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Immigration Law: An Overview

There are five (5) Major Immigration Status/ Visa Categories

1. Non-Immigrant Visas – temporary visitors (work, student, visitor, etc.)
2. Immigrant Visas – lawful permanent residents (green card holders)
3. Asylees and other special groups – Asylum, refugee, and TPS status holders
4. Citizens
5. Undocumented – illegal immigrants

1. Non-Immigrant Visas

There are several types of non-immigrant  visas.  Non-immigrant visas are usually designated by letters. Below are the most common ones:

• B-1/B-2 Visas – Available to Short term visitors for pleasure or business
• H-1B Visas – Available to people in “specialty occupations”
• F-1 Visas – Available to Students
• J-1 Visas – Exchange Visitors
• Visas – People with extraordinary ability in  the sciences, arts, crafts, education,
• business, athletics or any field of “creative endeavor”
• L Visas – Intra-company Transfers
• E Visas – E-2 Treaty Investors and E-1 Treaty Traders
• R Visas – Religious Workers
• TN Visas – NAFTA Visas for Canadians and Mexicans
• E-3 Visas for Australians

2. Immigrant Visas (“Green Card”)

There are four (4) basic categories of immigrant visas:

• Family sponsored immigrants
• Employment based immigrants
• Diversity immigrants
• Refugees and Asylees
• DV Visas – Green Card Lottery
• Employment-Based Green Cards
• EB-1-1 – Persons of Extraordinary ability in  the sciences, arts, education, business or
• Athletics
• EB-1-2 – Outstanding Professors and Researchers
• EB-1-3 – Multinational Executives and Managers
• EB-2 – Members of the Professions Holding Advance Degrees or People With
• Exceptional Ability
• EB-3 – Skilled Workers, Professionals and Other Workers
• EB-4 – Special Immigrants – Religious Worker
• EB-5 – Investor Employment Creation Visa

Immigration Law Highlights

The Dream Act

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