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When people enter the United States to work, they must obtain a work visa for legal employment. There are many kinds of work visas in the United States, such as L- 1 visa, E2 and E 1 visa permit, EB- 1 green card and so on. What kind of work visa foreigners should choose is closely related to the occupation they choose, whether they have established a relationship with their employers, and the length of time they have worked in the United States.

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Introduction to applying for a US visa

The United States has a developed economy and many employment opportunities, so people will have more job opportunities when they immigrate to the United States. Under normal circumstances, foreign citizens who want to work in the United States will be required to apply for a work visa in the United States. Among them, the type of visa application depends on the applicant's occupation in the United States, whether he has established an employment relationship with his employer, the applicant's working time in the United States, his own work skills, whether he has plans to settle in the United States for a long time, and how to apply and prepare documents correctly. Overseas people choose suitable work visas according to their own needs and work legally in the United States!

Second, the common types of American work visas

In order to attract a large number of overseas talents, the US Immigration Bureau has issued a series of work visas, such as L- 1 visa, EB- 1 green card, EB-3 green card and so on. Details are as follows.

1. Work visa based on green card

Overseas people applying for permanent residence can also be called green card holders. He is a non-American citizen and has the right to live and work permanently in the United States. People get green cards through immigrants based on family reunion, employment migration or entrepreneurial migration, among which the common types of green cards are EB- 1 green card, EB-2 green card, EB-3 green card, EB-4 green card and EB-5 green card. Introduction is as follows:

①EB- 1 visa

EB- 1 Visa application is suitable for people with extraordinary abilities in science, art, education, business or sports; An outstanding professor or researcher; Managers or executives working in the United States.

②EB-2 visa

The applicant is a person with advanced degree or special ability; A person with extraordinary ability in science, art or business; Or a professional with an advanced degree; Or qualified foreign doctors working in areas with poor medical conditions in the United States.

③EB-3 visa

Suitable for skilled workers (at least two years of training and experience), professionals with bachelor's degrees or unskilled workers.

④EB-4 visa

EB-4 visa belongs to a special immigrant group, among which religious workers, employees and former employees of the US government or translators of the US armed forces are all suitable.

⑤EB-5 visa

Overseas entrepreneurs can invest US$ 6.5438+million to create at least 654.38+00 new full-time jobs. In some limited cases, if we can invest 500,000 US dollars, at least five new jobs will be created. Applicants who meet these conditions can submit an application for an immigrant visa.

2. Temporary or seasonal work visa

There are some common work visas in the United States, such as H 1-B visa, H-2B visa, H2-A visa, etc., as follows:

①H 1-B visa

H 1-B visa is a temporary skilled worker visa, which is suitable for overseas professional and technical personnel who are employed and educated in the United States. The U.S. H 1-B visa allows foreign workers to temporarily work for a specific employer in the United States.

②H-2B visa

H-2B visa is a temporary non-agricultural work visa, which is suitable for foreign workers to work in non-agricultural fields in the United States. H-2B visa is usually used for temporary jobs, but not for jobs related to agriculture. These occupations are usually truck drivers, hotel employees, tourists or beach resort employees and so on.

③ H2-Visa

H2- visa is a seasonal agricultural worker visa, which is applicable to foreign agricultural workers who want to work temporarily in the United States, provided that there is a shortage of domestic workers.

3. Other ordinary American work visas

In addition to green card visa and temporary work visa, there are some common American work visas, such as L- 1 visa, E 1 visa, E2 visa, etc. Among them, the E2 and E 1 visas are applicable to investors and traders, and the J- 1 visa is an exchange visit visa and so on.