H-2A or H-2B: Which Seasonal Worker Visa Fits Your Business?
The work decides it: farm labor is H-2A, other seasonal work is H-2B. Where the line blurs, the cap, wage rules, housing, and filing dates set them apart.
The work decides it: farm labor is H-2A, other seasonal work is H-2B. Where the line blurs, the cap, wage rules, housing, and filing dates set them apart.
EB-2 needs an advanced degree or exceptional ability; EB-3 needs less. The Visa Bulletin, not prestige, often decides which is the faster line.
A blanket L petition lets large multinational groups send managers and specialists to the U.S. through the consulate, without a new USCIS petition each time.
The E-1 tests your trade and the E-2 tests your investment. Most other rules are shared, so the choice turns on which record is stronger.
An R-1 is granted for up to 30 months, extended once to a five-year total, then needs a year abroad before it can be used again. Here is how the clock runs.
There is no USCIS petition for an I visa. You apply at a consulate with a DS-160, an employer letter, and press credentials. Here is the sequence.