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:
Tourism related visas
Work related visas
A Permanent Resident Visa (also known as a "Green Card")
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R Visas
Is a non-immigrant type of visa known as a "religious worker" visa. Temporary religious worker (R-1) visas are for people who want to enter the United States to work temporarily in religious capacities.
R visas are approved for a member of the same religious denomination as the religious organization you plan to work for in the United States for at least two years before that organization files a petition on your behalf; coming to work as a minister or in a religious vocation or occupation in the United States; For people employed by a non-profit religious organization in the United States (or an organization affiliated with the religious denomination in the United States); and work at least part time, an average of at least 20 hours per week.
Certain religious related activities can be undertaken using a B visa, such as private worship, prayer, meditation, informal religious study, and attendance at religious services or conferences in the United States; In addition, a visitor visa is generally appropriate for ministers of religion seeking to come to the United States temporarily, whose wages and reimbursement will be paid by their own religious group outside the United States; An evangelical tour, without taking an appointment with any one church; Exchanging pulpits temporarily with U.S. counterparts; Members performing missionary or voluntary service for a denomination, such as to aid the elderly or needy.
When you have a religious vocation or profession, or are a religious worker coming temporarily to be employed, with your salary paid by a non-profit religious organization in the United States, the visitor visa is not permitted, and you must have a religious worker R visa or other work visa.
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