Types of USA Visas
Nonimmigrant Visa Categories
| Purpose of Travel | Visa Category |
| Athlete, amateur or professional (competing for prize money only) | B-1 |
| Au pair (exchange visitor) | J |
| Australian professional specialty | E-3 |
| Border Crossing Card: Mexico | BCC |
| Business visitor | B-1 |
| CNMI-only transitional worker | CW-1 |
| Crewmember | D |
| Diplomat or foreign government official | A |
| Domestic employee or nanny – must be accompanying a foreign national employer | B-1 |
| Employee of a designated international organization or NATO | G1-G5, NATO |
| Exchange visitor | J |
| Foreign military personnel stationed in the United States | A-2, NATO1-6 |
| Foreign national with extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, Business or Athletics | O |
| Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Professional:Chile, Singapore | H-1B1 – Chile, H-1B1 – Singapore |
| International cultural exchange visitor | Q |
| Intra-company transferee | L |
| Medical treatment, visitor for | B-2 |
| Media, journalist | I |
| NAFTA professional worker: Mexico, Canada | TN/TD |
| Performing athlete, artist, entertainer | P |
| Physician | J, H1-B |
| Professor, scholar, teacher (exchange visitor) | J |
| Religious worker | R |
| Specialty occupations in fields requiring highly specialized knowledge | H1-B |
| Student: academic, vocational | F, M |
| Temporary agricultural worker | H2-A |
| Temporary worker performing other services or labor of a temporary or seasonal nature. | H2-B |
| Tourism, vacation, pleasure visitor | B-2 |
| Training in a program not primarily for employment | H-3 |
| Treaty trader/treaty investor | E |
| Transiting the United States | C |
| Victim of Criminal Activity | U |
| Victim of Human Trafficking | T |
| Nonimmigrant (V) Visa for Spouse and Children of a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) | V |
