What are the types of non-immigrant visas in the United States?

At present, the United States has the largest number of visas, including 18 non-immigrant visas, and each visa is subdivided into multiple categories.

A brief introduction is as follows:

(1)A visa (i.e. diplomatic official visa) is issued to

A- 1: ambassadors, ministers, career diplomats, consular officials and their families of foreign governments accredited to the United States;

A-2: other officials, employees and their families of foreign governments;

A-3:A- 1 and A-2 visa holders' entourage, servants, private employees and their families.

(2) Class B visa (i.e. business tourist visa) is issued to:

B- 1: short-term stay personnel for the purpose of dealing with business, inspection, visit and other related affairs;

B-2: Visiting relatives and friends and traveling for a short time.

(3) Class C visas (i.e. transit visas) are issued to:

C- 1: foreigners in transit;

C-2: Foreigners in transit at United Nations Headquarters in new york;

C-3: Foreign government officials, attendants, servants, private employees and their families in transit.

(4) Class D visas (i.e. crew visas and seafarers' visas) are issued to crew members on international flights and seafarers on ships in various countries.

(5) Class E visa (i.e. international treaty or agreement investor visa) is issued to:

E- 1: spouses and children of those who do business in the United States according to international treaties or agreements;

E-2: Investors and their spouses and children are in the United States according to international treaties or agreements.

(6) Class F visas (i.e. study visas) are issued to:

F- 1: overseas students (that is, self-funded students);

F-2:F- 1 Spouses and children of visa recipients.

(7) Class G visas (i.e. visas for employees of international organizations) are issued to:

G- 1: the chief permanent representative of a foreign government accredited to an international organization, the staff under his representative and the family members of the above-mentioned persons recognized by the government;

G-2: other foreign government representatives accredited to international organizations recognized by the government and their families;

G-3: representatives of foreign governments and international organizations and their families who are not recognized by the government, or representatives of foreign governments and their families who are not members of international organizations;

G-4: officials, employees and their families of international organizations;

G-5: the entourage, servants, private employees and their families of the above-mentioned G 1-G4 visa holders.

(8) Class H visas (i.e. temporary employee and intern visas) are issued to:

H- 1: foreigners who work temporarily with special professional skills;

H-2: foreigners who work temporarily because of the lack of a certain type of work or occupation in China;

H-3: foreigners receiving various trainings;

H-4: spouses and children of the above-mentioned H- 1 ~ H-3 visa holders.

(9) Class I visas (that is, journalist visas) are issued to representatives of news, radio, television and other institutions in the United States, journalists, their spouses and children.

(10) class j visa (i.e. exchange visit visa) is issued to:

J- 1: international students, advanced students and various scientific researchers sent according to the bilateral exchange and visiting scholar program approved by the government;

J-2: Spouses and children of visa recipients.

K visa (i.e. marriage visa) is issued to:

K- 1: foreigners who have to go to the United States to marry American citizens;

K-2: Adult children of visa holders.

(12) class l visa (i.e. employee visa of multinational company) is issued to:

L- 1: personnel of subsidiaries, offices or international enterprises of American multinational companies temporarily working in the United States; L-2: Spouses and children of visa holders.

(13)M visa (i.e. non-academic international student visa) is issued to foreign students studying full-time in American vocational universities or colleges.

(14)N visas (that is, accompanying visas for parents and children of some special immigrants) are issued to the families (parents and children) brought by the staff of some international organizations during their employment in the United States.

(15)O visa (i.e. excellent talent visa) issued to:

O- 1: a nationally or internationally recognized figure in science, education or business, sports, literature and art;

O-2: Attaché of the above-mentioned sports or literary figures.

(16) The P visa (that is, the visa for outstanding talents in entertainment and sports) is issued to individuals or groups among outstanding performers in entertainment and outstanding athletes participating in competitions.

(17)Q visa (i.e. cultural exchange visa) is issued to those who go to the United States for short-term cultural exchange.

(18)R visa (that is, religious worker visa) is issued to those who go to the United States to engage in professional religious work for a short time.