
Nonimmigrant Visas
The chart below contains many different purposes of temporary travel and the related nonimmigrant visa categories available on this website. Select a visa category below to learn more:
Purpose of Travel |
Visa Category |
Required: Before applying for visa* |
Athlete, amateur or professional (competing for prize money only) |
(NA) |
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Au pair (exchange visitor) |
SEVIS |
|
Australian professional specialty |
DOL |
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Border Crossing Card: Mexico |
(NA) |
|
Business visitor |
(NA) |
|
CNMI-only transitional worker |
(USCIS) |
|
Crewmember |
(NA) |
|
Diplomat or foreign government official |
A
|
(NA) |
Domestic employee or nanny - must be accompanying a foreign national employer |
(NA) |
|
Employee of a designated international organization or NATO |
(NA) |
|
Exchange visitor |
SEVIS |
|
Foreign military personnel stationed in the United States |
(NA) |
|
Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business or Athletics |
USCIS |
|
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional: |
H-1B1 - Chile H-1B1 - Singapore |
DOL |
International cultural exchange visitor |
USCIS |
|
Intra-company transferee |
USCIS |
|
Medical treatment, visitor for |
(NA) |
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Media, journalist |
(NA) |
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NAFTA professional worker: Mexico, Canada |
(NA) |
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Performing athlete, artist, entertainer |
USCIS |
|
Physician |
SEVIS |
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Professor, scholar, teacher (exchange visitor) |
SEVIS |
|
Religious worker |
USCIS |
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Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge |
DOL then USCIS |
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Student: academic, vocational |
SEVIS |
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Temporary agricultural worker |
DOL then USCIS |
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Temporary worker performing other services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature. |
DOL then USCIS |
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Tourism, vacation, pleasure visitor |
(NA) |
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Training in a program not primarily for employment |
USCIS |
|
Treaty trader/treaty investor |
(NA) |
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Transiting the United States |
(NA) |
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Victim of Criminal Activity |
USCIS |
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Victim of Human Trafficking |
USCIS |
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Nonimmigrant (V) Visa for Spouse and Children of a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) | V | (NA) |
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(NA) |