Nonimmigrants Who May Work in the United States
December 2012
Visa Type | Description | Number of Admissions 2011 |
E to T | 5,724,934 | |
E | Treaty Trader | 454,101 |
E-1 | Treaty Trader and Family | 110,169 |
E-2 | Treaty Investor and Family | 329,230 |
E-3 | Australian Free Trade Agreement | 14,702 |
F | Foreign Student | 1,769,179 |
F-1 | Academic Student | 1,702,730 |
F-2 | Spouse and Child | 66,449 |
H | Temporary Worker | 922,207 |
H-1B | Specialty Occupations | 494,565 |
H-1B1 | Chile/Singapore Free Trade Agreement | 30 |
H-1C | Nurse in Underserved Areas | 124 |
H-2A | Agricultural Workers | 188,411 |
H-2B | Seasonal Non-agricultural Workers | 79,794 |
H-2R | Returning H-2B Workers | 68 |
H-3 | Individual Trainee | 3,279 |
I | Foreign Media | 51,459 |
J | Exchange Visitor | 526,931 |
J-1 | Exchange Visitor | 469,993 |
J-2 | Family of J-1 | 56,938 |
L | Intracompany Transferee | 788,187 |
L-1 | Intra-company transferee | 562,776 |
L-2 | Spouse and child of L-1 | 225,411 |
M | Vocational Students | 19,783 |
M-1 | Vocational students | 18,824 |
M-2 | Family of M-1 | 959 |
N | NATO Official and Family | 23,266 |
O | Extraordinary Talent | 74,709 |
O-1 | Worker of extraordinary ability/achievement | 51,775 |
O-2 | Temporary Worker Assisting O-1 | 15,949 |
P | Performer | 110,149 |
P-1 | World class athletes or performers | 84,545 |
P-2 | Artists or entertainers in exchange programs | 13,359 |
P-3 | Artists or entertainers in culturally unique programs | 9,301 |
P-4 | Spouses and children of P1, P2, or P3 workers | 2,944 |
Q | International cultural exchange program | 2,331 |
R | Religious Worker | 25,365 |
R-1 | Temporary religious worker and Family | 19,683 |
R-2 | Spouse and Child of R1 | 5,682 |
T | NAFTA Worker | 957,267 |
TN | NAFTA professional worker | 899,455 |
TD | Spouses and Child of TN | 57,812 |
U | Cooperating Victim of Crime | Not listed – ceiling of 10,000 per year |
V | Cooperating Victim of Trafficking | Not listed – ceiling of 5,000 per year |