US Visas

The visitor visa and student visa are similar in some respects. The B1 visa and B2 visa allows people to enter the US for business and tourist. This visa allows visitors to take recreational courses of study, on a short-term basis, as well. If the course is short-term and takes fewer than 18 hours per week, you can generally […]

A student visa, including an M-1 Visa and an F-1 Visa, will generally allow you to remain in the US for your studies for as long as your program of study continues. Your Arrival-Departure Record (Form I-94) will generally indicate how long you are permitted to remain in the US. If you are a student, it

With most visa applications, male and female applicants fill out the same forms in the same manner. However, due to security concerns, some male applicants may need to provide additional information on their applications. For example, Form DS-157 (Supplemental Nonimmigrant Visa Application) must be completed by any male applicant between the ages of 16 and

Form DS-160 (Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application) is an online application which allows applicants to provide the USCIS with information in order to temporarily travel to the United States using a nonimmigrant visa. The information submitted electronically through Form DS-160 is sent to a US consulate or embassy officers, the USCIS, as well as to the

The United States has signed treaties and agreements with many countries. When the US signs a treaty with a country, the US is generally open to conducting business with that country. As a result, the US generally makes treaty visas available to residents of countries with which there are signed treaties and agreements. Nationals from

The H1B work visa is a non-immigrant visa which allows workers in some occupations to enter the US and work in the US for a specific employer. If a worker enters the US on a H-1B work visa and loses his job, he or she must leave the US, adjust their status, or apply for new work

The R1 visa, also known as the religious worker visa, is intended for foreign religious workers to enter the US temporarily in order to take part in their vocation or religious profession. If you are a liturgical worker, religious teacher or instructor, religious hospitals or healthcare worker, missionary, religious translator, religious counselor, cantor, catechist, or religious

The United States used the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to create a new transitional work visa intended for the sole use of those who resided in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.  Despite this, however, as much as 37% of the 12,428 employees who had petitioned for a visa in 2011 have

Citizens of India who put in an application for US immigration visas will now be able to check the status of their application via the internet, a statement made by the US Consulate General of Kolkata says.  The US Mission in India, which is a sector of the US Embassy, is to offer superior customer service 24

The P-3 US visa is offered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to entertainers or artists in order to allow them to enter the country either as a group or on an individual basis. The goal of the group or individual artist should be to coach, develop, interpret, represent or teach an artistic,