Visas and Nationality
The following are some of the main
visas required to migrate to the States.
B-1/B-2 VISA.
The B-1 and B-2 visas are temporary
visas that last for an initial duration of six months.
The B-1 visa allows entry into the states for business
purposes such as the attendance of business meetings
although the beneficiary is not entitled to receive
remuneration from a United States source and the B-2
visa allows the beneficiary to enter the US as a tourist.The
visa holder is not permitted to work nor incidentally
receive payment for work performed.
E-1/E-2 VISA
The E-1 visa is known as the treaty
trader visa and benefits nationals of a treaty partner
country of the United States who are engaged in a substantial
volume of trade with the United States. The E-2 visa
on the other hand, is referred to as the treaty investor
visa and is issued to a foreign national of a treaty
country who is entering the States to develop and manage
a business enterprise and who is committed to investing
a non-marginal substantial amount of capital into the
enterprise.
J-1 VISA
This visa would be useful to a person
seeking to acquire on-the -job practical training in
the States. The duration of stay is limited to the time
required to complete the particular programme for which
the person was admitted. Eligibility for entering the
States on the strength of this visa is based on the
U.S employer determining whether or not a sponsor has
been designated by the United States Information Agency
as an exchange-visitor program sponsor.
F-1 VISA
This visa is commonly referred to
as the student visa and may be utilised by a person
seeking to engage in a full time academic course in
the USA. The visa is valid for the entire duration of
the program.
O-1 VISA
This category of visa is specifically
for persons of extraordinary ability in the arts, sciences,
education, business or athletics. Extraordinary ability
refers to skills of an exceptional standard in the field
of endeavour and qualification for this visa is dependant
on evidentiary documentation submitted to the pertinent
immigration authority demonstrative of such ability.
P-1 VISA
This visa is utilised by entertainers
who perform as part of an internationally recognised
group and athletes who compete individually or as part
of a team at an internationally recognised level of
performance.
Inadmissabilty into the united
states on the basis of a criminal conviction.
In the event of an arrest/conviction
for a criminal activity, an alien travelling to the
U S is required to apply for a visa to enter the United
States. The pertinent US consulate visa officer will
then decide whether the applicant may be granted the
visa despite the criminal conviction.
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