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New York, NY 10105

    KEN GARCIA
  Attorney At LAW
________________________

Immigration & Nationality Law

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NONIMMIGRANT VISAS

Nonimmigrant visas allow foreign nationals to come to the United States for a stated purpose which is temporary in nature and then depart at the end of the visit.  Visas under this category run from A to V and, for simplicity, they have been grouped according to the following main categories:  tourism; educational; family-related; work or business; law enforcement-related; governmental or quasi-governmental; and miscellaneous.

1.  Tourism

                        a.  B-2 (Temporary Visitors for Pleasure or Medical Treatment) 

2.  Educational

                        a.  F-1 (Academic Students)


                        b.  F-2 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of F-1)


                        c.  M-1 (Vocational Students)


                        d.  M-2 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of M-1)


                        e.  J-1 (Exchange Visitors)


                        f.  J-2 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of J-1)         
    

3.  Special or Family-Related
                    
                        a.  K-1 (Fiance(e) of U.S. Citizen)

                        b.  K-2 (Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of K-1) 

                        c.  K-3 (Spouses of U.S. Citizen who seek admission in order to be with the 

                             American spouse pending approval of a family-based immigrant petition)

                        d.  K-4 (Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of K-3)

                        e.  V-1 (Spouse of a Lawful Permanent Resident who is the principal beneficiary of 
                             a family-based petition filed prior to Dec. 21, 2000, and has been pending for
                             at
least 3 years)

                        f.  V-2 (Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of a Lawful Permanent Resident 
                            who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition filed prior to Dec. 21,                                2000, and has been pending for at least 3 years)

                        g.  V-3 (Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of V-1)

4.  Work or Business

                        a.  B-1 (Temporary Visitors for Business and Domestic Servants)

                        b.  E-1 (Treaty Traders and their Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of                               age)

                        c.  E-2 (Treaty Investors and their Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years                                of age)

                        d.  E-3 (Australians in Specialty Occupations and their Spouses and Unmarried                                       Children Under 21 years of age)

                        e.  H-1B (Temporary Workers engaged in a "Specialty Occupation," DOD Workers                                and Distinguished Fashion Models) 

                        f.  H-1B1 (Chileans and Singaporeans in Specialty Occupations)

                        g.  H-1C (Nurses working in Health Professional Shortage Areas)

                        h.  H-2A (Temporary Agricultural Workers)

                        i.  H-2B (Temporary Skilled and Unskilled Workers)

                        j.  H-3 (Trainees) 

                        k.  H-4 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of H-1B, H-1B1, H-1C,                              H-2A, H-2B and H-3)

                        l.  I (Representatives of Foreign Media and their Spouses and Unmarried Children                                Under 21 years of age)

                        m.  L-1A (Intracompany Transferees - Executive or Managerial)

                        n.  L-1B (Intracompany Transferees - Specialized Knowledge)

                        o.  L-2 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of L-1A and L-1B) 

                        p.  O-1 (Aliens with Extraordinary Ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business or 

                             Athletics)

                        q.  O-2 (Essential Support Personnel of O-1)  

                        r.  O-3 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of O-1 and O-2) 

                        s.  P-1 (Individual or Team Athletes, Entertainers or Entertainment Groups, and                                      their Support Personnel)


                        t.  P-2 (Artists and Entertainers in a Government-Recognized Reciprocal Exchange 

                            Program)

                        u.  P-3 (Artists and Entertainers in a Culturally-Unique Program and their Support 

                             Personnel) 

                        v.  P-4 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of P-1, P2 and P-3)    
                   
                        w.  Q-1 (International Cultural Exchange Visitors)

                        x.  Q-2 (Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (Walsh Visas)

                        y.  Q-3 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of Q-1 and Q-2)

                        z.  R-1 (Religious Workers)

                        aa.  R-2 (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of R-1)

                        ab.  TN (Trade Visas for Canadians and Mexicans)

                        ac.  TD (Spouses and Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of TN)

5.  Law Enforcement-Related

                        a.  S-5 (Criminal Organization Informants)  

                        b.  S-6 (Terrorist Informants)

                        c.  S-7 (Spouses, Children and Parents of S-5 and S-6) 

                        d.  T-1 (Victims of a Severe Form of Human Trafficking)

                        e.  T-2 (Spouses of  Victims of a Severe Form of Human Trafficking)

                        f.  T-3 (Unmarried Children Under 21 years of age of  Victims of a Severe Form of 

                            Human Trafficking)  
                    
                        g.  T-4 (Parents of  Victims (under 21 years of age) of a Severe Form of Human 

                             Trafficking)

                        h.  U-1 (Victims of Certain Criminal Activity)  

                        i.  U-2 (Spouses of U-1)

                        j.  U-3 (Children of U-1)

                        k.  U-4 (Parents of  U-1, if U-1 is under 21 years of age)

6.  Governmental or Quasi-Governmental

                        a.  A-1 (Ambassadors, Public Ministers, Diplomatic or Consular Officers and the 

                             Members of their Immediate Families) 

                        b.  A-2 (Other Foreign Government Officials or Employees and Members of their 

                             Immediate Families)

                        c.  A-3 (Attendants, Servants or Personal Employees of A-1 and A-2 and the 

                             Members of their Immediate Families)

                        d.  G-1 (Principal Resident Representatives of Recognized Foreign Member 

                             Governments to International Organizations and the Members of their 
                             Immediate Families)

                        e.  G-2 (Other Representatives of Recognized Foreign Member Governments 

                             to International Organizations and the Members of their Immediate Families)

                        f.  G-3 (Representatives of Non-recognized or Nonmember Governments to 

                            International Organizations and the Members of their Immediate Families) 

                        g.  G-4 (International Organization Officers or Employees and the Members of                                      their 
Immediate Families) 

                        h.  G-5 (Attendants, Servants or Personal Employees of G-1, G-2, G3, G-4 or the 

                             Members of their Immediate Families)

                        i.  NATO-1 through 7 (NATO Personnel)  

7.  Miscellaneous

                        a.  C-1 (Aliens in Transit Directly Through U.S.)

                        b.  C-2 (Aliens in Transit to UN, UN Officials in Transit Through the U.S. and the 

                             Members of their Immediate Families)  

                        c.  C-3 (Foreign Government Officials, the Members of their Immediate Families, 

                             Attendants, Servants or Personal Employees, in Transit Through the U.S.)

                        d.  D-1 (Crewmen Departing on Same Vessel of Arrival)

                        e.  D-2 (Crewmen Departing by Means Other than on Vessel of Arrival)

                        f.  TPS (Temporary Protected Status to Foreign Nationals of Designated Countries 

                            where there is an Ongoing Armed Conflict, Environmental Disaster, Epidemic 
                            or Other Extraordinary and Temporary Conditions)

                        g.  TWOV (Transit Without Visa Program, Suspended as of Aug. 2, 2003)

                        h.  VWP (Foreign Nationals from Certain Countries Permitted to Travel to the 

                             United States for Business or Pleasure Without Obtaining a Visa) 

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