Immigrant Visas (Green Card)

Visa Category

Highly Skilled Immigration

• Extraordinary Ability
• Outstanding Professors and Researchers
• Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability [Second]
• Professionals and Other Workers [Third]
• Employment Creation/Investors [Fifth]

EB-1A

EB-1B

EB-2,

EB-2 NIW, EB-2 PNIW

EB-3 (PERM)

EB-5

Non-Immigrant Visas (Temporary)

Visa Category

Sports and Entertainment Immigration

Performing athlete, artist, entertainer

P-1, P1-S

Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement

O-1

Sciences, Arts, Education, and Business

Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement

O-1B: Individuals with an extraordinary ability in the arts or extraordinary achievement in motion picture or television industry;

O-2: Individuals who will accompany an O-1 artist or athlete to assist in a specific event or performance; and

O-3: Individuals who are the spouse or children of O-1 and O-2 visa holders.

Healthcare Immigration

Physicians

J

H1-B

O-1

E-3 (Australian Nationals Only)

Nurses

TN (NAFTA)

H-1B

Allied Health Professionals

H1-B

TN

O-1

E-3 (Australian Nationals Only)

Investor Work Visas

Treaty trader/treaty investor

E-1, E-2

Visitor and Student Visas

Tourism, vacation, pleasure visitor

B-2

Athlete, amateur or professional (competing for prize money only)

B-1

Student: academic, vocational

F, M

Other Work Visas

Au pair (exchange visitor)

J

Intra-company transferee

L

Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge

H-1B

Individual and Family

Spouse of a U.S. Citizen 

IR1, CR1

Spouse of a U.S. Citizen awaiting approval of an I-130 immigrant petition

K-3 

Fiancé(e) to marry U.S. Citizen & live in U.S.

K-1 

Certain Family Members of U.S. Citizens

IR2, CR2, IR5, F1, F3, F4

Certain Family Members of Lawful Permanent Residents

F2A, F2B

Temporary Protective Status

Other Immigrants

Diversity Immigrant Visa

DV