VISA NUMBERS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
A-1 — Ambassadors, public ministers or career diplomatic or Consular Officers and Members of their immediate families
A-2 — Foreign Government Employees, Officials and their Family Members.
A-3 — A-1 and A-2’s Personal Attendants, Servants and their Family Members.
B-1 — Business Visitors
B-2 — Tourist
C — Continuous Transit
D — Crew of Sea-going Vessels or Aircraft
E-1 — Treaty Traders
E-2 — Treaty Investors
F-1 — Students
F-2 — Spouse and Children of F-1 Visa Holder
G-1 — Student, full time or part time, who are citizens and residents of Mexico and Canada.Main representative of Govts. Recognized by US and members of International Organization, their staff and family members.
G-2 — Representative of Governments coming for work for International Organizations, their staff and family members.
G-3 — Persons who qualify for G-1 and G-2 Visas, whose Govt. is not a member of an International Organization.
G-4 — Officers or Employees of international organizations and their immediate families
G-5 — Attendants, Servants and Personal Employees of G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4 Visa Holders.
H-1A — Registered Nurses.
H-1 B — Persons in specialty occupations requiring Bachelor’s degree.
H-2A — Temporary Agriculture workers.
H-2B — Temporary Non-Agriculture workers.
H-3 — Temporary Trainees
H-3 — Spouses and children of H-1, H-2 and H-3 Visa Holders.
I — Representative and Employees of Foreign Press and their immediate spouses and children.
J-1 — Exchange Visitors.
J-2 — Spouses and Children of J-1 Visa Holders.
K-1 — Fiancées of U.S. Citizen coming to the U.S. for the purpose of getting married within 90 days.
K-2 — unmarried Children below 21 years of K-1 Visa Holders
L-1A — Intra-company, a transferee Managers, or Executives
L-1B — Intra-Company Transferee Person with Specialized Knowledge.
L-2 — Spouse and unmarried children below 21 years of L-1A and L-1B Visa Holders.
M-1 — Vocational or their non-academic Students,
M-2 — Spouses and unmarried children below 21 years of M-1 Visa Holders..
M-3 — Vocational and Non-academic full time or part time students who are citizens and residents of Mexico and Canada.
N — Relatives of employees of International Organizations.
NATO 1-7 — Applicable to persons coming to US under the NATO Treaty, their family members and servants.
O-1 — Persons with extraordinary ability in science, arts, education, business or athletics
O-2 — Support Personnel of O-1 Visa Holder.
O-3 — Dependents of O-1 Visa Holders.
P-1 — Internationally Recognized Athletes and Entertainment groups and their support staff.
P-2 — Individual or Group of Artists or Entertainers as part of an exchange programme and their support staff.
P-3 — Culturally Unique artists and entertainers and their support staff.
P-4 — Spouses and Dependents of P-1, P-2 and P-3 Visa Holders.
Q-1 — Participants of International Cultural Exchange Program approved by INS.
Q-2 — Immediate Family Members of Q-1 Visa Holders.
R-1 — Religious Workers.
R-2 — Immediate Families of R-1 Visa Holders.
S — Persons providing information or assistance to US Law Enforcement Agencies (were available till Sept, 13, 1999)
T — Special visas for people smuggled into the US and forced into prostitution, domestic services and farm labour.
TN — Canadian and Mexican Professionals and Consultants.
TD — Spouse and unmarried minor children of TN Visa Holders.
V — Spouses and Minor Children of Lawful Permanent Residents of US waiting more than three years for Immigrant Visa.