Visas for Temporary Visitors.                                                                                          Family Related Visas for Fiancée, Husbands, Wives and Children.                   
Visas for Students and Trainees (F-1, J-1, H-3)
Other Visas Via Law Enforcements (T,U)

B-1/B-2 Visitor's Visas /Visa Waiver
BI Visitors for Business are admissible if they are engaging in commercial transactions not involving gainful employment, such as negotiating contracts, litigation, consulting with clients or business associates. In addition, persons participating in scientific, educational, professional, religious or business conventions may obtain B1 visas.

B2 Visitors for Pleasure are admissible if they are tourists, socially visiting friends or relatives, coming to the United States of America for health purposes, participating in conventions or amateur musical, sports or similar events with no remunerations, and for other limited reasons. Employment is not permitted with a B2 visa.

Visa Waiver Programme gives eligibility to nationals of certain countries to visit the United States of America for up to 90 days without the necessity of a visa.

E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader and Investor Visas
Investors and traders and their employees may receive visas to carry on their businesses in the U.S. if their home country has a commercial treaty with the US conferring visa eligibility.

F-1 and M-1 Student Visas
Persons seeking to pursue a full course of study at a school in the United States may be eligible for a visa for the course of their study plus, in some cases, a period for practical training in their field of study.

H-1B Specialty Occupation (Professionals) Visas
Professional workers with at least a bachelor's degree (or its equivalent work experience) may be eligible for a non-immigrant visa if their employers can demonstrate that they are to be paid at least the prevailing wage for the position.

H-3 Visas are for temporary workers invited by an individual or organization for purposes of receiving instruction and training other than to receive graduate medical education or training. The training program must be one "that is not designed primarily to provide productive employment."

J-1 and Q-1 Exchange Visitor Visas
Persons coming to the United States of America in an approved exchange program may be eligible for the J-1 Exchange Visitor's visa. J-1 programs often cover students, short-term scholars, business trainees, teachers, professors and research scholars, specialists, international visitors, government visitors, camp counselors and au pairs. In some cases, participation in a J-1 program will be coupled with the requirement that the beneficiary spend at least two years outside of the United States of America before being permitted to switch to a different non-immigrant visa or to permanent residency. Our Attorneys regularly handle the application process for seeking a waiver to the home residency requirement that applies to many J-1 visa holders.

K-1 Fiancee Visas
A Fiancé (é) of a United States citizen is eligible for a non-immigrant visa conditioned on the conclusion of the marriage within 90 days of entry. Any minor children of the fiancée may accompany the fiancée to the U.S.

K-3 Visas are for persons who have valid marriages to U.S. citizens, where the U.S. citizen has filed an I-130 petition on the person’s behalf and the person wishes to enter the United States of America to await the approval. If the I-130 is denied, the authorized admission under K-3 terminates 30 days after the denial. The K-3 visa includes minor children of the beneficiary.

L-1 Intra company Transfer Visas
L-1 visas are available to executives, managers and specialized knowledge employees transferring to their employer's U.S. affiliate. Executives and managers holding L-1 visas may be eligible for permanent residency without the need for a labor certification.

O-1 Extraordinary Ability Worker Visas
The O-1 category is set aside for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability. This includes entertainers, athletes, scientists, and businesspersons.

P-1 Artists and Athletes Visas
This category covers athletes, artists and entertainers.

P-1 Visas are for:
 - an individual or team of alien athletes recognized internationally, and
 - alien artists or entertainers who will perform with, or are an essential or integral part of an internationally recognized entertainment group or performance.  

P-2 Visas are available to artists or entertainers who will be performing under a reciprocal exchange program, which is between a U.S.-based and foreign-based organization.  P-2 applicants do not need to make any showing of outstanding or extraordinary ability or even that they have any particular level of experience.

R-1 Religious Worker Visas
R Visas are for religious workers "who, for at least the two (2) years immediately preceding the time of application for admission, has been a member of a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit religious organization in the United States," who "must be coming to the United States for one of the following purposes: solely to carry on the vocation of a minister of the religious denomination; to work for the religious organization at the request of the organization in a professional capacity; or to work for the organization, or a bona fide organization which is affiliated with the religious denomination, at the request of the organization in a religious vocation or occupation."

TN Status under the North American Free Trade Agreement
A special category has been set up for nationals of Canada and Mexico under the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

T Visas are for persons who have subjected to "severe trafficking," including the use of force, fraud or coercion for sex trafficking and/or involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage or slavery. The applicant must either agree to assist in a reasonable request by law enforcement authorities in the investigation or prosecution of such trafficking or be less than 18 years old. In addition, the applicant must show that she would "suffer extreme hardship involving unusual and severe harm upon removal." If the applicant is under 21 years at the time of filing, the visa includes the applicant's spouse, parents, unmarried siblings under 18, and children. If the applicant is 21 or over, the visa includes the applicant's spouse and children.   

U Visas are for persons who have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse as a result of having been a victim of one of the following crimes or similar activities: rape, torture, trafficking, incest, domestic violence, sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, prostitution, sexual exploitation, female genital mutilation, being held hostage, peonage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal restraint, extortion, manslaughter, murder, felonious assault, witness tampering, obstruction of justice, perjury, or attempt, conspiracy or solicitation to commit any of these crimes. The applicant must also demonstrate that s/he possesses information concerning the criminal activity, that she has been or is likely to be helpful to law enforcement officials or prosecutors, and that the criminal activity violated the laws of the U.S. or occurred in the U.S... If the applicant is under 16 his or her parent, guardian or next friend may also be included. In certain cases, the spouse or children may also be included.