A-1 Visa:
Foreign Government Officials: Ambassador, Public Minister, Career Diplomat or Consular Officer, or Immediate Family.
A-2 Visa:
Foreign Government Officials: Other Foreign Government Official or Employee, or Immediate Family.
A-3 Visa:
Foreign Government Officials: Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of A-1 or A-2, or Immediate Family.
B-1 Visa:
Temporary Visa for Business Travelers and domestic servant.
B-2 Visa:
Visitors (“tourists”): Temporary Visitor for Pleasure or Medical Treatment.
C-1 Visa:
Alien in Transit.
C-1/D Visa:
Combined Transit and Crewman Visa.
C-2 Visa:
Alien in Transit to United Nations Headquarters District Under Sec. 11.(3), (4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement.
C-3 Visa:
Foreign Government Official, Immediate Family, Attendant, Servant or Personal Employee, in Transit.
C-4 Visa:
Transit without Visa, see ATP
D-1 Visa:
Crewmember departing on same vessel of arrival.
D-2 Visa:
Crewmember departing by means other than vessel of arrival.
E-1 Visa:
Treaty Trader, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
E2 Visa:
Treaty Investor, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
E-2 Visa:
Employee Treaty Trader, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
E-3 Visa:
Special category for Australian nationals who will work in a Specialty Occupation (Profession), Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21). It is called an “Australian H-1B”.
EB-5 Visa:
Green Card for investors of $1 million or $500,000 in a “Pilot Program”.
F-1 Visa:
Academic Student.
F-2 Visa:
Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
G-1 Visa:
Principal Resident Representative of Recognized Foreign Government to International Organization, Staff, or Immediate Family.
G-2 Visa:
Other Representative of Recognized Foreign Member Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.
G-3 Visa:
Representative of Nonrecognized Nonmember Foreign Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.
G-4 Visa:
International Organization Officer or Employee, or Immediate Family.
G-5 Visa:
Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of G-1 through G-4 or Immediate Family.
H-1B1 Visa:
Professionals who come temporarily to the U.S. to perform a specialty occupation.
H-1B2 Visa:
Aliens who come temporarily to the U.S. to perform cooperative research and development projects.
H-1B3 Visa:
Aliens who come temporarily to the U.S. as a fashion model.
H-1C Visa:
Nurse coming to areas of health professional shortage.
H-2A Visa:
Aliens who come to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of temporary or seasonal nature.
H-2B Visa:
Aliens who come to the U.S. not to perform agricultural labor or services but to perform work in temporary nature.
H-2R Visa:
Special type of H-2B visa which was temporarily provided as a way to bypass the quotas for the H-2B for individuals who had been previously issued H-2B status (enacted in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, P.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231, signed into law by the President on May 11, 2005).
H-3 Visa:
Aliens who come to the U.S. to participate in a training program.
H-4 Visa:
Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).
I Visa:
Representative of Foreign Information Media, Spouses and Child.
J-1 Visa:
Exchange Visitor.
J-2 Visa:
Exchange Visitor.
K-1 Visa:
Fiance(e) of United States Citizen.
K-2 Visa:
Minor Child of Fiance(e) of U.S. Citizen.
K-3 Visa:
Spouses of a U.S. Citizen under LIFE Act.
K-4 Visa:
Children of K-3 under LIFE Act.
L-1A Visa:
Intracompany Transferee (Executive, Managerial) Continuing Employment with International Firm or Corporation.
L-1B Visa:
Intracompany Transferee (Specialized Knowledge Personnel) Continuing Employment with International Firm or Corporation.
L-2 Visa:
Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
M-1 Visa:
Vocational Student or Other Nonacademic Student.
M-2 Visa:
Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
N-8 Visa:
Parent of an Alien Classified SK-3 Special Immigrant.
N-9 Visa:
Children under the age of twenty-one (21) of N-8 or of an SK-1, SK-2, or SK-4 Special Immigrant.
NATO-1 Visa:
Principal Permanent Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) Resident in the U.S. and Resident Members of Official Staff; Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General, and Executive Secretary of NATO; Other Permanent NATO Officials of Similar Rank, or Immediate Family.
NATO-2 Visa:
Other Representative of member state to NATO (including any of Subsidiary Bodies) including Representatives, its Advisers and Technical Experts of Delegations, Members of Immediate Art. 3, 4 UST 1796 Family; Dependents of Member of a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions Status-of-Forces Agreement or in Accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters; Members of Such a Force if Issued Visas.
NATO-3 Visa:
Official Clerical Staff Accompanying Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) or Immediate Family.
NATO-4 Visa:
Official of NATO (Other Than Those Classifiable as NATO- 1) or Immediate Family.
NATO-5 Visa:
Expert, Other Than NATO Officials Classifiable Under the NATO-4, Employed in Missions on Behalf of NATO, and their Dependents.
NATO-6 Visa:
Member of a Civilian Component Accompanying a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions of the NATO Status-of- Forces Agreement; Member of a Civilian Component Attached to or Employed by 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 Visa:
Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, and NATO-6 Classes, or Immediate Family.
O-1A Visa:
Aliens possessing extraordinary abilities in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.
O-1B Visa:
Aliens of extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry.
O-2 Visa:
Accompanying Alien.
O-3 Visa:
Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
P-1 Visa:
Athletes, Entertainement Groups and Support Personnel.
P-2 Visa:
Artistic Exchange (reciprocical exchange program).
P-3 Visa:
Artistic Exchange (culturally unique program).
P-4 Visa:
Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
Q-1 Visa:
Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program.
Q-2 Visa:
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (Walsh Visas).
Q-3 Visa:
Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).
R-1 Visa:
Aliens in a religious occupation.
R-2 Visa:
Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
S-5 Visa:
Certain Aliens Supplying Critical Information Relating to a Criminal Organization or Enterprise.
S-6 Visa:
Certain Aliens Supplying Critical Information Relating to Terrorism.
S-7 Visa:
Qualified Family Member of S-5 or S-6.
T-1 Visa:
Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
T-2 Visa:
Spouse of a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
T-3 Visa:
Child of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
T-4 Visa:
Parent of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (if T-1 victim if under twenty-one (21) years of age).
TN Visa:
Professional Workers under NAFTA.
TD Visa:
Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).
TWOV Visa:
Transit Without Visa Program (Passenger and Crew) SUSPENDED: this program was SUSPENDED at 11:00 a.m., Saturday August 2, 2003 (EST).
U-1 Visa:
Victim of Certain Criminal Activity.
U-2 Visa:
Spouse of U-1.
U-3 Visa:
Child of U-1.
U-4 Visa:
Parent of U-1, if U-1 is under the age of twenty-one (21).
V-1 Visa:
Spouse of an LPR who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition (Form I-130) which was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years.
V-2 Visa:
Child of an LPR who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based visa petition (Form I-130) that was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years.
V-3 Visa:
The derivative children of a V-1 or V-2.
TPS Visa:
Temporary Protected Status.
