| Visa Type | Definition |
|---|---|
| A-1 | Foreign Government Officials: Ambassador, Public Minister, Career Diplomat or Consular Officer, or Immediate Family. |
| A-2 | Foreign Government Officials: Other Foreign Government Officials or Employee, or Immediate Family. |
| A-3 | Foreign Government Officials: Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of A-1 or A-2, or Immediate Family. |
| C-1 | Alien in Transit. |
| C-1/D | Combined Transit and Crewman Visa. |
| C-2 | Alien in Transit to United Nations Headquarters District Under Sec. 11.(3), (4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement. |
| C-3 | Foreign Government Official, Immediate Family, Attendant, Servant or Personal Employee, in Transit. |
| C-4 | Transit without Visa. |
| D-1 | Crewmember departing on same vessel of arrival. |
| D-2 | Crewmember departing by means other than vessel of arrival. |
| E-1 | Treaty traders and qualified employees. |
| E2 | Treaty Investor, Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21). |
| E-2 | Treaty investors and qualified employees. |
| E-3 | Certain "specialty occupation" professionals from Australia. |
| EB-5 | 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. |
| G-1 | Principal Resident Representative of Recognized Foreign Government to International Organization, Staff, or Immediate Family. |
| G-2 | Other Representative of Recognized Foreign Member Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family. |
| G-3 | Representative of Nonrecognized Nonmember Foreign Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family. |
| I | Representatives of foreign press, radio, film or other foreign information media. |
| N-8 | Parent of an Alien Classified SK-3 Special Immigrant. |
| N-9 | Children under the age of twenty-one (21) of N-8 or of an SK-1, SK-2, or SK-4 Special Immigrant. |
| NATO-1 | Principal Permanent Representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its Subsidiary Bodies) Resident in the U.S. and Resident Members of Official Staff; Secretary General, Assistant Secretary General, and Excutive Secretary of NATO; Other Permanent NATO Officials of Similar Rank, or Immediate Family. |
| NATO-2 | Other Representative of member state to NATO (including any of Subsidiary Bodies) including Representatives, its Advisers and Technical Experts of Delegations, Members of Immediate Art. 3, 4 UST 1796 Family; Dependents of Member of a Force Entering in Accordance with the Provisions Status-of-Forces Agreement or in Accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters; Members of such a force if issued visas. |
| NATO-3 | Official Clerical Staff Accompanying Representative of member state to NATO (including any of its subsidiary bodies) or Immediate Family. |
| NATO-4 | Official of NATO (other than those classifiable as NATO-1) or Immediate Family. |
| NATO-5 | Expert, other than NATO officials classifiable under the NATO-4, Employed in missions on behalf of NATO, and their dependants. |
| NATO-6 | Member of a civilian component accompanying a force entering in accordance with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agreement; Member of a civilian component attached to or Employed by an allied headquarters under the protocol on the status of international military headquarters set up pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty; and their dependents. |
| NATO-7 | Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, and NATO-6 Classes, or Immediate Family. |
| S-5 | Certain Aliens supplying critical information relating to a criminal organization or enterprise. |
| S-6 | Certain Aliens supplying critical information relating to terrorism. |
| T-1 | Victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons. |
| T-2 | Spouse of a victim of severe form of trafficking in persons. |
| T-3 | Child of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (if T-1 victim if under twenty-one (21) years of age). |
| T-4 | Parent of victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons (if T-1 victim if under twenty-one (21) years of age). |
| TN | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) temporary professionals from Mexico and Canada. |
| TD | Spouses and Children under the age of twenty-one (21). |
| U-1 | Victim of certain criminal activity. |
| U-2 | Spouse of U-1. |
| U-3 | Child of U-1. |
| U-4 | Parent of U-1, if U-1 is under the age of twenty-one (21). |
| TPS | Temporary Protected Status. |
| Other Visas |
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