NONIMMIGRANT VISAS
List of Nonimmigrant Categories
Foreign Government Officials
A-1 : Ambassador, Public minister, Career diplomat or Consular officer, or immediate family
A-2 : Other foreign government official or employee, or immediate family
A-3 : Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 or A-2, or immediate family
Visitors
B-1 : Temporary visitor for business
B-2 : Temporary visitor for pleasure
B-1/B-2 : Temporary visitor for business and pleasure
WB : Visitor for business, Visa Waiver Program
WT : Visitor for pleasure, Visa Waiver Program
Aliens in Transit
C-1 : Alien in transit directly through U.S.
C-1/D : Combined transit and crewmember visa
C-2 : Alien in transit to UN headquarters district under Section 11.(3), (4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement
C-3 : Foreign government official, members of immediate family, attendant, servant, or personal employee, in transit
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)-Related
CW-1 : CNMI transitional worker
CW-2 : Spouse or child of CW-1
Crewmen
D : Crewmember (sea or air)
Treaty Traders and Treaty Investors
E-1 : Treaty Trader, spouse or child
E-2 : Treaty Investor, spouse or child
E2-C : Long-term foreign investors in the CNMI, spouse or child
E-3 : Specialty occupation professionals from Australia
E3-D : Spouse or child of E-3
E-3R : Return E-3
Academic Students
F-1 : Academic student
F-2 : Spouse or child of F-1
F-3 : Canadian or Mexican national commuter student
Foreign Government Officials to International Organizations
G-1 : Principal resident representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and members of immediate family.
G-2 : Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and members of immediate family.
G-3 : Representative of non-recognized or nonmember government to international organization, and members of immediate family
G-4 : International organization officer or employee, and members of immediate family
G-5 : Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1, G-2, G-3, G-4, or members of immediate family
Temporary Workers
H-1B : Workers in a specialty occupation
H-1B1 : Chilean or Singaporean workers in a specialty occupation
H-1B2 : Workers in a specialty occupation related to Department of Defense Cooperative Research and Development projects or Co-Production projects
H-1B3 : Fashion models of distinguised merit and ability
H-1C : Registered nurses working in a health professional shortage area as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor
H-2A : Temporary agricultural worker
H-2B : Temporary non-agricultural worker: skilled and unskilled
H-2R : Returning H-2B
H-3 : Trainee
H-4 : Spouse or child of H-1, H-2, H-3
Foreign Media Representatives
I : Representative of foreign information media, spouse and child
Exchange Visitors
J-1 : Exchange visitor
J-2 : Spouse or child of J-1
Fiancé(e) of US Citizen
K-1 : Fiancé(e) of U.S. citizen
K-2 : Child of fiancé(e) of U.S. citizen
K-3 : Spouse of a U.S. citizen awaiting availability of immigrant visa
K-4 : Child of K-3
Intracompany Transferee
L-1A : Intracompany transferree (executives and managers)
L-1B : Intracompany transferee (specialized knowledge)
L-2 : Spouse or child of L-1
Vocational and Language Students
M-1 : Vocational student or other nonacademic student
M-2 : Spouse or child of M-1
M-3 : Canadian or Mexican national commuter student (vocational student or other nonacademic student)
N-8 : Parent of SK-3 or SN-3
N-9 : Child of N-8 or of SK-1, SK-2, SK4, SN-1, SN-2, or SN-4
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO-1 : Principal permanent representative of member state to NATO (including any of its subsidiary bodies) resident in the United States and resident members of official staff; Secretary General, Assistant Secretaries General, and Executive Secretary of NATO; other permanent NATO officials of similar rank, or immediate family
NATO-2 : Other representatives of member state to NATO (including any of its subsidiary bodies) including representatives, advisers, and technical experts of delegations, or immediate family; dependents of member of a force entering in accordance with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agreement or in accordance with the provisions of the "Protocol of the Status of International Military Headquarters"; members of such a force if issued visas
NATO-3 : Official clerical staff accompanying representative of member state to NATO (including any of its subsidiary bodies), or immediate family
NATO-4 : Official of NATO other than those classifiable as NATO-1, or immediate family
NATO-5 : Expert, other than NATO officials qualified under NATO-4, employed in missions on behalf of NATO, and their dependents
NATO-6 : Member of 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 : Attendant, servant, or personal employee of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, NATO-6, or immediate family
Workers with Extraordinary Abilities
O-1A : Alien with extraordinary ability in sciences, education, business, or athletics
O-1B : Alien with extraordinary ability in the arts, motion picture, and television
O-2 : Alien accompanying and assisting in the artistic or athletic performance by O-1
O-3 : Spouse or child of O-1 or O-2
Athletes and Entertainers
P-1 : Internationally recognized athlete or member of internationally recognized entertainment group
P-2 : Artist or entertainer in a reciprocal exchange program
P-3 : Artist or entertainer in a culturally unique program
P-4 : Spouse or child of P-1, P-2, or P-3
International Cultural Exchange Visitors
Q-1 : Participant in an international cultural exchange Program
Q-2 : Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (Walsh Visas)
Q-3 : Spouse or child of Q-2
Religious Workers
R-1 : Religious workers
R-2 : Spouse or child of R-1
Witness or Informant
S-5 : Certain aliens supplying critical information relating to a criminal organization or enterprise
S-6 : Certain aliens supplying critical information relating to terrorism
S-7 : Qualified family member of S-5 or S-6
Victims of a Severe Form of Trafficking in Persons
T-1 : Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons
T-2 : Spouse of T-1
T-3 : Child of T-1
T-4 : Parent of T-1
T-5 : Unmarried Sibling under age 18 of T-1
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
TN : NAFTA professional
TD : Spouse or child of NAFTA professional
Transit Without Visa
TWOV : Passenger / Crew
Victims of Certain Crimes
U-1 : Victim of criminal activity
U-2 : Spouse of U-1
U-3 : Child of U-1
U-4 : Parent of U-1 under 21 years of age
U-5 : Unmarried sibling under 18 of U-1 under 21 years of age
Certain Second Preference Beneficiaries
V-1 : Spouse of a lawful permanent resident alien awaiting availability of immigrant visa
V-2 : Child of a lawful permanent resident alien awaiting availability of immigrant visa
V-3 : Child of a V-1 or V-2
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
TPS : Temporary Protected Status