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CONSULTANT ON US IMMIGRATION
Part I: Getting Started: U.S. Immigration Eligibility and Procedures
1. Where to Begin on Your Path Toward Immigration
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Roadmap to
U.S. Immigration
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Immigration Eligibility Self-Quiz
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The
Typical Application Process
2. Are You Already a U.S. Citizen?
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Acquisition of Citizenship Through Birth to U.S.
Citizen Parents
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Automatic Derivation of U.S. Citizenship Through
Naturalized Parents
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Obtaining Proof of U.S. Citizenship
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Dual
Citizenship
3. Can You Enter or Stay in the U.S. at All?
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Particularly Troublesome Grounds of Inadmissibility
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Avoiding or Reversing an Inadmissibility Finding
4. Dealing with Paperwork, Government Officials, Delays, and Denials
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Getting
Organized
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How to Obtain and Prepare Immigration Application
Forms
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How to
Obtain Needed Documents
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Before You
Mail an Application
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Dealing
With Delays
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Attending Interviews With USCIS or Consular
Officials
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Procedures
for USCIS Interviews
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What to Do If an Interview Is Going Badly
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What to Do If an Application Is Denied
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When All Else Fails, Call Your U.S. Congressperson
5. Special Rules for Canadians and Mexicans
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Canadian
Visitors and Nonimmigrants
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Special Work Privileges for Canadian and Mexican
Visitors
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Simplified Procedures for Canadian Students and
Exchange Visitors
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Preflight
Inspections for Canadians
6. How and When to Find a Lawyer
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When Do You Need a Lawyer?
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Where to Get the Names of Good Immigration Lawyers
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How to
Avoid Sleazy Lawyers
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How to
Choose Among Lawyers
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Signing Up
Your Lawyer
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Paying
Your Lawyer
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Firing
Your Lawyer
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Do-It-Yourself
Legal Research
Part II: Introduction to Permanent U.S. Residence (Green Cards)
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Categories
of Green Card Applicants
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How Many Green Cards Are Available
7. Getting a Green Card Through Family Members in the U.S
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Are You Eligible for a Green Card Through a
Relative?
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Quick View of the Application Process
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Step One: Your U.S. Relative Files the Visa Petition
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Step Two: Preference Relatives Wait for an Available
Visa
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Step Three: You Submit the Green Card Application
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Step Four: You Enter the U.S. With Your Immigrant
Visa
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Removing Conditional Residence in Marriage Cases
8. Getting a K-1 Visa to Marry Your U.S. Citizen Fiancé
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Do You Qualify for a K-1 Visa?
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Quick View of How to Apply for a K-1 Visa
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Step One: Your U.S. Citizen Fiancé Submits a Visa
Petition
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Step Two: You Follow Instructions From the National
Visa Center
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Step Three: You Apply at a U.S. Consulate
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Step Four: You Enter the U.S. on Your Fiancé Visa
9. Getting a Green Card Through Employment
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Are You Eligible for a Green Card Through
Employment?
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Quick View of the Application Process
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Step One: The Prevailing Wage Determination
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Step Two: Employer Advertising and Recruitment
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Step Three: Your Employer Seeks Labor Certification
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Step Four: Your Employer Files the Visa Petition
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Step Five: You Wait for an Available Visa Number
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Step Six: You Submit the Green Card Application
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Step Seven: Entering the U.S. With Your Immigrant
Visa
10. Getting a Green Card Through the Diversity Visa Lottery
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Are You Eligible for a Green Card Through the
Lottery?
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Quick View of the Application Process
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Step One: Registering for the Lottery
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Step Two: The Green Card Application
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Step Three: Entering the U.S. With Your Immigrant
Visa
11. Getting a Green Card as an Investor
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Are You Eligible for a Green Card Through
Investment?
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Quick View of the Application Process
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Step One: You File a Visa Petition
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Step Two: You Await an Available Visa Number
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Step Three: You Apply for a Green Card
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Step Four: You Enter the U.S. Using Your Immigrant
Visa
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Step Five: Converting Your Conditional Residence
Into Permanent Residence
12. Getting a Green Card as a Special Immigrant
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Do You Qualify for a Green Card as a Special
Immigrant?
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Quick View of the Application Process
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Step One: You File the Visa Petition
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Step Two: You Await an Available Visa Number
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Step Three: You Apply for a Green Card
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Step Four: You Enter the U.S. With Your Immigrant
Visa
13. Humanitarian Protection: TPS, DED, Asylee, and Refugee Status
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Do You Qualify for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)?
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How to Apply for Temporary Protected Status
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What Is Deferred Enforced Departure?
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Do You Qualify as a Refugee or Asylee?
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How to Apply for Refugee Status
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How to Apply for Political Asylum
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How to Get a Green Card as a Refugee or Asylee
14. After Your Approval for a Green Card
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How to Prove You’re a U.S. Resident
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Traveling
Abroad
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Your
Immigrating Family Members’ Rights
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Losing
Your Permanent Resident Status
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How to Renew or Replace Your Green Card
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Green Cards and U.S. Citizenship
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Green Cards and U.S. Taxes
Part III: Introduction to Nonimmigrant (Temporary) Visas
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Types of
Nonimmigrant Visas
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Difference Between a Visa and a Status
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Time
Limits on Nonimmigrant Visas
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At the
Border
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Heightened
Security Measures
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Effect of Nonimmigrant Visas on Green Cards
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Nonimmigrant Visas and U.S. Taxes
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Status Overstays and Automatic Cancellation of Visas
15. Getting a Business or Tourist (B-1 or B-2) Visa
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Do You Qualify for a Visitor Visa?
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How to Apply for a Visitor Visa
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Extensions
of Stay
16. Getting a Temporary Specialty Worker (H-1B) Visa
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Do You Qualify for an H-1B Visa?
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Quick View of the H-1B Visa Application Process
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Step One: Your Employer Files an LCA
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Step Two: Your Employer Files a Visa Petition
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Step Three: Applicants Outside the U.S. Apply to a
U.S. Consulate
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Step Four: You Enter the U.S. With Your H-1B Visa
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
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Your Rights as an H-1B Worker
17. Getting an H-2B (Temporary Nonagricultural Worker) Visa
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Do You Qualify for an H-2B Visa?
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Possibilities for a Green Card From H-2B Status
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Quick View of the H-2B Visa Application Process
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Step One: Your Employer Applies for Temporary Labor
Certification
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Step Two: Your Employer Submits an H-2B Visa
Petition
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Step Three: Applicants Outside the U.S. Apply to a
U.S. Consulate
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Step Four: You Enter the U.S. With Your H-2B Visa
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
18. Getting a Temporary Trainee (H-3) Visa
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Do You Qualify for an H-3 Visa?
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Quick View of the H-3 Visa Application Process
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Step One: Your Employer Submits an H-3 Visa Petition
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Step Two: Applicants Outside the U.S. Apply to a
U.S. Consulate
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Step Three: You Enter the U.S. With Your H-3 Visa
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
19. Getting an L-1 (Intracompany Transferee) Visa
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Do You Qualify for an L-1 Visa?
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Possibilities for a Green Card From L-1 Status
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Quick View of the L-1 Visa Application Process
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Step One: Your U.S. Employer Files a Visa Petition
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Step Two: Applicants Outside the U.S. Apply to a
U.S. Consulate
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Step Three: You Enter the U.S. With Your L-1 Visa
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
20. Getting an E-1 (Treaty Trader) Visa
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Do You Qualify for an E-1 Visa?
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Quick View of the E-1 Visa Application Process
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How to Apply From Outside the U.S.
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How to Apply If You’re in the U.S.
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Using Your E-1 Visa to Enter the U.S.
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
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Visa
Revalidation
21. Getting a Treaty Investor (E-2) Visa
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Do You Qualify for an E-2 Visa?
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Quick View of the E-2 Visa Application Process
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How to Apply From Outside the U.S.
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How to Apply If You’re in the U.S.
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Using Your E-2 Visa to Enter the U.S.
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
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Revalidating Your Visa
22. Getting a Student (F-1 or M-1) Visa
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Do You Qualify for a Student Visa (M-1 or F-1)?
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How Long the Student Visa Will Last
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Quick View of the Student Visa Application Process
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Step One: Your School Issues a SEVIS I-20
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Step Two for Applicants Outside the U.S.: Applying
at a U.S. Consulate
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Step Two for Some Applicants Inside the U.S.:
Applying to USCIS for a Change of Status
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Step Three: You Enter the U.S. With Your Student
Visa
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Extending
Your Student Stay
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Getting
Permission to Work
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Transferring to a Different School
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Changing
Your Course of Studies
23. Getting a J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa
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Do You Qualify for a J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa?
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How Long the J-1 Visa Will Last
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Students: Comparing J-1 Visas to F-1 and M-1 Visas
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Business and Industrial Trainees: A Good Option for
Work in the U.S.
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Internships as a Way for Foreign Students to Work in
the U.S.
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Can You Apply for a Green Card From J-1 Status?
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Quick View of the J-1 Visa Application Process
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Step One: Your Sponsoring Organization Issues a
Certificate of Eligibility
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Step Two for Applicants Outside the U.S.: Applying
at a U.S. Consulate
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Step Two for Some Applicants Inside the U.S.: You
Apply to USCIS for a Change of Status
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Step Three: Entering the U.S. Using Your J-1 Visa
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Extending Your J-1 Stay in the U.S.
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Working as
an Exchange Visitor
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Annual Reports for Foreign Medical Graduates
24. Getting a Visa as a Temporary Worker in a Selected Occupation (O, P,
or R Visa)
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Do You Qualify for an O, P, or R Visa?
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Quick View of the O, P, and R Visa Application
Process
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Step One: Your Employer Submits a Visa Petition
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Step Two: Applicants Outside the U.S. Apply to a
U.S. Consulate
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Step Three: You Enter the U.S. With Your O, P, or R
Visa
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Extending
Your U.S. Stay
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