Temporary Employment Visas

Andrade Legal assists many employers and their foreign national employees in applying for temporary employment visas.

In most cases, an employer must file a petition on the worker’s behalf before the worker can obtain a work-related visa.

Many of these visa types also have related classifications for workers’ dependent family members.

For more detailed information, please contact Andrade Legal or visit www.uscis.gov.

Below is a list of some common employment-based nonimmigrant visa types.

Visa Type	Description
E-1	Treaty traders and qualified employees
E-2	Treaty investors and qualified employees
E-3	Certain “specialty occupation” professionals from Australia
H-1B	Workers in specialty occupations
H-2A	Temporary or seasonal agricultural workers
H-2B	Temporary non-agricultural workers
J-1	Exchange visitors
L-1A	Intracompany transferees in manager or executive positions
L-1B	Intracompany transferees in positions utilizing specialized knowledge
O-1	Persons with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics and motion picture or TV production
P-1A	Internationally recognized athletes
P-1B	Internationally recognized entertainers or members of internationally recognized entertainment groups
P-2	Individual performers or individuals who are part of a group entering to perform under a reciprocal exchange program
P-3	Artists or entertainers, either an individual or group, entering to perform, teach, or coach under a program that is culturally unique
Q-1	Persons participating in an international cultural exchange program for the purpose of providing practical training, employment, and to share the history, culture, and traditions of the alien’s home country
R-1	Religious workers
TN	North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) temporary professionals from Mexico and Canada