Types of Visas
Citizenship & Naturalization
Click here to find out more about becoming a U.S. citizen. If you have been a legal permanent resident (you have your green card) for 5 years, you are eligible to apply for citizenship. If you are married to a U.S. citizen, you must live in the U.S. for 3 years to be eligible. Once a U.S. citizen, you may petition for other relatives, vote, and enjoy the same rights as a natural born U.S. citizen.
Green Cards/Permanent Residency
Learn more about obtaining permanent residency through a green card. Individuals who receive a job offer from a U.S. company can apply for permanent residence through Program Electronic Review Management (PERM) Labor Certification. We can obtain an approval for you in less than 6 months. Individuals may also become a permanent resident through family in the U.S. If a permanent resident in the U.S. wishes to bring a foreign relative to the country, click here to find out more. If a U.S. citizen wishes to bring a foreign relative to the country, click here for more information. By clicking on the links below, you will find additional information on the various ways one can obtain a green card, thereby becoming a permanent resident.
•Click here for information about obtaining a green card through a
job/investment
EB-1: Employment First Preference: Priority Workers
EB-2: Employment Second Preference: Advance Degrees
EB-3: Employment Third Preference: Skilled Workers, Professionals etc.
EB-4: Employment Fourth Preference: Certain Special Workers
EB-5: Employment Fifth Preference: Investors
•Click here for information about green cards for relatives of a U.S. citizen
•Click here for information about green cards for relatives of permanent
residents
•Click here for information about obtaining a green card through investments.
B2 Tourist Visas
Want to come visit the U.S.? Click here for information about how to obtain a B2 visa. Individuals can visit the U.S. for up to one year on a tourist visa. We can help you obtain this visa even if you have been denied before.
Work Based Visas
Click here for an overview of the different work visas. Foreign workers who have a job offer from a U.S. company can use a work visa to live in the U.S. Once approved for a work visa, you may qualify for a green card. Click on the links below for information about the individual types of work visas.
B-1: Temporary business visitor visa
H-1B: Visa for workers in a specialty occupation. Eg: medicine, engineering, architect
H-2 A&B: Temporary or seasonal agricultural (A) or nonagricultural (B) worker visa. Eg: ski instructor, theme park employee, hotel employee, rancher
H-3: Visa for a trainee not in academics or medicine
J-1: Training visa for exchange visitors to participate in authorized exchange visitor programs as a trainee Visa for employees being transferred within the same company.
O-1: Visa for persons with extraordinary achievement or ability in arts, sports, entertainment, sciences or education
P-1 A&B: Visa for individual/team athletes, or members of an entertainment group that are internationally recognized TN: North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) temporary professional visa for persons from Mexico and Canada
Student Visas
Want to study or go to college in the U.S.? Click here or on the link above to find general information on student visas. An alien who has a residence in a foreign country which he/she has no intention of abandoning and who wishes to come to the United States to pursue a course of study may qualify for a student or exchange visa.
F-1 & M-1: F-1) Academic Student visa for a student at an accredited institution or M-1) Vocational Student visa for a student in a vocational or nonacademic program
J-1: An Exchange Visitor visa to participate in an approved program
K-1 Fiancé(e) Visa & K-3 Marriage Visa
Click here to learn more about the bringing of a fiancé(e) or spouse to the United States. Click on the links below to find more specific information regarding these visas.
K-1: Visa for the fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen
Visa for the spouse of a U.S. citizen
*For information on Immigrant visas (permanent) residence/green card) see the “Green Cards” category aboveFamily Based Visas
Family based visas can allow individuals who have immediate family members in the U.S. on non-immigrant (temporary) visas to enter the U.S. under a valid status. If you are a permanent resident and want to bring a family member to the U.S., click here to find out more. If you are a U.S. citizen and want to bring a relative to the country, click here for more information. Click on the links below for more information about the individual types of family based visas.
*For more information on applying for permanent residency through a family member, see “Green Cards” category above
F-2: Spouse and/or unmarried child(ren) under age 21 of a F-1 Student visa holder
*See F-1 visa link in “Student Visas” category above
H-4: Spouse and/or unmarried child(ren) under age 21 of an H-class work visa holder
*See H visa link in “Work Based Visas” category above
Unmarried child(ren) under age 21 of a K-1 Fiancé/Fiancée or K-3 Spouse visa holder
*See K-1/K-3 visa links in “K1 Fiancé(e) Visa & K3 Marriage
Visa” category above
L-2: Spouse and/or unmarried child(ren) under age 21 of an L-class Intracompany Transfer work visa holder
*See L visa link in “Work Based Visas” category above
O-3: Spouse and/or unmarried child(ren) under age 21 of an O-class Extraordinary Achievement work visa holder
*See O visa link in “Work Based Visas” category above
Investor & Trader Visas
Click here to learn about non-immigrant investor and trader visas. The E2 visa and the E1 visa are ways that assist the U.S. in promoting and ensuring healthy global commerce.
E-1:
Treaty Trader visa for a national of a qualifying country who engages in a significant amount of international trade with the U.S. E-2: Treaty Investor visa for a national of a qualifying treaty country who has made a significant investment in the U.S.
