Different types of U.S. Visa
- October 30, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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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 |
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H-2A (seasonal agricultural workers) |
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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) |
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L-1 (intra-company transferees) |
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L-2 (dependents) |
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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. |