Non-Immigrant

1. Family Members
K Visa

K-1 - for fiancé to enter the United States to marry U.S. citizens.
K-2 - for the children of fiancé (K-1)
K-3 - for foreign individual who married U.S. citizens abroad to enter the United States during the pendency of their immigrant petitions.
K-4 - for a minor child of a K-3 foreign individual.

2. Employment
E-1/E-2 (Treaty Traders/Treaty Investors)
A nonimmigrant classification which most closely approximates the status of an immigrant is that of treaty trader (E-1) or treaty investor (E-2) and allows business owners, employees and managers to remain in the United States to work in an enterprise engaged in trade between the U.S. and a foreign country.

The E-1 classification is authorized for a foreign national of a country with which the United States has a treaty of commerce, who is coming to the United States solely to engage in trade of a substantial nature principally between those two specific countries. The purpose of the treaty is to develop international commercial trade between the two countries. The exchange in goods or services MUST be between the United States and the other treaty country.

The E-2 classification is authorized for a national of a country with which the United States has a commercial treaty, who is coming to the United States solely to direct and develop the operations of an enterprise in which he or she has invested, or is actively involved in the process of investing a substantial amount of capital.

To be eligible for E-1 or E-2 status on the basis of employment, individual must be employed either (1) in executive or managerial position; or (2) have essential skills for efficient operation of the business.

H-1B Visas (Specialty Occupations)
H-1B visa is used by foreign nationals coming to the U.S. to perform services in a specialty occupation. The H-1B category is frequently used by physicians, engineers, computer and information technology specialists, and other professionals with higher level skills requiring a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.

L-1 Visas (Intercompany Transfers)
The L-1 visa category applies to individuals working for a foreign company with a parent, subsidiary, branch or affiliate in the United States. L visa holders come to the U.S. as intra-company transferees to temporarily perform services in a managerial or executive capacity (L-1A) or perform services that require specialized knowledge (L-1B) for a parent, branch subsidiary or affiliate of the same employer employing the professional abroad. The employee must have been employed by the foreign corporation on a full-time basis for at least one continuous year out of the previous three years to qualify.

R Visa (Religious Worker)
The R-1 classification is for religious workers. An R visa holder must be an individual coming to the U.S. on a temporary basis to work as a minister of religion, a professional in a religious vocation or occupation, or for a bona fide nonprofit religious organization at the request of the organization, and in a religious occupation which relates to a traditional religious function.

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