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USA - Working Visas
What is working Visa?
If you�re a citizen of a foreign country and wish to work in the USA, in most cases
you�ll need a working visa to enter the United States. A working visa allows you
to enter the US and legally work in USA. There are different categories of U.S. working
non-immigrant visa (H, L, E, Visas).
Non-immigrant work visas (H, L, O, P, Q) require a CIS-approved petition from a
U.S. sponsor. Treaty-trader or treaty-investor visas (E1/E2) can be applied for
directly by the individual as long as he or she is from a country with which the
United States has a treaty. The most common work-related visas are H-1B Visas and
L1 Visas. The H-1B is a way to bring foreign-born professionals to the United States
for a period of up to six years. A sponsor is required, and the employment may only
start once the new employee is in the United States. The L1-Visa is for people
working for an employer abroad for one year in a related business entity in a manager/executive
or specialized knowledge staff capacity, and who will come to the United States
to continue providing services for his or her employer. The paperwork is important,
but so is the communication.
Type of visas:
- B1: Temporary visitor for business
- B2: Temporary visitor for pleasure
- B1/B2: Temporary visitor for business or pleasure
- E1: Treaty trader, spouse and children
- E2: Treaty investor, spouse and children
- H1B (petition-based): Temporary worker in a specialty occupation
- H1C (petition-based): Registered nurses
- H2A (petition-based): Temporary worker performing agricultural services unavailable
in the United States
- H2B (petition-based): Temporary worker performing non-agricultural services unavailable
in the United States
- H3 (petition-based): Industrial trainee
- H4 (petition-based): Dependent of H1, H2 or H3
- L1 (petition-based): Intra-company transferee (executive, managerial, and specialized
personnel continuing employment with an international firm or corporation)
- L2 (petition-based): Dependent of L1
- O1 (petition-based): Aliens with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education,
business or athletics
- O2 (petition-based): Aliens accompanying/assisting the above in a professional capacity
- O3 (petition-based): Dependent of O1 or O2
- P1 (petition-based): Athletes and entertainers for a specific competition or performance
- P2 (petition-based): Athletes, entertainers participating in reciprocal exchange
program
- P3 (petition-based): Artists and entertainers performing under culturally unique
program
- P4 (petition-based): Dependent of P1, P2 or P3
- Q (petition-based): International cultural exchange visitor
To find out which working Visa you will need it to work in USA, please fill out our
Free Assessment Form
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