B-2 Visa
Since the advent of the visa waiver program, fewer people need B-2 Visitor for Pleasure visas. (Visa waivers are available for people from Canada, most European countries, and Japan.) After all, how many people take vacations that last more than two weeks, let alone more than the 90 days permitted under visa waiver? If you [...]
B-1 Visa
The B-1 visa permits business trips of less than six months’ duration. The B-1 business visitor may not be employed in the US and must be paid from abroad. Because a visa waiver, if available, permits the same activities as the B-1, the B-1 visa is most often used for ongoing business, scientific or professional [...]
Visa Process
Overseas, foreign service officers and US consular posts issue all visas; you must obtain your first visa from a consular officer outside the US. These consuls work for the Department of State, an agency of the federal government that controls foreign affairs. Each US consular post determines its own filing procedures, and not all consular [...]