Visa Assistance

• Athletes, amateur & professional (compete for prize money only)
  Visa Type: B-1
  Required: N/A
• Au pairs - Exchange visitor
  Visa Type: J
  Required: SEVIS
• Australian professional specialty
  Visa Type: E-3
  Required: DOL
• Border Crossing Card: Mexico
  Visa Type: BCC
  Required: N/A
• Business visitors
  Visa Type: B-1
  Required: N/A
• Crewmembers
  Visa Type: D
  Required: N/A
• Diplomats and foreign government officials
  Visa Type: A
  Required: N/A
• Domestic employees or nanny - must be accompanying a foreign national employer
  Visa Type: B-1
  Required: N/A
• Employees of a designated international organization, and NATO
  Visa Type: G-1, G-5, NATO
  Required: N/A
• Exchange visitors
  Visa Type: J
  Required: SEVIS
• Extraordinary Ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business or Athletics
  Visa Type: O
  Required: USCIS
• Foreign military personnel stationed in the U.S.
  Visa Type: A-2, NATO-6
  Required: N/A
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professionals: Chile, Singapore
  Visa Type: H-1B1 - Chile, H-1B1 - Singapore
  Required: DOL > USCIS
• International cultural exchange visitors
  Visa Type: Q
  Required: USCIS
• Intra-company transferees
  Visa Type: L
  Required: USCIS
• Medical treatment, visitors for
  Visa Type: B-2
  Required: N/A
• Media, journalists
  Visa Type: I
  Required: N/A
• NAFTA professional workers: Mexico, Canada
  Visa Type: TN, TD
  Required: N/A
• Performing athletes, artists, entertainers
  Visa Type: P
  Required: USCIS
• Physician
  Visa Type: J, H-1B
  Required: SEVIS
• Professor, scholar, teacher (exchange visitor)
  Visa Type: J
  Required: SEVIS
• Religious workers
  Visa Type: R
  Required: USCIS
• Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge
  Visa Type: H-1B
  Required: DOL > USCIS
• Students - Academic, Vocational
  Visa Type: F, M
  Required: SEVIS
• Temporary agricultural workers
  Visa Type: H-2A
  Required: DOL > USCIS
• Temporary workers performing other services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature.
  Visa Type: H-2B
  Required: DOL > USCIS
• Tourism, vacation, pleasure visitors
  Visa Type: B-2
  Required: N/A
• Training in a program not primarily for employment
  Visa Type: H-3
  Required: USCIS
• Treaty traders/treaty investors
  Visa Type: E
  Required: N/A
• Transiting the United States
  Visa Type: C
  Required: N/A
• Victims of Criminal Activity
  Visa Type: U
  Required: USCIS
• Victims of Human Trafficking
  Visa Type: T
  Required: USCIS

Note: The chart includes nonimmigrant visas and the associated purpose of travel with links to relevant webpages. However, it should be noted this chart is not a complete list of all purposes of travel or types of nonimmigrant visas. Each visa applicant must meet the eligibility requirements for the type of visa for which he/she is applying, as determined by the consular officer at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate, following U.S. immigration laws. See more detailed information on DOS or USCIS websites.