Maryland Immigration Attorney

Stated simply, a visa allows you entry into the United States and defines the type of stay allowed on the specific visa issued to you.

Nonimmigrant visas are issued for a defined time frame, are for a short duration and often for a specific purpose.

Not all visas allow you to be employed in the United States. The common reference to “Work Visas” denotes that only a few visas are designed to allow employment in the United States. The most commonly used Nonimmigrant visas that allow employment in the United States, where issued to allow employment are A, E, G, H, L, J, TN, R, and V visas. Of these, the H-1B Specialty Workers, the E Visas for Traders and Treaty Investors and the L-1 Intra-Company Transferees are the most popular for Business Immigration purposes.

Other visas are:

A- 1/2 for Diplomats and foreign government Officials

B- 1/2 Visitors for Business/pleasure

C-1 – Transit visas

D-1 – Crewmen

E- Treaty Traders/Investors

F-1/2 – Students and Dependents

G-Representatives to International Organizations

H- Temporary Workers

I- Representatives of Information Media

J- Exchange Visitors and Scholars

K- Fiance/Fiancee of US Citizen/ spouse of US citizen

L- Intracompany Transferees/Managers

M- Vocational students

O-Persons of Extraordinary Ability

P- Artists, Athletes and Entertainers

R- Religious WorkersS- NATO Nonimmigrant Aliens