Go, live, work in the USA

Go, live, work in the USA

Going on vacation - visa waiver

Being an Au Pair D-1

Prospect for your B-1 visa business

Explore the US, live in retirement - visa B-2

Summer job, Student or non-student internships -D-1

Professors, Researchers - D1

Cultural Exchange in the US - Q1

Study in the USA - F1

Visa- H-1B

Internship for non-students - H 3

Subsidiary Company USA - L1

Spouse of a Visa J-2, F, E, H, L, I, O

Famous, Artist, Athlete - O and P

Invest in the USA - E1-E2-EB5

Engaged to an American - K

Immigrant Visa - Green Card

Family Green Card

Green Work Card

Green Lottery Card

Conclusion of US visas

What you need to know

You will find the visa that best suits your situation in the column on the left.

But first, READ the following.

It is important.

To enter or work in the United States, you need a visa.

For tourists from certain countries, including France, a visa waiver is sufficient for a stay without working for less than 90 days.

The slightest misstep in immigration can be very costly.

By understanding the main lines, you will be able to orient yourself more easily in this jungle but do not hope to fend for yourself, except perhaps for the B, J and F visas.

 

Immigration is once again complicated and not always very logical.

It takes very elaborate, well-researched cases and only an experienced and experienced US immigration lawyer can help.

But knowing where you are going and what to expect can save you time and money.

 

There is a quota system per country for green cards apart from the "immediate relatives" or parents, children and spouses.

A country cannot have more than 7% of the total green cards and there are also quotas by visa category.

 

The main principles

 

If you want to work for a company, you can never apply for the visa (except for the lottery). You must therefore have an employer (a very rare exception, anyway: people with "extraordinary ability" for the green card).

For some visas, like the O visa, you can set up your company and sponsor yourself.

It is relatively easy to find an employer but much more difficult to find an employer who agrees to go through the formalities to obtain a visa.

It is long, expensive and requires a lot of "paperwork".

This discourages most employers.

This means that to have a work visa, you must have an employer and to have an employer you must have a visa. Eh yes !

Nothing about immigration is simple and is meant to be pleasant to you.

The United States only gives visas because they need them and not to please you.

Investor (E) visas do not require employers, of course, since you will be the employer but require a lot of money.

You often have an interest, especially for reasons of speed, to request that your visa be issued to you in the country of your residence.

For the French, it will be in Paris.

You will thus sometimes gain several years, for example for green cards.

Your employer, if your visa is "approved" by the INS, will receive an I-797 form.

If you have requested that your visa be issued to you in Paris, you will shorten, sometimes considerably, the time between approval and issue (pending period).

For some visas, it is mandatory that the visa be issued in your country of origin.

You can no longer remain illegal on US soil.

Indeed, since the law of 96, being "undocumented" in the US is considered a "crime", in the American sense of the term, ie a very serious violation of federal law.

Indeed, without a visa, it is no longer possible to obtain a Social Security number, to obtain a driving license, to open a current account in a bank and there is a risk at any time of being expelled (removed) even if you are stopped for a simple traffic violation.

Any stay that exceeds the legal authorization by 6 months results in a refusal to return to the U.S. for 3 years and if you exceed one year, you are prohibited from staying for 10 years.

If you exceed your legal stay even by one day, you will no longer be able to obtain any visa.

If there is immigration fraud, you can be banned from living in the US forever.

For visa waiver beneficiaries, the penalties are even stricter and no exemption is tolerated if we exceed 90 days.

Always remember that regardless of your visa, immigration officials at the border have full control over whether or not to let you in.

 

Be really wary of those who promise you a green card because they have "connections" with immigration.

They promise you a job and a green card in 2 months. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. They are, of course, crooks.

They ask you, after a while, for money by