| Visa Type |
Purpose of Travel to U.S. and Nonimmigrant Visas |
| A |
Diplomats and foreign government officials |
| A-2,NATO1-6 |
Foreign military personnel stationed in the U.S. |
| A1-2,G1-4,NATO1-6 |
Visa renewals in the U.S. – A, G, and NATO |
| B-1 |
Business visitors |
| B-2 |
Tourism, vacation, pleasure visitors |
| BCC |
Border Crossing Card: Mexico |
| C |
Transiting the United States |
| D |
Crewmembers (serving aboard a sea vessel or aircraft in the U.S.) |
| E-1 |
Treaty traders |
| E-2 |
Treaty investors |
| E-3 |
Australian worker – professional specialty |
| F-1 |
Students – academic and language students |
| F-2 |
Student dependents – dependent of an F-1 holder |
| G1-G5,NATO |
Employees of a designated international organization, and NATO |
| H-1B |
Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge |
| H-1B1 |
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) professionals: Chile |
| H-1B1 |
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) professionals: Singapore |
| H-1C |
Nurses traveling to areas short of health care professionals |
| H-2A |
Temporary workers – seasonal agricultural |
| H-2B |
Temporary workers – nonagricultural |
| H-3 |
Training in a program not primarily for employment |
| I |
Information media representative (media, journalists) |
| J |
Exchange visitors |
| J-1 |
Exchange visitors – au pairs |
| J-1 |
Exchange visitors – professors, scholars, teachers |
| J-2 |
Exchange visitors – children (under age 21) or spouse of a J-1 holder |
| J,Q |
Exchange visitors – international cultural |
| J1,H-1B |
Physicians |
| K-1 |
Fiancé(e) |
| L |
Intra-company transferees |
| M-1 |
Students – vocational |
| M-2 |
Student dependents – dependent of an M-1 holder |
| O-1 |
Foreign nationals with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business or athletics |
| P |
Athletes, artists, entertainers |
| R |
Religious workers |
| T-1 |
Victims of human trafficking |
| TN/TD |
NAFTA professional workers: Mexico, Canada |
| U-1 |
Victims of criminal activity |
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