18 the significance of visa code to American immigrants

In order to facilitate identification and management, some countries use different letter codes to indicate visas issued according to different reasons of visa applicants. This letter code is the visa code.

At present, the most commonly used visa codes in the United States, among which non-immigrant visa codes are as many as 18, and each category is subdivided into multiple items. 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 and seamen visas) are issued to:

Crew members on international flights and seafarers on ships of 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: representatives of international organizations of foreign governments and their families who are not recognized by the government;

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;