VISA NUMBERS AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION
A-1 Ambassadors, public ministers or career diplomats and their immediate families
A-2 Other accredited officials or employees of foreign governments and their immediate families
A-3 Personal Attendants, Servants or Employees and immediate families of A and A-2 Visa Holders
B-1 Business Visitors
B-2 Tourist Visitors
C-1 Foreign travellers in immediate and continuous transit through the U.S.
D-1 Crewman who need to land temporarily in the U.S. and who will depart aboard the same ship or plane on which they arrived
E-1 Treaty Traders
E-2 Treaty Investors
F-1 Academic or Language Students
F-2 Immediate family members of F-1 Visa Holders
G-1 Designated Principal Resident Representative of Foreign Governments coming to the U.S. to work for a International organization, their staff members and International organizational, their staff members and immediate families
G-2 Other Accredited Representative of Foreign Governments coming to U.S. to work for an International organization, and their immediate families
G-3 Representative of Foreign Governments and their immediate families who would ordinarily quality for G-1 or G—2 Visas exempt that their governments are not members 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 through G4 Visa Holders, and their immediate families
NATO-1,
NATO-2,
NATO-3,
NATO-4, Associates coming to the U.S. under applicable provisions of the NATO Treaty and their immediate families
AND
NATO-5,
NATO-6 Members of civilian components accompanying military force on a mission authorized under the North Atlantic Treaty, and their immediate families
NATO-7 Attendants, Servants or Personal Employees of NATO 1 through NATO 6 Visa Holders and their immediate families
H-1A Registered Nurses
H-1B Persons working in specialty occupations requiring at least a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in on-the-job experience
H-2A Temporary Agriculture workers coming to the U.S. to fill positions for which a temporary shortage of American workers has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
H-2B Temporary Workers of various kinds coming to the U.S. to perform temporary jobs for which there is a shortage of available qualified American workers
H-3 Temporary Trainees
H-4 Immediate families of H-1, H-2, or H-3 Visa Holders
I Bonafide Representative of the Foreign Press coming to the U.S. to work solely in that capacity, and their immediate families
J-1 Exchange Visitors coming to the U.S. to study, work or train as part of an exchange program officially recognized by the U.S. Information Agency
J-2 Immediate families of J-1 Visa Holders
K-1 Fiance(e)s of U.S. Citizen coming to the U.S. for the purpose of getting married
K-2 Minor, unmarried Children of K-1 Visa Holders
L-1 Intra-company, a transferee who work as Managers, Executives or Persons with Specialized Knowledge
L-2 Immediate families of L-1 Visa Holders
M-1 Vocational or their non-academic Students, other than language Students
M-2 Immediate families of M-1 Visa Holders
O-1 Persons of Extraordinary Ability in the science, arts, education, business or athletics
O-2 Immediate families of O-1 Visa Holders
P-1 Internationally Recognized Athletes and Entertainers
P-2 Entertainers coming to perform in the U.S. through an exchange program
P-3 Artists and Entertainers coming to the U.S. to give culturally unique performances in a group
P-4 Immediate families of P-1 and P-2 Visa Holders
Q-1 Visa exchange visitors coming to the U.S to participate in international cultural exchange programs
Q-2 Immediate families of Q-1 visa Holders
R-1 Ministers of recognized religions
R-2 Immediate families of R-1 Visa Holders