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Tourist Visa Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must first obtain a visa, either a nonimmigrant visa for temporary stay or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. The visitor visa is a nonimmigrant visa for persons desiring to enter the United States temporarily for business (B-1) or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2). Persons planning to travel to the U.S. for a different purpose, such as students, temporary workers, crewmen, journalists, etc, must apply for a different visa in the appropriate category. Travelers from certain eligible countries may also be able to visit the U.S. without a visa …. Read more Work Visa A work visa is a temporary permit to live and work in the US. Foreign national who want to work in the US must first obtain a work visa. Foreigners working in the US without a work visa are breaking the law and can be deported. You can obtain a work visa prior to your entry into the US or change status after you enter the US on a different visa such a visitor visa or student visa. The most common work visas are the H1B, L1 and E. Employers who wish to hire foreign workers to temporarily perform services or labor or to receive training may file an I-129 petition. The I-129 is mainly used for nonimmigrant categories; thus, in most cases, workers who enter the United States under this petition must depart the U.S. when their maximum period of stay has been reached. Form I-129 may also be used …. Read more Student Visa The United States welcomes foreign students to American language schools, high schools, universities and other institutions of higher education. Thousands of learning institutions are approved by the USCIS to accept foreign students as full time students. It is possible to change schools and universities while being on an F-1 visa without leaving the country. An applicant for a student visa must come to the United States to pursue an academic program in an institution recognized by the United States government. The foreign citizen must have a valid educational purpose for coming to the United States and be a full time student. It is not possible to be a part-time student on an F-1 visa …. Read more Green Card Applying for an American green card is a simple and inexpensive process but the benefits that one can potentially get are tremendous. If you win the green card lottery, this means that you and your family can legitimately live and work in the USA. The American green card gives its holder the right to permanently reside, live and work in any of the 50 states. You will have equal rights with any other native American. This can also open the door for you to receive full citizenship and even have the right to vote after 5 years since your immigration. The American green card gives you the full right to …. Read more Green Card Lottery Another possible way to obtain a green card is a totally novel immigration procedure, intended to balance the groups of people immigrating into the United States into the next century. Beginning in 1994, 55,000 immigration visas available each year to encourage the immigration of aliens from countries which have sent few immigrants to the United States during the previous five years. This is known as the diversity visa. To be eligible for the lottery …. Read more US Citizenship After you have lived in the US as a permanent resident (a green card holder) for a certain number of years, the next step is to apply for US citizenship. US citizenship can be acquired by birth or by the process of naturalization. The process of an immigrant becoming a US citizen is termed as ‘naturalization’. If you are not born in the US, you have to naturalize to become a US citizen. There are several benefits of becoming a US citizen. You are entitled to …. Read more Asylum and Refugee Each year, thousands of people enter the US seeking protection from prosecution or fearing prosecution based on their race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. Those individuals may apply for asylum, refugee status or temporary protected status in the United States. There is a difference between Asylum and Refugee Status …. Read more |
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