These are visas given to foreign nationals who come to the US on a nonimmigrant visa but with an authorization to engage in employment in the US.
Currently our firm provides services to applicant seeking a nonimmigrant work visa in the following categories:
| Nonimmigrant Classification |
Description | Spouses and Children |
| E-1 | Treaty traders and qualified employees. | E-13 |
| E-2 | Treaty investors and qualified employees. | E-23 |
| E-2C | Long-term foreign investors in the CNMI | E-2C |
| E-3 | Certain “specialty occupation” professionals from Australia. | E-33 |
| H-1B | Workers in a specialty occupation and the following sub-classifications: | H-4 |
| H-1B1 | Free Trade Agreement workers in a specialty occupation from Chile and Singapore. | H-4 |
| H-1B3 | Fashion models of distinguished merit and ability. | H-4 |
| H-1C2 | Registered nurses working in a health professional shortage area as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor. | H-4 |
| H-2A | Temporary or seasonal agricultural workers. | H-4 |
| H-2B | Temporary non-agricultural workers. | H-4 |
| H-3 | Trainees other than medical or academic. This classification also applies to practical training in the education of handicapped children. | H-4 |
| I | Representatives of foreign press, radio, film or other foreign information media. | I |
| L-1A | Intracompany transferees in managerial or executive positions. | L-23 |
| L-1B | Intracompany transferees in positions utilizing specialized knowledge. | L-23 |
| O-1 | Persons with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics and motion picture or TV production. | O-3 |
| O-2 | Persons accompanying solely to assist an O-1 nonimmigrant. | O-3 |
| P-1A | Internationally recognized athletes. | P-4 |
| P-1B | Internationally recognized entertainers or members of internationally recognized entertainment groups. | P-4 |
| P-2 | Individual performer or part of a group entering to perform under a reciprocal exchange program. | P-4 |
| P-3 | Artists or entertainers, either an individual or group, to perform, teach, or coach under a program that is culturally unique. | P-4 |
| R-1 | Religious workers. | R-2 |
| TN | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) temporary professionals from Mexico and Canada. | TD |
1:- Only a few nonimmigrant classifications allow you to obtain permission work in this country without an employer having first filed a petition on your behalf. Such classifications include the nonimmigrant E-1, E-2, E-3 and TN classifications, as well as, in certain instances, the F-1 and M-1 student and J-1 exchange visitor classifications.
2:- The H-1C nonimmigrant classification expired on December 20, 2009.
3:- E and L dependent spouses may apply for employment authorization.
