Thousands of immigrants are coming to USA to live, work and meet all their expenses ensuring that North America presents a better opportunity compared to their countries. Well, in recent years, thousands of immigrants and others arriving in the United States they seek to work legally from day one and thus be able to meet the requirements requested by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
According to USCIS, there is a whole variety of work visas, as the United States offers this in order for people to fill specialized positions and in some cases, does not require an academic degree. In this DEPOR note, find out all the details to take into account to have a work visa.
How many types of work visas are there in the United States?
In the United States, there are more than 20 types of work visas, within which there are two branches: temporary and permanent visas. The first are those that have a period of stay in the North American country, while the second is a permanent residence with the option of obtaining citizenship in a certain time.
To obtain permanent residence in the United States and obtain the Green Card, one of the most common forms is the work visa, in most cases it is necessary to be sponsored by a company.
Types of temporary work visas
- E-1 Treaty Traders and Qualified Employees – Treaty Traders
- E-2 Foreign long-term investors in CNMI – CNMI Investor
- E-2 Treaty Investors and Qualified Employees – Treaty Investors
- E-3 Professionals from Australia with special occupations
- H-1B Models for Advertising with Distinguished Ability and Merit
- H-2A Seasonal or Seasonal Agricultural Worker
- H-2B Temporary or Casual Non-Agricultural Worker
- H-3 Trainees who are not from the medical or academic branch
- I Representatives of the foreign press, radio, cinema or other foreign information media
- L-1A Persons transferred from the same company in managerial or executive positions
- L-1B Transferees from the same company in positions with specialized knowledge
- O-1 Persons with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, sports, motion picture or television production
- P-1A Internationally recognized athletes
- P-1B Internationally recognized artists or members of an internationally recognized artistic group
- P-2 Individual artist or that is part of a group that comes to perform
- P-3 Performer or Presenter, either individually or in a group, traveling to perform, teach, or advise on a cultural program
- Q People participating in an international cultural exchange program
- R-1 Religious Workers
Types of permanent work visas
- EB-1 visa. People with rare and recognized talents in the fields of science, arts, education, business or sports; certain high-level professors and researchers; certain executives and directors of companies.
- EB-2 visa.People with a high level of training or exceptionally qualified.
- EB-3 visa.Professional, skilled and unskilled workers.
- EB-4 visa.Specific employment categories for members of the military, international organizations, physicians, clergy.
- EB-5 visa.Business investors who invest $1 million or $500,000 in a business that employs at least 10 full-time United States employees.”
How much does the process to get the work visa cost?
The costs for a work visa can vary from $2,000 to $11,000, to this must be added the USCIS fees, according to the type of visa required.
In addition, this Monday, March 6, the 60-day period that USCIS gave to have a resolution on the increases in procedures was fulfilled. Well, the cost to process the Green Card and get other forms could go up to $2,225 dollars.
According to the proposal, the application to process a Green Card will have an increase of $1,500, a rate that may be unaffordable for some interested in becoming legal residents, due to the difficulty in saving.