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F-1 students who want temporary work directly related to their main area of study, during or after their studies.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingAustralian nationals coming to the United States only to work in a specialty occupation.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPermanent residence for professionals with an advanced degree or its equivalent, or people with exceptional ability.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPermanent residence for skilled workers, professionals and other workers with a permanent job offer.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPeople coming to work in a specialty occupation for a U.S. employer, and a few other listed groups such as distinguished fashion models.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingExecutives or managers whom a company moves from one of its offices abroad to an office in the United States, or sends to open one.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPeople with extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics, or with a record of extraordinary achievement in film or television.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingCanadian and Mexican citizens coming temporarily to do business activities at a professional level under the USMCA trade agreement.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingNationals of a treaty country who invest in and develop a business in the United States, and certain of their employees.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingOther family members of U.S. citizens and permanent residents, such as sons and daughters, brothers and sisters of citizens, and spouses of permanent residents.
Last checked 4 Nov 2026
Official points and wording46 more types from the official pages. Some have no quoted facts yet.
About this list. Main work, study, family, investor, visitor and humanitarian categories from USCIS overview pages, plus the smaller USCIS categories added on 3 Nov 2026 (P-1B, P-2, P-3, CNMI-only, T and U, VAWA, Special Immigrant Juvenile, special immigrant sub-types, registry and other Green Card pages) and the Visa Waiver Program page on cbp.gov (domain added). Still left out: B-2 tourist visa, F-1 and M-1 as separate pages, H-1B1, O-2, H-4, L-2 and returning resident (no USCIS or other loadable official page lists them; travel.state.gov and state.gov refuse automated access); Lautenberg parolees (USCIS says the provision expired and was not restarted); diplomat and foreign-government-employee Green Card pages (diplomatic); Conrad 30 waiver and Deferred Enforced Departure (not visa categories); USCIS guidance pages on entrepreneurs and STEM professionals (overviews of routes already listed). dol.gov refused our checker and esta.cbp.gov did not load. Part 2 (2026-11-04): O-1, EB-2, E-2, OPT, family preference and TN have quoted screening facts from uscis.gov. Diversity Visa has only 2 quoted facts (education/work rules on travel.state.gov). state.gov pages still refuse our checker for fees and many visitor streams.
People taking part in an approved exchange programme to study, teach, do research, train or receive graduate medical training.
2 official requirements recordedPeople coming to study full time: F for academic students and M for vocational students.
2 official requirements recordedF-1 students on post-study OPT with a degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics who want to extend it.
2 official requirements recordedFor workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) who are not eligible for other worker categories; employers in the CNMI apply for them.
2 official requirements recordedPermanent residence for people with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers.
2 official requirements recordedPermanent residence for certain special immigrants, such as religious workers, certain broadcasters and some employees of international organisations.
2 official requirements recordedPeople coming for training that is not available in their home country, or to take part in a special education exchange programme.
1 official requirements recordedReporters, film crews and other staff of foreign media who come to work only in that profession and have a home office abroad.
1 official requirements recordedEmployees with specialised knowledge of their company whom it moves from an office abroad to an office in the United States.
2 official requirements recordedAthletes, teams and coaches coming temporarily to perform at a specific athletic competition.
1 official requirements recordedFor members of an entertainment group, set up for at least a year and recognised internationally, who come to perform temporarily.
1 official requirements recordedFor artists or entertainers who come temporarily to perform under an exchange programme between a US organisation and an organisation in another country.
1 official requirements recordedFor artists or entertainers who come temporarily to perform, teach or coach in a programme that is culturally unique.
1 official requirements recordedFor physicians in the second-preference employment category (EB-2) who seek a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement.
1 official requirements recordedPeople taking part in an international cultural exchange programme that gives practical training and employment and shares their home country culture.
2 official requirements recordedMinisters and other religious workers coming temporarily to work for a religious organisation in the United States.
1 official requirements recordedFor people who come to work as broadcasters for the US Agency for Global Media or its grantees, and their spouses and children.
2 official requirements recordedFor certain long-term employees of international organisations and their eligible family members.
2 official requirements recordedFor ministers and non-ministers in religious vocations and occupations who seek a Green Card.
1 official requirements recordedForeign nationals whom U.S. employers bring in to fill temporary farm jobs.
2 official requirements recordedForeign nationals whom U.S. employers bring in to fill temporary jobs outside farming.
2 official requirements recordedNationals of a treaty country coming to carry on international trade on their own behalf, and certain of their employees.
1 official requirements recordedFor long-term foreign investors in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) who need to stay lawfully there while they resolve their status.
Not yet checked against your profileInvestors, with their spouses and young unmarried children, who invest in a U.S. commercial enterprise that creates or keeps full-time jobs.
2 official requirements recordedForeign entrepreneurs whose start-up in the United States would bring a significant public benefit.
1 official requirements recordedSpouses of U.S. citizens, their young unmarried children, and parents of adult U.S. citizens.
1 official requirements recordedThe foreign fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen who will travel to the United States to marry them.
2 official requirements recordedFor widows and widowers who were married to a US citizen when the citizen died.
2 official requirements recordedFor American Indians born in Canada (with at least 50 percent American Indian blood) who wish to live permanently in the United States.
1 official requirements recordedFor Cuban natives or citizens living in the United States who meet the conditions of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966.
1 official requirements recordedPeople from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States, chosen by random selection from all entries.
2 official requirements recordedFor certain people who have lived in the United States since 1 January 1972, even if they are in the country unlawfully.
1 official requirements recordedPeople visiting for temporary business, unless they can use the Visa Waiver Program.
Not yet checked against your profileFor citizens of countries in the programme who travel to the United States for business or tourism for a short stay without a visa.
Not yet checked against your profileListed with official links only. For help with a protection claim, contact the official service or a regulated adviser.
For dependents of certain Haitian nationals; the page says the filing period for main applicants has closed.
Not yet checked against your profilePeople outside the United States with an urgent humanitarian reason or significant public benefit for a temporary stay.
Not yet checked against your profileFor certain natives or citizens of Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos who were paroled into the United States before 1 October 1997.
Not yet checked against your profileFor certain Liberian nationals living in the United States and their close family members under a 2019 law.
Not yet checked against your profilePeople who have been persecuted, or fear persecution, because of race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion.
Not yet checked against your profileFor Afghan and Iraqi nationals who worked directly with US armed forces or the US embassy as translators or interpreters.
Not yet checked against your profileFor Iraqi nationals who worked for or on behalf of the US government in Iraq and face a serious ongoing threat because of it.
Not yet checked against your profileFor certain children who are subject to state juvenile court proceedings related to abuse, neglect or abandonment.
Not yet checked against your profileFor victims of a severe form of human trafficking who helped with reasonable requests from law enforcement.
Not yet checked against your profileNationals of countries designated because of conditions such as armed conflict or environmental disaster that stop them returning safely.
Not yet checked against your profileFor victims of certain crimes who suffered abuse and are helpful to officials investigating or prosecuting the crime.
Not yet checked against your profileFor certain abused spouses, children and parents of US citizens or permanent residents who file a petition on their own, without the abuser's knowledge.
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