Temporary Work Visa
For the most part, a resident of a remote nation who wishes to enter the United States should first get a visa, either a nonimmigrant visa for impermanent stay, or a migrant visa for lasting living arrangement. Transitory laborer visas are for people who need to enter the United States for business enduring a settled timeframe, and are not viewed as lasting or uncertain. Each of these visas requires the imminent manager to first record an appeal to with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). An endorsed appeal to is required to apply for a work visa.
| Visa category | General description – About an individual in this category: |
| H-1B: Person in Specialty Occupation | To work in a specialty occupation. Requires a higher education degree or its equivalent. Includes fashion models of distinguished merit and ability and government-to-government research and development, or co-production projects administered by the Department of Defense. |
| H-1B1: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional – Chile, Singapore | To work in a specialty occupation. Requires a post-secondary degree involving at least four years of study in the field of specialization. (Note: This is not a petition-based visa. For application procedures, please refer to the website for the U.S. Embassy in Chile or the U.S. Embassy in Singapore.) |
| H-2A: Temporary Agricultural Worker | For temporary or seasonal agricultural work. Limited to citizens or nationals of designated countries, with limited exceptions, if determined to be in the United States interest. |
| H-2B: Temporary Non-agricultural Worker | For temporary or seasonal non- agricultural work. Limited to citizens or nationals of designated countries, with limited exceptions, if determined to be in the United States interest. |
| H-3: Trainee or Special Education visitor | To receive training, other than graduate medical or academic, that is not available in the trainee’s home country or practical training programs in the education of children with mental, physical, or emotional disabilities. |
| L: Intracompany Transferee | To work at a branch, parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of the current employer in a managerial or executive capacity, or in a position requiring specialized knowledge. Individual must have been employed by the same employer abroad continuously for 1 year within the three preceding years. |
| O: Individual with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement | For persons with extraordinary ability or achievement in the sciences, arts, education, business, athletics, or extraordinary recognized achievements in the motion picture and television fields, demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim, to work in their field of expertise. Includes persons providing essential services in support of the above individual. |
| P-1: Individual or Team Athlete, or Member of an Entertainment Group | For persons with extraordinary ability or achievement in the sciences, arts, education, business, athletics, or extraordinary recognized achievements in the motion picture and television fields, demonstrated by sustained national or international acclaim, to work in their field of expertise. Includes persons providing essential services in support of the above individual. |
| P-2: Artist or Entertainer (Individual or Group) | For performance under a reciprocal exchange program between an organization in the United States and an organization in another country. Includes persons providing essential services in support of the above individual. |
| P-3: Artist or Entertainer (Individual or Group) | To perform, teach or coach under a program that is culturally unique or a traditional ethnic, folk, cultural, musical, theatrical, or artistic performance or presentation. Includes persons providing essential services in support of the above individual. |
| Q-1: Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program | For practical training and employment and for sharing of the history, culture, and traditions of your home country through participation in an international cultural exchange program. |
Work Certification – Some transitory specialist visa classes require your forthcoming boss to get a work accreditation or other endorsement from the Department of Labor for your sake before recording the Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, Form I-129, with USCIS. Your imminent boss ought to survey the Instructions for Form I-129 on the USCIS site to decide if work confirmation is required for you.
Appeal to Approval – Some transitory specialist classifications are restricted in complete number of petitions which can be affirmed on a yearly premise. Before you can apply for a transitory specialist visa at a U.S. International safe haven or Consulate, a Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, Form I-129, must be recorded for your benefit by a forthcoming boss and be endorsed by USCIS. For more data about the appeal to process, qualification necessities by visa class, and numerical points of confinement, if material, see Working in the U.S. what’s more, Temporary (Nonimmigrant) Workers on the USCIS site. Once the request of is endorsed, USCIS will send your imminent business a Notice of Action, Form I-797.
How to Apply
After USCIS approves the Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (Form I-129), you may apply for a visa. There are several steps in the visa application process. The order of these steps and how you complete them may vary at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate where you apply. Please consult the instructions available on the embassy or consulate website where you will apply.
Complete The Online Visa Application
Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application, Form DS-160 – Learn more about completing the DS-160. You must: 1) complete the online visa application and 2) print the application form confirmation page to bring to your interview.
Photo –You will upload your photo while completing the online Form DS-160. Your photo must be in the format explained in the Photograph Requirements.
Schedule an Interview
While interviews are generally not required for applicants of certain ages outlined below, consular officers have the discretion to require an interview of any applicant, regardless of age.