Temporary Visas

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

B-1 Business Visitor

A B-1 business visa is the most common type of visa to conduct business in the United States. B-1 business visitors are admitted to the United States for a limited period of time for the purpose of engaging in short-term commercial or professional activity, but not for productive employment or so-called “local labor for hire.”

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

E-1 Treaty Trader

The “E” category was established to give effect to treaties between the United States and foreign countries that provide for reciprocal benefits to nationals of each country who invest in the other country, or who conduct trade between the two countries.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

E-2 Treaty Investor

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

E-3 (Australian) Specialty Worker

The E-3 nonimmigrant visa category provides Australian professionals a simple, convenient option for productive employment in the United States. The E-3 category, created in 2005, allows up to 10,500 Australian citizens annually to secure E-3 visas, a limitation that has never been close to exhaustion.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

H-1B Professional, Specialty Worker

H-1B visas are the most common temporary work permits available to foreign national professionals. They are obtained routinely by U.S. corporations and other organizations that require foreign professional workers.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

H-2B Skilled Worker

The raging national debate over the enactment of a so-called “guest worker” program largely ignores the fact that one presently exists in immigration law in the form of the H-2B nonimmigrant visa category.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

H-3 Trainee

H-3 visas are available for foreign nationals who will receive training in the United States in any field other than graduate medical education or training.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

J-1 Exchange Visitor

The J-1 exchange visitor visa classification is intended to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchanges.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

L-1 Intracompany Transferee

The L-1 nonimmigrant visa category allows existing employees of a multinational employer abroad to transfer to that employer’s United States operations.

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Corporate Immigration, Temporary Visas
March 5, 2019

TN (Mexican + Canadian citizens)

The TN nonimmigrant visa category, created by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), allows for the expedited processing of Canadian and Mexican professionals seeking short-term productive employment in the United States.