| A-1
|
Ambassadors,
public ministers, consular officers
or career diplomats and their immediate
families. |
| A-2
|
Other
foreign government officials or employees
and their immediate families. |
| A-3
|
Personal
attendants, servants or employees and
their immediate families, of A-2 visa
holders. |
| B-1
|
Temporary business visitors. |
| B-2
|
Temporary
tourist visitors. |
| C-1
|
Foreign
travelers in immediate and continuous
transit through the U.S. |
| D-1
|
Crewmembers
(sea or air) |
| E-1
|
Treaty
traders and their spouses or children
|
| E-2
|
Treaty
investors and their spouses or children
|
| F-1 |
Academic or language students |
| F-2 |
Spouses or children of F-1 visa holders |
| G-1
|
Designated
principal resident representatives of
foreign governments coming to the U.S.
to work for an international organization,
their staff members and immediate families |
| G-2 |
Other representatives of foreign governments
Coming to the U.S. to work for an international
organization, and their immediate families |
| G-3
|
Representatives
of Foreign Governments and their Immediate
families who would ordinarily qualify
For G-1 or G-2 visas except that their
government Are not members of an international
organization |
| G-4 |
Officers or employees of international
organizations and their immediate families |
| G-5
|
attendants,
servants and personal employees of G-1
through G-4 visa holders, and their
immediate families |
| H-1B |
Aliens working in specialty occupations
requiring at least a bachelor’s
degree or its equivalent on the-job
experience |
| H-2A |
Temporary agricultural workers coming
to the U.S. to fill positions for which
a temporary shortage of American workers
has been recognized by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture |
| H-2B
|
Temporary
workers of various kinds coming to the
U.S. to perform temporary jobs for which
there is a shortage of available qualified
American workers |
| H-3
|
Temporary
trainees |
| H-4
|
Spouses
or children of H-1A/B,H-2A/B or H-3
Visa holders I Representatives of the
foreign press coming to the U.S. to
work solely in that capacity, and their
immediate families |
| I |
Press
Representatives |
| J-1
|
Exchange
visitors coming to the U.S. to study,
work or train as part of an exchange
program officially recognized by the
U.S. Information Agency |
| J-2
|
Spouses
or children of J-1 visa holders |
| K-1
|
Fiance
(e) of U.S. citizens coming to the U.S.
for the purpose of getting married |
| K-2 |
Children of K-1 visa holders |
| K-3
|
Spouses
of U.S. citizens awaiting approval of
their immigrant visa petition or the
availability of a green card |
| K-4
|
Children
of K-3 visa holders |
| L-1
|
Intra-company
transferees who work as managers, executives
or persons with specialized knowledge |
| L-2
|
Spouses
or children of L-1 visa holders |
| M-1 |
Vocational or other nonacademic students |
| M-2
|
Immediate
families of M-1 visa holders |
| N
|
Children
of certain special immigrants |
| NATO-1 |
Principal permanent representatives
of member states NATO ---including any
subsidiary bodies, resents in the U.S.
and resident official staff members,
secretaries general, assistant secretaries
general and executive secretaries of
NATO, other permanent NATO officials
of similar rank, or their immediate
families |
| NATO-2
|
Other
representatives to member states to
NATO—including any subsidiary
bodies, including its advisers and technical
experts of delegations, members of Immediate
article 3 , 4 UST 1796 Families; dependents
of members of forces entering in accordance
with the Status-of Forces Agreement
or in a accordance with the Protocol
on Status of International Military
Headquarters; members of such a force
issued |
| NATO-3 |
Official
clerical staff accompanying representatives
of member states to NATO – including
any subsidiary bodies, or their immediate
families |
| NATO-4
|
Officials
of NATO – other than those who
can be classified as NATO – 1,
or their immediate families |
| NATO-5
|
Experts
other than officials who can be classified
NATO-1, employed on missions in behalf
of NATO, and their dependents |
| NATO-6
|
Members
of civilian components accompanying
forces entering in accordance with provisions
of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agreement;
members of civilian components attached
to or employed by allied headquarters
under the Protocol on Status of International
Military Heqadquarters set up pursuant
to the North Atlantic Treaty, and their
dependents |
| NATO-7
|
Attendents,
servants or personal employees of NATO-
through NATO-6 classes or their immediate
families |
| O-1 |
Aliens of extradordinary ability in
the sciences, arts, education, business
or athletics |
| O-2 |
Support staff of O-1 visa holders |
| O-3
|
Spouses
or children of O-1 nor O-2 visa holders |
| P-1
|
Internationally
recognized athletes and entertainers |
| P-2
|
Artists
or entertainers in reciprocal exchange
programs |
| P-3
|
Artists
and entertainers coming to the U.S.
to give culturally unique performances
in a group |
| P-4
|
Spouses
or children of P-1, P-2 or P-3 visa
holders |
| Q-1
|
Participants
in international cultural exchange programs |
| Q-2
|
Immediate
family members of Q-1 visa holders |
| R-1
|
Aliens
in religious occupations |
| R-2
|
Spouses
or children of R-1 visa holders |
| S-1
|
Certain
aliens supplying critical information
relating to a criminal organization
or enterprise |
| S-5/6
|
Certain
aliens supplying critical information
relating to terrorism |
| S-7 |
Immediate
family members of S-1 visa holders |
| T
|
Women
and children who are in the United States
because they are victims of trafficking,
who are cooperating with law enforcement
and who fear extreme hardship (such
as retribution) if returned home. |
| TN
|
NAFTA
professionals. |
| TD
|
Spouses
or children of NAFTA professionals. |
| V
|
Spouses
and children of lawful permanent residents
who have been waiting for three years
or more to qualify for a green card. |
