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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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R - RELIGIOUS WORKERS
An alien who for at least two years immediately preceding the application for admission has been a member of a religious nonprofit denomination may come to the U.S. to carry on religious worker activities for up to five years total. The initial admission is for up to three years. The kinds of jobs included as R-1s are ministers, professionals or in a religious vocation (for example, nuns, monks, religious brothers or sisters) or occupation (for example liturgical workers, religious instructors, religious counselors, cantors, catechists, workers in religious hospitals or health care facilities, missionaries, religious translators or religious broadcasters). R-2 is reserved for spouses and children under 21. After five years in the U.S. to re-enter as an R, the alien must reside outside the U.S. for one year.
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