US visa

US visa

Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.

Contributors in US visa

US visa

Persons from countries that do not have an American Embassy or Consulate where they can apply for immigrant visas are "homeless". For example, the U. S. Government does not have an embassy in Iran. ...

Second preference

Immigration; US visa

A category of family immigration (F2) for spouses, children and unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents. Visit our Family Based Immigration webpage for more info.

First preference

Immigration; US visa

A category of family immigration (F1) for unmarried sons and daughters of American citizens and their children. Visit our Family Based Immigration webpage for more info.

Charge/chargeable

Immigration; US visa

There are numerical limits on the number of immigrant visas that can be granted to aliens from any one foreign country. This limit is the same for all countries. The limit is based on place of ...

Skills list

Immigration; US visa

The Exchange Visitor Skills List (J Visas) is a list of fields of specialised knowledge and skills that are deemed necessary for the development of an exchange visitor's home country. When you agree ...

Lose status

Immigration; US visa

To stay in the U. S. longer than the period of time which DHS gave to a person when he/she entered the U. S. , or to fail to meet the requirements or violate the terms of the visa classification. ...

Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act

Immigration; US visa

This act of Congress allows foreign spouses of American citizens, the children of those foreign spouses, and spouses and children of certain lawful permanent residents (LPR) to come to the U. S. to ...