TYPES OF NONIMMIGRANT VISAS
                              
Type                     Description
A-1       Foreign government official
          
A-2       Foreign government employee and members of immediate family.
          
A-3       Personal employee of A-1 or A-2 and members of immediate family
          
B-1       Temporary visitor for business.  "Business" does not include
          accepting employment
          in the United States and can be reimbursed for actual travel and
          per diem expenses
          only.
          
B-2*      Temporary visitor for pleasure and cannot receive any type of
          payments.
          
C-1*,     Aliens in travel status while travelling directly through the
C-2*,     United States.
C-3*
          
D-1       Alien crewman on shore leave or transferring to another vessel or
          aircraft.  In no event may the time limit exceed 200 days; 
	  accepting employment in the United States is grounds for deportation.
          
E-1       Aliens who conduct trade or inventories between the United States
          and the foreign state of which he/she is a national, and immediate 
	  family.
          
E-2       Treaty investors and immediate family.
          
F-1       Students admitted to attend a specified school.  Students may
          accept employment on campus, but they may accept6 off-campus 
	  employment only with written permission from the U.S. Immigration 
	  Service.  If they fail to maintain their student status, they are 
	  subject to deportation.
          
F-2*      Immediate family of student - may not accept employment.
          
G-1,      Representatives and personnel of international organizations and
G-2,      immediate family.
G-3, 
G-4,
G-5
          
H-1       A visitor of distinguished merit and ability to perform temporary
          services of an
          exceptional nature.
          
H-2       Temporary worker performing services unavailable in the United
          States.
          
H-3       Trainee
          
H-4*      Spouse or child of alien classified H-1, H-2, or H-3 - may not
          accept employment.
          
I         Members of foreign press, radio, film or other informtion media.
          
J-1       Exchange of visitors who are in the U.S. under a Department of
          State approved program for study, teaching, research or training.
          
J-2       Spouse or child of J-1 - may request permission for employment from
          U.S Immigration Office
          
K-1       Fiancee - person must marry U.S. citizen within 90 days of entry
          into U.S.
          
L-1       Intercompany transferee
          
L-2*      Immediate family of L-1.

*    Nonimmigrant aliens asteriked above may not accept employment in the
     United States.  Students and exchange visitors may, with appropriate
     permission, accept certain employment.  A nonimmigrant alien is
     subject to deportation if he/she violates the terms of admission;
     abandons his/her status; overstays the period of admission; engages
     in criminal, immoral, narcotic or subversive activity; or accepts
     unauthorized employment.

September 1, 1982

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