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Immigration Visas to the United States - H Type Visas

Updated: Aug 4, 2023



In General

A citizen of a foreign country who seeks to enter the United States generally must first obtain a U.S. visa, which is placed in the traveler’s passport, a travel document issued by the traveler’s country of citizenship.

Certain international travelers may be eligible to travel to the United States without a visa if they meet the requirements for visa-free travel. The Visa section of this website is all about U.S. visas for foreign citizens to travel to the United States.

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A visa is the name given to the permission that the United States issues a person, under certain conditions, to enter the United States. Visas can be characterized or differentiated according to the requirements that need to be met, the limitations the visa bears, the permissions the visa allows, non-immigrant visas vs immigrant visas, and the length of the visa.


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Visas and immigration to the United States can be divided into three main categories:

  1. Tourism related visas

  2. Work related visas

  3. A Permanent Resident Visa (also known as a "Green Card")

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H Visas

Is a non-immigrant type of visa known as a "temporary worker" visa. H visas can further be divided into H-1B, H-1B1, H-1B2, H-1B3, H-1C, H-2A, H-2B, and H-3. H visas are meant to serve companies and other employers in the United States to temporarily employ foreign workers in occupations that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher in the specific specialty, or its equivalent.

H-1B visas are for people in Specialty Occupations. To work in a specialty occupation requires a higher education degree or its equivalent. Includes fashion models of distinguished merit and ability and government-to-government research and development, or co-production projects administered by the Department of Defense (DOD).

H-1B1 visas are for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional from Chile and Singapore. To work in a specialty occupation requires a post-secondary degree involving at least four years of study in the field of specialization.

H-2A visas are approved for Temporary Agricultural Workers intended for temporary or seasonal agricultural work. Limited to citizens or nationals of designated countries, with limited exceptions, if determined to be in the United States interest.

H-2B visas are approved for Temporary Non-agricultural Workers intended or temporary or seasonal non- agricultural work. Limited to citizens or nationals of designated countries, with limited exceptions, if determined to be in the United States interest.

H-3 visas are approved for Trainees or Special Education visitors entering the United States to receive training, other than graduate medical or academic, that is not available in the trainee’s home country or practical training programs in the education of children with mental, physical, or emotional disabilities.

Some temporary worker visa categories require the prospective employer to obtain a labor certification or other approval from the Department of Labor on your behalf before filing the Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (Form I-129) with USCIS.


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