Nonimmigrant Visas and Immigrant Visas
The chart below contains many different purposes of temporary travel and the related non immigrant visa categories available at Travel.State.gov. Select a visa category below to learn more:
| Purpose of Travel |
Visa Category |
Additional Fee (USD) |
| Athlete, amateur or professional (competing for prize money only) |
B1 |
No fee |
| Au pair (exchange visitor) |
J |
SEVIS fee |
| Australian professional specialty |
E-3 |
No fee |
| Border Crossing Card: Mexico |
BCC |
No fee |
| Business visitor |
B1 |
No fee |
| CNMI-only transitional worker |
CW-1 |
No fee |
| Crewmember |
D |
No fee |
| Diplomat or foreign government official |
A |
No fee |
| Domestic employee or nanny – must be accompanying a foreign national employer |
B1 |
No fee |
| Employee of a designated international organization or NATO |
G1-G5, NATO |
No fee |
| Exchange visitor |
J |
SEVIS fee |
| Foreign military personnel stationed in the United States |
A2
NATO1-6 |
SEVIS fee |
| Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business or Athletics |
O |
$40.00 |
| Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional: Chile, Singapore |
H1B1 – Chile
H1B1 – Singapore |
No fee |
| International cultural exchange visitor |
Q |
$40.00 |
| Intracompany transferee |
L |
No fee (individual)/ $500.00 (blanket) |
| Media, journalist |
I |
No fee |
| NAFTA professional worker: Mexico, Canada |
TN/TD |
No fee |
| Performing athlete, artist, entertainer |
P |
$40.00 |
| Physician |
J |
SEVIS fee |
| Professor, scholar, teacher (exchange visitor) |
J |
SEVIS fee |
| Religious worker |
R |
No fee |
| Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge |
H1B |
No fee |
| Student: academic, vocational |
F, M |
SEVIS fee |
| Temporary agricultural worker |
H2A |
$100.00 |
| Temporary worker performing other services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature |
H2B |
$100.00 |
| Tourism, vacation, medical treatment |
B1/B2 |
No fee |
| Training in a program not primarily for employment |
H3 |
$100.00 |
| Treaty trader/treaty investor |
E |
No fee |
| Transiting the United States |
C |
No fee |
| Victim of Criminal Activity |
U |
No fee |
| Victim of Human Trafficking |
T |
No fee |
| Nonimmigrant (V) Visa for Spouse and Children of a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) |
V |
No fee |
| Renewals in the U.S. – A, G, and NATO Visas |
A, G |
No fee |
The chart below contains different purposes for immigrating to the United States, and the related immigrant visa categories for which information is available. Select a visa category below to learn more:
| Immediate Relative & Family Sponsored |
Visa Category |
| 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 * |
| Intercountry Adoption of Orphan Children by U.S. Citizens |
IR3, IH3, IR4, IH4 |
| Certain Family Members of U.S. Citizens |
IR2, CR2, IR5, F1, F3, F4 |
| Certain Family Members of Lawful Permanent Residents |
F2A, F2B |
| Employer Sponsored – Employment |
|
Employment-Based Immigrants, including (preference group):
- Priority workers [First]
- Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability [Second]
- Professionals and Other Workers [Third]
- Employment Creation/Investors [Fifth]
- Certain Special Immigrants: [Fourth]
|
E1, E2, E3, EW3, C5, T5, R5, I5S (many**) |
| Religious Workers |
SD, SR |
| Iraqi and Afghan Translators/Interpreters |
SI |
| Iraqis Who Worked for/on Behalf of the U.S. Government |
SQ |
| Afghans Who Worked for/on Behalf of the U.S. Government |
SQ |
| Other Immigrants |
|
| Diversity Immigrant Visa |
DV |
| Returning Resident |
SB |
