| Non-immigrant Visas |
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B-1/B-2: visitor for business/tourism |
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E-1/E-2: treaty trader/treaty investor |
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E-3: specialty occupation professionals: Australia |
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F-1: students |
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H-1B: specialty occupation professionals |
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H-1B1: specialty occupation professionals: Chile, Singapore |
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H-3/J-1: trainees/exchange visitors |
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K-1: fiancés |
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L-1: intercompany transferees |
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O-1: extraordinary ability: arts, athletics, business, education, or sciences |
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P-1: athletes or group entertainers |
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R-1: religious workers |
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TN: NAFTA treaty professionals |
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| Immigrant Visas |
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Family-based |
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Immediate relatives: spouse of a U.S. citizen, or unmarried child (under 21) |
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First preference: unmarried son or daughter of U.S. citizen (over 21) |
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Second preference: spouse or child of legal permanent resident (LPR) |
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(A) Spouses and children (unmarried, under 21) |
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(B) Unmarried sons and daughters (over 21) |
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Third preference: married sons and daughters of U.S. citizen |
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Fourth preference: brother or sister of adult (over 21) U.S. citizen |
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Employment-based |
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First preference: multi-national executives, managers, or extraordinary ability |
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Second preference: professionals holding advanced degrees or exceptional ability |
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Third preference: skilled workers, professionals, and other workers |
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Fourth preference: special immigrants* and certain religious workers |
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Fifth preference: investors |
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Violence against women act (VAWA) self-petitioners (men and women) |
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| Citizenship |
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| Compliance |
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H-1B public access files |
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I-9 compliance |
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