| There are 170 million US Visas granted to aliens visiting | | | | records the details on the foreign national's Form I-94 |
| the country in 2007. They go to US to visit, tour its | | | | for foreign nationals with a non-immigrant visa status. |
| many attractions, get a job or live there permanently. | | | | Form I-94 W is for the citizens for countries under the |
| If a foreign national wishes to enter the United States, | | | | Visa Waiver Program. This serves as the authorized |
| he or she must acquire a visa. The following are some | | | | document allowing the foreign national's stay within the |
| types of foreign nationals who must first acquire a visa | | | | United States territory for a specific period of time and |
| if they wish to enter US territory: | | | | in a specific non-immigrant visa position. |
| The foreign national must not be a citizen of the 34 | | | | Denial of Visa |
| countries under the Visa Waiver Program. A foreign | | | | Section 212 G of the Immigration and Nationality Act of |
| national who is not a citizen of Bermuda or Canada | | | | the United States. There are several classes of |
| can apply for a visa. He also needs a visa if he has a | | | | foreign nationals not qualified to receive a visa. Some |
| legal prohibition for a visa-free travel such as health | | | | of the grounds for a visa denial may include the |
| grounds, criminal records and the like. Mexican citizens | | | | following but are not limited to: criminal grounds, health |
| have separate requirements from other foreign | | | | grounds, security grounds, Not Qualified for Citizenship |
| nationals. | | | | Immigration violators or Illegal Entrants, Formerly |
| There are two types of US visas. These are | | | | Removed from the United States, Failure to Present |
| non-immigrant and immigrant. Non-immigrant visas are | | | | the Requested Documents, and Public Charge - |
| used for temporary travels or visits, which are for | | | | meaning burden to the public. |
| work, studying, business and tourism purposes. | | | | Qualification for Approval |
| Immigrant visa on the other hand are used by a | | | | The applicants for the visitor visas must demonstrate |
| person who wishes to become a permanent resident | | | | that they are indeed qualified under the Immigration and |
| in the US without a time limitation. | | | | Nationality Act provisions. The assumption in the rule is |
| United States visas do not approve of the foreign | | | | that every visa applicant visitor, with an exemption of |
| national's entry to the US nor do it approve of the | | | | employment-related applicants, is a proposing |
| foreign national's stay in the country in a meticulous | | | | immigrant. Therefore, visitor visa applicants must prove |
| status. This is a very popular misconception among | | | | that they are the following: |
| Americans and aliens. Visas in this country are only a | | | | They are planning to remain for a particular limited |
| preliminary authorization given to foreign nationals in | | | | period. The sole purpose of their visit is for pleasure, |
| order for them to travel within the country as well as | | | | medical treatment, or business. They have a house or |
| to seek admittance to the country at some point of | | | | a residence outside the country along with other |
| entry. | | | | obligatory ties (like family and business), which ensure |
| The final admittance to the US in a specific status and | | | | their return in their own country at the end of the US |
| for a specific time is prepared at the point of entry by | | | | visit. |
| a US Immigration officer. The US immigration officer | | | | |