• Through Employment
• Through Family
• Through Adj. of Status
• Through Lottery
• Through Asylum / Refugee / TPS
• Through NACARA

Many foreign nationals come to the U.S. on a tempoary basis with no intent to remain permanently. Some are brought by companies for a specific job task by employers seeking to fill specific needs. Others come for pleasure or educational opportunities.

Temporary visitors are issued nonimmigrant visas typically within weeks of the application, unlike permanent resident visa applications that could take years. The visas are valid for a certain period of time as determined by USCIS or the Embassy. Some of hte nonimmigrant visas can allow a person to live and reside in the United States for a lengthy or indefinte period of time.

Whenever an alien applies for a nonimmigrant visa at an Embassy or in the United States with Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services there is always a rebuttal presumption that the alien has intent to immigrate permanently to the United States. If the Consular Post of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services believes that the alien has an intent to immigrate to the United States permanently, they will often not issue a nonimmigrant visa.