Visa Types

Front 1

A-1

Hint 1

Foreign government officials and families: ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomats, or consular officers

Front 2

A-2

Hint 2

Foreign government officials and families: other foreign government officials or employees

Front 3

A-3

Hint 3

Foreign government officials and families: attendants, servants, or personal employees of A-1 and A-2 classes

Front 4

B-1

Back 4

DS-160
Passport
Photograph (2"x2")

Hint 4

Temporary visitors: for business
(Non-immigrant)

Front 5

B-2

Back 5

DS-160
Passport
Photograph (2"x2")

Hint 5

Temporary visitors: for pleasure
(Non-immigrant)

Front 6

C-1

Back 6

Non-immigrant

Hint 6

Transit aliens: aliens in transit

Front 7

C-2

Back 7

Non-immigrant

Hint 7

Transit aliens: aliens in transit to the United Nations

Front 8

C-3

Back 8

Non-immigrant

Hint 8

Transit aliens: foreign government officials and families in transit

Front 9

Continued Presence (CP)

Back 9

Temporary

Hint 9

Issued by federal law enforcement to victims of crime actively cooperating in an investigation or prosecution of a federal crime

Front 10

DV-1

Back 10

Immigrant

Hint 10

Diversity visa: lottery winner

Front 11

DV-2

Back 11

Immigrant

Hint 11

Diversity visa: spouses and children

Front 12

E-1

Hint 12

Treaty traders and investors: treaty traders

Front 13

E-2

Hint 13

Treaty traders and investors: treaty investors

Front 14

E-3

Hint 14

Treaty traders and investors: Australian Free Trade Agreement

Front 15

F-1

Back 15

Non-immigrant

Hint 15

Students and exchange visitors: academic students

Front 16

F-2

Back 16

Non-immigrant

Hint 16

Students and exchange visitors: spouses and children of academic students

Front 17

F-3

Back 17

Non-immigrant

Hint 17

Students and exchange visitors: Canadian or Mexican national academic commuter students

Front 18

G-1

Hint 18

Representatives to international organizations and families: principals of recognized foreign governments

Front 19

G-2

Hint 19

Representatives to international organizations and families: other representatives of recognized foreign governments

Front 20

G-3

Hint 20

Representatives to international organizations and families: representatives of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign governments

Front 21

G-4

Hint 21

Representatives to international organizations and families: international organization officers or employees

Front 22

G-5

Hint 22

Attendants, servants or personal employees of representatives

Front 23

GB

Hint 23

Temporary visitors: for business, visa waiver, Guam

Front 24

GT

Hint 24

Temporary visitors: for pleasure, visa waiver, Guam

Front 25

H-1B

Back 25

Dual-intent

Hint 25

Temporary workers and trainees: specialty occupations

Front 26

H-1B1

Back 26

Dual-intent

Hint 26

Temporary workers and trainees: Chile and Singapore Free Trade Agreement

Front 27

H-1C

Back 27

Dual-intent

Hint 27

Temporary workers and trainees: registered nurses participating in the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas

Front 28

H-2A

Hint 28

Temporary workers and trainees: seasonal agricultural workers

Front 29

H-2B

Hint 29

Temporary workers and trainees: seasonal nonagricultural workers

Front 30

H-3

Hint 30

Temporary workers and trainees: industrial trainees

Front 31

H-4

Back 31

Dual-intent

Hint 31

Temporary workers and trainees: spouses and children of H-1, H-2, and H-3 workers

Front 32

I-1

Hint 32

Representatives of foreign information media and families

Front 33

IH-3

Back 33

Immigrant

Hint 33

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Orphan resident in a country that is party to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption ("Hague country") and adopted by U.S. citizens, whose adoption was finalized outside the U.S.

Front 34

IH-4

Back 34

Immigrant

Hint 34

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Orphan resident in a Hague country whose adoption by a U.S. citizen will be finalized in the citizen's home jurisdiction.

Front 35

IR-1

Back 35

Immigrant

Hint 35

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Spouse of a U.S. citizen. This visa is called CR-1 (for conditional resident) if the marriage is less than 2 years old at the time of application. The CR-1 visa has to have its conditionality "removed" two years after entry in a separate process.

Front 36

IR-2

Back 36

Immigrant

Hint 36

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Unmarried child, under 21 years of age, of a U.S. citizen.

Front 37

IR-3

Back 37

Immigrant

Hint 37

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Orphan resident in a non-Hague country adopted by U.S. citizens, whose adoption was finalized outside the U.S.

Front 38

IR-4

Back 38

Immigrant

Hint 38

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Orphan resident in a non-Hague country whose adoption by a U.S. citizen will be finalized in the citizen's home jurisdiction.

Front 39

IR-5

Back 39

Immigrant

Hint 39

Immediate relative of U.S. citizen: Parent of a U.S. citizen; the citizen must be at least age 21.

Front 40

J-1

Back 40

Nonimmigrant

Hint 40

Students and exchange visitors: exchange visitors

Front 41

J-2

Back 41

Nonimmigrant

Hint 41

Students and exchange visitors: spouses and children of exchange visitors

Front 42

K-1

Back 42

Dual-intent

Hint 42

LIFE Act: fiances(ees) of U.S. citizens

Front 43

K-2

Back 43

Dual-intent

Hint 43

LIFE Act: children of fiances(ees) of U.S. citizens

Front 44

K-3

Back 44

Dual-intent

Hint 44

LIFE Act: spouses U.S. citizens, visa pending

Front 45

K-4

Back 45

Dual-intent

Hint 45

LIFE Act: children of U.S. citizen, visa pending

Front 46

L-1

Back 46

Dual-intent

Hint 46

Intracompany transferees: principals

Front 47

L-2

Back 47

Dual-intent

Hint 47

Intracompany transferees: spouses and children of intracompany transferees

Front 48

M-1

Hint 48

Students and exchange visitors: vocational students

Front 49

M-2

Hint 49

Students and exchange visitors: spouses and children of vocational students

Front 50

N-1 to N-6

Hint 50

NATO officials and families

Front 51

N-8 and N-9

Hint 51

Immediate relatives of certain SK-3 special immigrants

Front 52

O-1

Hint 52

Temporary workers and trainees: extraordinary ability or achievement

Front 53

O-2

Hint 53

Temporary workers and trainees: accompanying and assisting in performance of O-1 workers

Front 54

O-3

Hint 54

Temporary workers and trainees: spouses and children of O-1 and O-2 workers

Front 55

P-1

Hint 55

Temporary workers and trainees: internationally recognized athletes or entertainers

Front 56

P-2

Hint 56

Temporary workers and trainees: artists or entertainers in reciprocal exchange programs

Front 57

P-3

Hint 57

Temporary workers and trainees: artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs

Front 58

P-4

Hint 58

Temporary workers and trainees: spouses and children of P-1, P-2, and P-3 workers

Front 59

Q-1

Hint 59

Temporary workers and trainees: workers in international cultural exchange programs

Front 60

R-1

Hint 60

Temporary workers and trainees: workers in religious occupations

Front 61

R-2

Hint 61

Temporary workers and trainees: spouses and children of R-1 workers

Front 62

S visa [two types: S-5/ S-6]

Hint 62

Aliens Assisting Law Enforcement

Front 63

Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

Hint 63

Qualifying children present in the U.S. who are declared dependents of a juvenile court and who would be harmed if returned to their home country

Front 64

T-1

Hint 64

Victims of human trafficking

Front 65

T-2

Hint 65

Victims of human trafficking: spouse of victim

Front 66

T-3

Hint 66

Victims of human trafficking: children of victim

Front 67

T-4

Hint 67

Victims of human trafficking: parents of victim who are children

Front 68

TD

Hint 68

Temporary workers and trainees: spouses and children of NAFTA workers

Front 69

TN

Hint 69

Temporary workers and trainees: NAFTA professional workers

Front 70

U-1

Hint 70

Victims of qualifying criminal activity, such as rape, murder, manslaughter, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or human trafficking

Front 71

U-2

Hint 71

Victims of qualifying criminal activity: spouse of victim

Front 72

U-3

Hint 72

Victims of qualifying criminal activity: children of victim

Front 73

U-4

Hint 73

Victims of qualifying criminal activity: parents of victim who are children

Front 74

V-2

Hint 74

LIFE Act: children of permanent residents, visa pending

Front 75

V-3

Hint 75

LIFE Act: dependents of V-1 and V-2, visa pending

Front 76

WB

Hint 76

Temporary visitors: visa waiver, business

Front 77

WT

Hint 77

Temporary visitors: visa waiver, pleasure

Front 78

First Preference EB-1

Back 78

I-140

Hint 78

This preference is reserved for persons of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics; outstanding professors or researchers; and multinational executives and managers.

Front 79

Second Preference EB-2

Back 79

Labor Certification approved by Department of Labor
I-140

Alternatively, National Interest Waiver

Hint 79

This preference is reserved for persons who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or for persons with exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business.

Front 80

Third Preference EB-3

Back 80

Labor Certification approved by Department of Labor
I-140

Hint 80

This preference is reserved for professionals, skilled workers, and other workers. (See Third Preference EB-3 link on left for further definition of these job classifications.)

Front 81

Fourth Preference EB-4

Back 81

I-360, unless Certain Employee or Former Employee of the US Government Abroad
DS-1884 if Certain Employee or Former Employee of the US Government Abroad

Hint 81

This preference is reserved for “special immigrants,” which includes certain religious workers, employees of U.S. foreign service posts, retired employees of international organizations, alien minors who are wards of courts in the United States, and other classes of aliens.

Front 82

Fifth Preference EB-5

Back 82

I-526

Hint 82

This preference is reserved for business investors who invest $1 million or $500,000 (if the investment is made in a targeted employment area) in a new commercial enterprise that employs at least 10 full-time U.S. workers.