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The Immigration and Nationality Act provides several categories of nonimmigrant visas for a person who wishes to work temporarily in the United States. There are annual numerical limits on some classifications.
- H-1B classification applies to persons in a specialty occupation which requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge requiring completion of a specific course of higher education.
- H-1B1 classification applies to citizens of Singapore or Chile. There are some special requirements. If you are a citizen of Singapore or Chile and have a job offer from an employer in the United States, please Contact Xielaw.
- H-1C classification is for nurses who wishes to work in health professional shortage areas. Only 500 H1C visas are granted annually and it is reserved only for about 14 eligible hospitals in the US. The visa is valid for three years and cannot be extended.
- H-2A classification applies to temporary or seasonal agricultural workers;
- H-2B classification applies to temporary or seasonal nonagricultural workers. This classification requires a temporary labor certification issued by the Secretary of Labor (66,000);
- H-3 classification applies to trainees other than medical or academic. This classification also applies to practical training in the education of handicapped children;
- L classification applies to intracompany transferees who, within the three preceding years, have been employed abroad continuously for one year, and who will be employed by a branch, parent, affiliate, or subsidiary of that same employer in the U.S. in a managerial, executive, or specialized knowledge capacity;
- O-1 classification applies to persons who have extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or extraordinary achievements in the motion picture and television field;
- O-2 classification applies to persons accompanying an O-1 alien to assist in an artistic or athletic performance for a specific event or performance;
- P-1 classification applies to individual or team athletes, or members of an entertainment group that are internationally recognized (25,000);
- P-2 classification applies to artists or entertainers who will perform under a reciprocal exchange program;
- P-3 classification applies to artists or entertainers who perform under a program that is culturally unique (same as P-1); and
- Q-1 classification applies to participants in an international cultural exchange program for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and the sharing of the history, culture, and traditions of the alien's home country.
- TN visa allows citizens of Canada and Mexico, as NAFTA professionals to work in the United States.
For any visa classifications that are not listed above, you may do the following:
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