Achieving Your Immigration Goals: Issues and Solutions
Scott CC Immigration Law is a practice dedicated to helping clients achieve their immigration goals. We provide a full range of services to clients wishing to obtain visas and legal residence in the U.S. Our attorneys are hard-working, efficient and offer competitive rates.
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Scott CC Immigration Law can assist you in these immigration matters:
Visa Type | Visa Designation | Issued to: |
Diplomatic Visa | A-1 | Ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomats, consular officers, and their family members |
Diplomatic Visa | A-2 | Other foreign government employees and officials and their family members |
Diplomatic Visa | A-3 | Personal attendants and servants of persons holding A-1 and A-2 visas |
Business Visitors | B-1 | Visitors for business purposes. Not for employment. |
Tourists (for pleasure) | B-2 | Visitors for pleasure. Not for employment. |
Visitors in Transit | C-1 | People traveling through the U.S. to other destinations |
Visitors in Transit | C-2 | Foreign nationals travelling to and from the United Nations headquarters |
Visitors in Transit | C-3 | Foreign government officials in transit |
Crew Members | D-1 | Employees remaining with their vessel |
Crew Members | D-2 | Employees working for other vessels |
Treaty Traders | E-1 | People from certain countries who are establishing trading operations in the U.S. |
Treaty Investors | E-2 | People from certain countries who are establishing business operations in the U.S. |
Academic Students | F-1 | Full time students |
Student’s Family Members | F-2 | Student’s wife and minor children |
Foreign Representatives to International Organizations | G-1 | Chief representatives of foreign governments to international organizations located in the U.S., and their family members. |
Foreign Representatives to International Organizations | G-2 | Other representatives of foreign governments to international organizations located in the U.S., and their family members. |
Foreign Representatives to International Organizations | G-3 | Representatives of foreign governments not yet recognized by the U.S. who are working for or travelling to international organizations, and their family members |
Employees of International Organizations | G-4 | Officers and employees of international organizations and their family members |
Employees of Above G Visa Holders | G-5 | Servants and personal employees of G visa holders |
Licensed Nurses | H-1A | Nurses with offers of employment in the U.S. |
Specialty Occupation Professionals | H-1B | Professionals with offers of employment in the U.S. |
Temporary Agricultural Workers | H-2A | Foreign nationals coming to the U.S. to perform agricultural work of a temporary or seasonal nature |
Temporary Workers | H-2B | Nonagricultural workers, such as athletes or those in performing arts who have not yet achieved international reputation; skilled workers in crafts and trades who are able to perform tasks for which no U.S. workers are available |
Trainees | H-3 | Trainees coming to the U.S. to receive training from an employer in any field other than graduate education or training |
Family Members of H Visa Holders | H-4 | Family members of H visa holders |
Journalists | I | Journalists of foreign news media |
Exchange Visitors | J-1 | Participants of exchange programs, including students, scholars, professors, researchers, and au pairs, etc. |
Family Members of J-1 | J-2 | Family members of J-1 visa holders |
Fiancé or Fiancée of U.S. Citizens | K-1 | Fiancé/fiancée of U.S. citizens |
Minor Children of Fiancé or Fiancée | K-2 | Minor children of fiancé or fiancée of U.S. citizens |
International Company Transferees | L-1A | Executives and managers with at least one year of previous foreign management experience with that foreign company |
International Company Transferees | L-1B | Employees with specialized knowledge with at least one year of previous foreign experience with that foreign company |
L Holder’s Family Members | L-2 | Family members of L visa holders |
Nonacademic Students | M-1 | People temporarily studying or receiving training at a nonacademic institution |
Family Members of M-1 | M-2 | Family members of M-1 visa holders |
G-4’s Relatives | N | Close relatives of employees of international organizations (G-4 visa holders) |
Persons of Extraordinary Ability | O-1 | People with extraordinary ability in the arts, athletics, sciences, education, business, or the motion pictures or television industry who are coming to the U.S. to perform temporary services relating to an event |
Accompanying Assistants to O-1 Holders | O-2 | Accompanying assistants to O-1 visa holders |
Family Members of O-1 and O-2 | O-3 | Family members of O-1 and O-2 visa holders |
Athlete or Recognized Entertainment Group | P-1 | People coming to the U.S. to perform as an internationally recognized athlete or member of an internationally recognized athlete or entertainment group |
Artists or Entertainers in Reciprocal Program | P-2 | Artists or entertainers who come to perform, individually or as a group, under a reciprocal exchange program between an organization in the U.S. and an organization in another country |
Artists or Entertainers in Culturally Unique Program | P-3 | Artists or entertainers who come to perform, individually or as a group, culturally unique programs to further the understanding or development of the unique cultural form |
Family of P Visa Holders | P-4 | Spouses and unmarried minor children of P visa holders |
International Cultural Exchange Participants | Q-1 | International cultural exchange participants |
Family Members of Q-1 | Q-2 | Family members of Q-1 visa holders |
Religious Workers | R-1 | People who have been full time religious workers for at least two years before applying and who are coming temporarily to work for a nonprofit religious organization in the U.S. |
Family Members of R-1 | R-2 | Family members of R-1 visa holders |
Informant in Criminal Investigation | S-1 | Informants in criminal investigations |
Informant in Espionage Case | S-2 | Informants in espionage investigations |
Family Members of S Holders | S-3 | Family members of S visa holders |
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) | TN | Canadian and Mexican citizens |
Family Members of TN Holders | TD | Family members of TN visa holders |
All of the above visas have various time limits and employment restrictions. In many cases though, status can be changed. Our attorneys can assist you with a change of status proceeding.