Visas

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PAUL C. WRIGHT, ESQ

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UNITED STATES VISA SERVICE

Business, Employment, and Family based Visas and Citizenship services for international and U.S. based clients. Contact our office for the benefit of our experienced international network of attorneys and consultants. We have affiliates in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and look forward to helping you secure your visa. We passionately and diligently serve international business, art, science, medical, academic, sports, and entertainment professionals, as well as foreign born family members of U.S. citizens and residents who need United States visas.

IMMIGRANT & NONIMMIGRANT VISAS

The United States has issues several visa types to foreigners who wish to enter the United States for varying reasons. The visa types fall into immigrant and nonimmigrant categories.

Immigrant Visas

Immigrant visas are issued to people seeking to become residents and citizens of the United States. Many people seeking immigrant visas have relatives who are United States citizens or United States permanent residents (Green Card holders). Family based visas are the bedrock of the immigrant visa category of visas. Some immigrant visas, however, are available for employment based immigration. These types of visa generally fall into the EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and EB-4 categories.

Nonimmigrant Visas

Nonimmigrant visas are temporary visas that are issued to people who do not intend to remain in the United States permanently. These visas are usually business, employment, or tourism based.

In fact, the U.S. State Department states that: "Nonimmigrant visas are for international travelers, (citizens of other countries), coming to the U.S. temporarily. This visa allows you to travel to a U.S. port-of-entry (airport, for example) and request permission of the Department of Homeland Security immigration inspector to enter the U.S. A visa does not guarantee entry into the United States. International travelers come to the U.S. for a wide variety of reasons, including tourism, business, medical treatment and certain types of temporary work. The type of visa needed is defined by immigration law, and relates to the principal purpose of your travel. While in the U.S., temporary visitors are restricted to the activity or reason for which their nonimmigrant visa was issued, with few exceptions."

Some of the more popular Nonimmigrant visas include:

B-1 Temporary Visitor for Business, E-1 Treaty Trader (and family), E-2 Treaty Investor (and family), F-1 Academic Student, F-2 Spouse and child of F-1, H-1B Specialty Occupations, H-1C Nurses, J-1 Exchange Visitor, K-1 Fiancé, L-1A Managerial and Executive Business personnel, O-1 Extraordinary Ability in Art, Education, Business, Athletics, and the P-series for Artists and Entertainers.