Visa Type |
Nonimmigrant (Temporary) Visa Categories |
A-1 |
Ambassadors, public ministers or career diplomats and their immediate family members |
A-2 |
Other accredited officials or employees of foreign governments and their immediate family members |
A-3 |
Personal attendants, servants or employees and their immediate family members of A-1 and A-2 visa holders |
E-1 |
Treaty traders, spouse and children |
E-2 |
Treaty investors, spouse and children |
G-1 |
Principal resident representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and members of immediate family. |
G-2 |
Other accredited representatives of recognized foreign member governments to international organization and their immediate family members |
G-3 |
Representatives of non-recognized or nonmember government to international organization, and members of immediate family |
G-4 |
International organization officer or employee, and their immediate family members |
G-5 |
Attendants, servants and personal employees of G-1, G-2, G-3 or G-4 visa holders and their immediate family members |
H-1B |
Specialty Occupations, DOD workers, fashion models |
H-4 |
Spouse or child of H-1B holder only |
I |
Visas for foreign media representatives |
K-1 |
Fiancé(e) |
K-2 |
Minor child of K-1 |
K-3 |
Spouse of a U.S. citizen (LIFE Act) |
K-4 |
Child of a K-3 (LIFE Act) |
L1-A |
Executive, managerial |
L1-B |
Specialized knowledge |
L-2 |
Spouse or child of L-1 |
N-8 |
Parent of alien classified as SK-3 "Special Immigrant" |
N-9 |
Child of N-8, SK-1, SK-2, or SK-4 "Special Immigrant" |
NATO 1 |
Principal Permanent Representative of Member State to NATO and resident members of official staff or immediate family |
NATO 2 |
Other representatives of Member State; Dependents of Member of a Force entering in accordance with the provisions of NATO Status-of-Forces agreement; Members of such a Force if issued visas |
NATO 3 |
Official clerical staff accompanying Representative of Member State to NATO or immediate member |
NATO 4 |
Official of NATO other than those qualified as NATO-1 and immediate family |
NATO 5 |
Expert other than NATO officials qualified under NATO-4, employed on behalf of NATO and immediate family |
NATO 6 |
Members of civilian component who is either accompanying a Force entering in accordance with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces agreement; attached to an Allied headquarters under the protocol on the Status of International Military headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty; and their dependents |
NATO 7 |
Attendants, servants or personal employees of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5 or NATO-6, or immediate |
O-1 |
Extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, athletics |
O-3 |
Immediate family members of O-1 holders only |
R-1 |
Religious workers |
R-2 |
Spouse or child of R-1 |
T-1 |
Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons |
T-2 |
Spouse of a T-1 |
T-3 |
Child of a T-1 |
T-4 |
Parent of a T-1 visa holder (if the child is under 21 years of age |
TPS |
Temporary Protected Status |
U-1 |
Victim of certain criminal activity |
U-2 |
Spouse of a U-1 |
U-3 |
Child of a U-1 |
U-4 |
Parent of a U-1 visa holder (if the child is under 21 years of age). |
V-1 |
Spouse of Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition (I-130) which was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years |
V-2 |
Child of Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition (I-130) which was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years |
V-3 |
Derivative child of a V-1 or V-2 visa holder |