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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete, amateur or professional (competing for prize money only) | B-1 | ||||||||
| Au pair (exchange visitor) | I | ||||||||
| Australian professional specialty | E-3 | ||||||||
| Border Crossing Card: Mexico | BCC | ||||||||
| Business visitor | B-1 | ||||||||
| CNMI-only transitional worker | CW-1 | ||||||||
| Crewmember | D | ||||||||
| Diplomat or foreign government official | A | ||||||||
| Domestic employee or nanny - must be accompanying a foreign national employer | B-1 | ||||||||
| Employee of a designated international organization or NATO | G1-G5, NATO | ||||||||
| Exchange visitor | I | ||||||||
| Foreign military personnel stationed in the United States | A-2, NATO1-6 | ||||||||
| Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business or Athletics | O | ||||||||
| Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional: Chile, Singapore | H-1B1 - Chile, H-1B1 - Singapore | ||||||||
| International cultural exchange visitor | Q | ||||||||
| Intra-company transferee | L | ||||||||
| Medical treatment, visitor for | B-2 | ||||||||
| Media, journalist | I | ||||||||
| NAFTA professional worker: Mexico, Canada | TN/TD | ||||||||
| Performing athlete, artist, entertainer | P | ||||||||
| Physician | I, H-1B | ||||||||
| Professor, scholar, teacher (exchange visitor) | I | ||||||||
| Religious worker | R | ||||||||
| Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge | H-1B | ||||||||
| Student: academic, vocational | F, M | ||||||||
| Temporary agricultural worker | H-2A | ||||||||
| Temporary worker performing other services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature. | H-2B | ||||||||
| Tourism, vacation, pleasure visitor | B-2 | ||||||||
| Training in a program not primarily for employment | H-3 | ||||||||
| Treaty trader/treaty investor | E | ||||||||
| Transiting the United States | C | ||||||||
| Victim of Criminal Activity | U | ||||||||
| Victim of Human Trafficking | T | ||||||||
| Nonimmigrant (V) Visa for Spouse and Children of a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) | V | ||||||||
| Renewals in the U.S. - A, G, and NATO Visas | |||||||||
Important Notes:
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- About this chart – It is not a complete list of all travel purposes for the visa category. Select a visa category webpage for more information. The chart lists almost all nonimmigrant visa categories, with the exception of several not listed above. Refer to the Foreign Affairs Manual, 9 FAM 402.1 for all nonimmigrant visa categories.
- Canadian NAFTA Professional workers – A visa not required; apply to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at border port of entry.
- K nonimmigrant visas – For U.S. citizen fiance'(e) and spouse for immigration related purposes. Refer to Immigrant Visa Categories.
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