and training requirements (either a high school education or its equivalent, or two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years of training or experience to perform); and (2) you must be a native of a qualifying country.
