List Of U.S. Visas - Citizenship and Immigration Legal Services, Inc.

Visas	Designation
A-1	Foreign Government Officials: Ambassador, Public Minister, Career Diplomat or Consular Officer, or Immediate Family.
A-2	Foreign Government Officials: Other Foreign Government Official or Employee, or Immediate Family.
A-3	Foreign Government Officials: Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of A-1 or A-2, or Immediate Family.

B-1	Temporary Visa for Business Travelers and domestic servant.
B-2	Visitors ("tourists"): Temporary Visitor for Pleasure or Medical Treatment.

C-1	Alien in Transit.
C-1/D	Combined Transit and Crewman Visa.
C-2	Alien in Transit to United Nations Headquarters District Under Sec. 11.(3), (4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement.
C-3	Foreign Government Official, Immediate Family, Attendant, Servant or Personal Employee, in Transit.
C-4	Transit without Visa, see ATP.

D-1	Crewmember departing on same vessel of arrival.
D-2	Crewmember departing by means other than vessel of arrival.

E-1	Treaty Trader, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
E-2	Treaty Investor, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
E-2	Employee Treaty Trader, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).
E-3	Special category for Australian nationals who will work in a Specialty Occupation (Profession), Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21). It is called an "Australian H-1B".
EB-5	Green Card for investors of $1 million or $500,000 in a "Pilot Program".

F-1	Academic Student.
F-2	Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

G-1	Principal Resident Representative of Recognized Foreign Government to International Organization, Staff, or Immediate Family.
G-2	Other Representative of Recognized Foreign Member Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.
G-3	Representative of Nonrecognized Nonmember Foreign Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.
G-4	International Organization Officer or Employee, or Immediate Family.
G-5	Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of G-1 through G-4 or Immediate Family.

H-1B1	Professionals who come temporarily to the U.S. to perform a specialty occupation.
H-1B2	Aliens who come temporarily to the U.S. to perform cooperative research and development projects.
H-1B3	Aliens who come temporarily to the U.S. as a fashion model.
H-1C	Nurse coming to areas of health professional shortage.
H-2A	Aliens who come to the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of temporary or seasonal nature.
H-2B	Aliens who come to the U.S. not to perform agricultural labor or services but to perform work in temporary nature.
H-2R	Special type of H-2B visa which was temporarily provided as a way to bypass the quotas for the H-2B for individuals who had been previously issued H-2B status (enacted in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, P.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 231, signed into law by the President on May 11, 2005).
H-3	Aliens who come to the U.S. to participate in a training program.
H-4	Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).

I	Representative of Foreign Information Media, Spouses and Child.

J-1	Exchange Visitor.
J-2	Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

K-1	Fiance(e) of United States Citizen.
K-2	Minor Child of Fiance(e) of U.S. Citizen.
K-3	Spouses of a U.S. Citizen under LIFE Act.
K-4	Children of K-3 under LIFE Act.

L-1A	Intracompany Transferee (Executive, Managerial) Continuing Employment with International Firm or Corporation.
L-1B	Intracompany Transferee (Specialized Knowledge Personnel) Continuing Employment with International Firm or Corporation.
L-2	Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

M-1	Vocational Student or Other Nonacademic Student.
M-2	Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

N-8	Parent of an Alien Classified SK-3 Special Immigrant.
N-9	Children under the age of twenty-one (21) of N-8 or of an SK-1, SK-2, or SK-4 Special Immigrant.

NATO-1	Principal Permanent Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) Resident in the U.S. and Resident Members of Official Staff; Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General, and Executive Secretary of NATO; Other Permanent NATO Officials of Similar Rank, or Immediate Family.
NATO-2	Other Representative of member state to NATO (including any of Subsidiary Bodies) including Representatives, its Advisers and Technical Experts of Delegations, Members of Immediate Art. 3, 4 UST 1796 Family; Dependents of Member of a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions Status-of-Forces Agreement or in Accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters; Members of Such a Force if Issued Visas.
NATO-3	Official Clerical Staff Accompanying Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) or Immediate Family.
NATO-4	Official of NATO (Other Than Those Classifiable as NATO- 1) or Immediate Family.
NATO-5	Expert, Other Than NATO Officials Classifiable Under the NATO-4, Employed in Missions on Behalf of NATO, and their Dependents.
NATO-6	Member of a Civilian Component Accompanying a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions of the NATO Status-of- Forces Agreement; Member of a Civilian Component Attached to or Employed by an Allied Headquarters Under the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters Set Up Pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty; and their Dependents.
NATO-7	Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, and NATO-6 Classes, or Immediate Family.

O-1A	Aliens possessing extraordinary abilities in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics.
O-1B	Aliens of extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry.
O-2	Accompanying Alien.
O-3	Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

P-1	Athletes, Entertainement Groups and Support Personnel.
P-2	Artistic Exchange (reciprocical exchange program).
P-3	Artistic Exchange (culturally unique program).
P-4	Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

Q-1	Participant in an International Cultural Exchange Program.
Q-2	Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (Walsh Visas).
Q-3	Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).

R-1	Aliens in a religious occupation.
R-2	Spouses or Children under the age of twenty-one (21).

S-5	Certain Aliens Supplying Critical Information Relating to a Criminal Organization or Enterprise.
S-6	Certain Aliens Supplying Critical Information Relating to Terrorism.
S-7	Qualified Family Member of S-5 or S-6.

T-1	Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
T-2	Spouse of a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
T-3	Child of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons.
T-4	Parent of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (if T-1 victim if under twenty-one (21) years of age).

TN	Professional Workers under NAFTA.
TD	Spouses and children under the age of twenty-one (21).

TWOV	Transit Without Visa Program (Passenger and Crew) SUSPENDED: this program was SUSPENDED at 11:00 a.m., Saturday August 2, 2003 (EST).

U-1	Victim of Certain Criminal Activity.
U-2	Spouse of U-1.
U-3	Child of U-1.
U-4	Parent of U-1, if U-1 is under the age of twenty-one (21).

V-1	Spouse of an LPR who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based petition (Form I-130) which was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years.
V-2	Child of an LPR who is the principal beneficiary of a family-based visa petition (Form I-130) that was filed prior to December 21, 2000, and has been pending for at least three years.
V-3	The derivative children of a V-1 or V-2.

TPS	Temporary Protected Status.