Hello America, Inc. | Immigration

To find out how to get immigration help, read:

chapter chapter 4, "Your Legal Status," in Hello!USA.

Below are the different types of non-immigrant visas:

A visa: foreign government officials and employees such as ambassadors, public ministers, or career diplomats.
B visa: people coming for a short while -- usually less than one year.
B-1 - is business trips.
B-2 - is for vacations.
E visa: treaty-traders and treaty-investors who want to trade or invest in a U.S. busniess.
F visa: full-time students in U.S. colleges, universities, seminaries (religious schools), and language programs.
G visa: representatives of international governmental orgnaizations - such as the World Bank or the United Nations
H visa: people coming here for a specfic amount of time -- usually 3-6 years. Most have a bachelors degree from a university.
- H-1: experts in business, science, or the arts.
- H-2: people with temporary jobs in specific fields.
- H-3: people in training programs.
J visa: students, researchers, professors, and teachers -- such as scientsists for the National Institutes of Health.
K visa: men or women engaged to marry U.S. Citizens and their children
L visa: employees who are transferred to the U.S.
M visa: students studying at a vocational school to prepare for a job. The school cannot be a language school, a college, or a unviersity.

Warning: Avoid common problems after you arrive. For example, you may not know about the types of errors you may find on your visa or the times when you need to apply for a new visa. Read chapter 4, "Your Legal Status," in Hello! USA for more information.

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