A comprehensive understanding of the United States 18 visa code meaning

【-Feature 】 some countries in order to facilitate the identification and management, according to the different visa, with different letter code indicated in the issuing of visas. Such a letter code is the visa code.

The current use of the visa code up to the United States, including non-immigrant visa number 18 kinds of each species and then broken down into a number of items. Summarized below:

(1) A type of visa (i.e. diplomatic service) for new objects are:

A-1: foreign ambassadors accredited to the United States Government, Minister, career diplomats, consular officers and their family members;

A-2: foreign Governments of other officials, employees and their family members;

A-3: A-1 and A-2 visa winners attendants, servants, employees and their families.

(2) B type of visa (i.e. business travel visa) for new objects are:

B-1: to engage in trade, study visits and other processing of the transaction for the purpose of the stay;

B-2: short-term visit relatives or friends, tourists.

(3) C type of visa (i.e. transit visas) to issue object are:

C-1: transit of aliens;

C-2: transit to aliens of the United Nations Headquarters in New York;

C-3: transit of foreign government officials, attendants, servants, employees and their families.

(4) D visa (i.e., crew, crew visas) issued for:

All international flights on the crew and the ship's seafarers.

(5) E type of visa (i.e. international treaties or agreements investor visa) for new objects are:

E-1: under international treaties or agreements in the United States for business persons and their spouses and children;

E-2: under international treaties or agreements in the United States investors and their spouses and children.

(6) F visa (Visa) for new objects are:

F-1: users (that is, those studying abroad at their own expense);

F-2: F-1 visa winners of spouses and children.

(7) G type of visa (i.e. international organizations staff visas) to issue object are:

G-1: Government recognized foreign Government representative to the international organization of Chief Representative and representative of the staff and the staff members of their families;

G-2: the Government is not recognized by the international organization foreign government representatives and members of their families;

G-3: the Government has not acknowledged by the foreign Government and representatives of international organizations and their family members or non-members of the international organization foreign government representatives and members of their families;

G-4: international organization officials, employees and their family members; 【 】