Different types of U.S. Visa

October 30, 2021
Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
Category: DPN Topics

Different types of U.S. Visa

Subject – IR

Context – H-1B visa: Market research analyst job now a ‘specialist occupation’

Concept –

Visa	Description
H-1B (specialty occupation)	An H-1B visa is required if you are coming to the United States to perform services in a pre-arranged professional job
H-1B1 Treaty-based Temporary Work Visas	Free trade agreements signed with Chile and Singapore permit qualified Chilean and Singaporean citizens to temporarily work in the United States in certain circumstances. Only Chilean and Singaporean citizens are eligible as principal applicants, although their spouses and children may be nationals of other countries.
H-2A (seasonal agricultural workers)	An H-2A visa allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary agricultural jobs for which U.S. workers are not available. Indian and Bhutanese passport holders are not eligible for H-2A and H-2B visas.
H-2B visa (skilled and unskilled workers)	This visa is required if you are coming to the United States to perform a job which is temporary or seasonal in nature and for which there is a shortage of U.S. workers.
H-3 (trainee)	An H-3 visa is required if you are coming to the United States to receive training from an employer in any field of endeavour, other than graduate education or training, for a period of up to two years.
H-4 (dependents)	If you are the principal holder of a valid H visa, your spouses, including same-sex spouses, and/or unmarried children (under age 21) may receive an H-4 visa to accompany you to the United States. However, your spouse/children are not permitted to work while in the United States.
L-1 (intra-company transferees)	An L-1 visa is required if you are the employee of an international company which is temporarily transferring you to a parent branch, affiliate, or subsidiary of the same company in the United States. The international company may be either a U.S. or foreign organization.
L-2 (dependents)	If you are the principal holder of a valid L visa, your spouses, including same-sex spouses, and/or unmarried children (under age 21) may receive this derivative visa. Due to a recent change in the law, your spouse may seek employment authorization.
O	Type O visas are issued to people with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business and athletics, or extraordinary achievement in motion picture and television production, and their essential support personnel.
P (artists, entertainers)	Type P visas are issued to certain athletes, entertainers, artists and essential support personnel who are coming to perform in the United States.
Q	A Q visa is required if you are traveling to the United States to participate in an international cultural exchange program for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and the sharing of the history, culture, and traditions of your home country.