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Applying for just the right immigration status for you involves an analysis of your life, employment and family situation.
There may be more than one option available to you. Typically, a person comes to the United States first to visit. Most often this is the sole goal of entering this country.
Thereafter, circumstances evolve so as to create opportunities or desires to stay here for other reasons, and for various periods of time. Therefore, it is possible that one or more statuses can end up as part of your immigration path.
The Temporary Visas and Permanent Residence options contained in this section explain the various categories that exist under U.S. immigration laws. You can click on any of the visa options listed to get a detailed explanation of the specific options.
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O-1 EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT
O-1s are nonimmigrants who are extraordinary in the fields of art, science, education, business, athletics or the motion picutre/television industries. These fields are quite broad in definition. Being extraordinary is not necessarily as difficult as it may sound. The person's background and the work in the U.S. must require a higher level of stature than a garden variety position though. O-2 status is given to accompanying aliens coing temrporarily to the U.S. to assist in artistic or athletic performance. An agent may act as the petitioner for an O-1 alien, rather than the direct employer. Consultation with an appropriate U.S. peer group, labor or manengement organizaiton is required before approval of O-1 status. Spouses and dependents of O-1 or O-2 aliens are given O-3 status. O-1 extensions may be given in increments of one year each as needed to complete the event or activity pertaining to the status.
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