What is a nonimmigrant visa?
A traveler from a country abroad who wants to travel to the United States for a certain time and with a specific purpose and who, when fulfilling his goals or plans, leaves the United States, is a nonimmigrant foreigner. For them, there is a special category of visa with a large number of varieties depending on the reason for the trip, for example: business, tourism, investments, studies, cultural exchange, artists, temporary workers, special assignments, etc. For your information, there are about 76 different visas within this category. These visas are processed at the United States Embassies of each country, where they request certain requirements. Some of these requirements are:
- Prove that the purpose of the trip is to enter the United States for a specific purpose that must be stated in the visa application.
- That will remain for a definite time. If passed, it will be subject to penalties that will prohibit entry into the US for periods of 3 to 10 years.
- Show evidence of funds to cover travel and stay expenses.
- Demonstrate undeniable evidence of social and economic ties in your home country.
- Demonstrate evidence of your residence outside the United States, as of other links that ensure your return at the end of the visit.
It is at the discretion of the interviewing consul whether or not to grant the visa. If it is denied, you can request it again without limit of times you can do it.
To qualify, the applicant must comply with the requirements described in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The law presumes that each applicant is a person with intentions of immigrating, that is, with intentions of staying permanently in the country. For this reason, each applicant must “collapse” this hypothesis demonstrating that:
- The purpose of the trip is to enter the United States for business, pleasure or medical treatment.
- You want to stay for a definite time.
- Evidence of the funds to cover the expenses of the trip and the stay.
- Undeniable evidence of social and economic ties in your home country.
- Evidence of your residence outside the United States, as of other links that ensure your return at the end of the visit.
