| If you own a business, there's a chance that you may | | | | be proved in order to obtain the visa). |
| find yourself considering hiring a foreign national to your | | | | - L Visa. The L Visa applies to employees who are |
| company. Maybe your agricultural concern needs | | | | transferring to the United States while remaining in the |
| additional laborers or your pharmaceutical company | | | | same company. If you have an employee at your |
| needs a prestigious foreign chemist. The fact is, a | | | | office in Singapore and you wish to relocate him to |
| foreign national may be the best man or woman for | | | | your office in Oakland, this is the visa type you will |
| the job. But to hire him or her, you'll have to jump | | | | need. |
| through a few hoops first. | | | | - I Visa. The I Visa applies to journalists and other |
| The main thing you'll need to do to legally employ a | | | | people in the media field. |
| foreign national is to secure your prospective | | | | - TN Visa. One of the newer types of visa, the TN is |
| employee a visa. A visa allows a foreigner to come | | | | for citizens of NAFTA countries (Canada, the US, and |
| into the United States legally, and there are many | | | | Mexico) who are moving to each other's countries for |
| different types of visas that apply to certain specific | | | | professional reasons. |
| situations. Some visas apply only to people visiting the | | | | - J Visa. The J Visa is for doctors, professors, religious |
| country on vacation, while others are specifically for | | | | workers, and other scholars. |
| people seeking work in the United States. Depending | | | | - H1-B. The H1-B Visa is one of the most well-known |
| on the kind of work, the length of time the visa allows | | | | work visas, specifically for specialty occupations that |
| that person to be in the country may vary dramatically. | | | | require highly specialized knowledge. |
| Some of the most common types of work visas are: | | | | - H2-A. The H2-A Visa allows temporary or migrant |
| - O Visa. The O Visa is for "foreign nationals with | | | | laborers to work in the United States. |
| extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts, Education, | | | | If you are interested in employing a foreign national, |
| Business, or Athletics." This applies to someone who | | | | you will need to prepare by filing for a visa request |
| has an international reputation in their field (which must | | | | from US Citizenship and Immigration Services. |