USA VISITOR VISA
If you are a foreign national planning to visit the United States, you will need to get a visa. There are two types of visas: immigrant visas for long-term residency and non-immigrant visas for short-term visits. Non-immigrant visitor visas are available for those who want to visit the country for tourism or trip (visa category B-2), business (visa category B-1), or a combination of both (B-1/B-2).
There are various activities that you can do with a visitor visa, depending on the category:
Business (B-1)
- • Consult with the business associates
- • Attend an educational, professional, scientific, or business convention or conference
- • Settle an estate
- • Negotiate a contract
Tourism (B-2)
- • Tourism or trip
- • Vacation or holiday
- • Visiting friends and relatives
- • Medical treatment or hospital treatment
- • Participation in social events hosted or conducted by fraternal, social, or service organizations
- • Participation by amateurs in sports, musicals, or similar events or contests, if not being paid for participating
- • Enrolment in a short course of education, not for credit toward a degree (for example, a two-day cooking class while on vacation).