{"id":1579,"date":"2015-05-13T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T09:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T04:58:46","slug":"need-know-various-visa-options-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/need-know-various-visa-options-us\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VARIOUS VISA OPTIONS IN THE US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/26-Feb-e1431510557482.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.easyime.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/26-Feb-e1431510557482.jpg\" alt=\"26-Feb\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <strong>Do you have a temporary work visa? Do you wish to bring your family to the US? Then check out the various visa options that are available to you!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based on the kind of work visa obtained for a foreign national in the US, an immigration aspirant can bring his or her family to the US making use of the following visa options:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Traders and Investors are provided with E-1 &amp; E-2 visas, as they help boost the trade and commerce of the country, hence they are granted with a respective duration visa to stay in the US.<\/li>\n<li>F-1 student visa holders can sponsor their family and apply for F-2 visa.<\/li>\n<li>H-1, H-2 or H-3 visa holders can get their spouse and children with H-4 visa. The H-1 visa is for foreign nationals with specialized skills to work in the US up to three years.<\/li>\n<li>J-1 visa is work and study-based exchange visitor program visa. The spouse and children of this category can enter with J-2 visa.<\/li>\n<li>O-Visas are for people who are highly skilled in the fields of science, arts, education, business, athletics, or television industry. They are allowed for a short stay; they can bring their family with O-3 visa.<\/li>\n<li>National athletes participating for purpose of competition can enter US with P- visa; they can bring their family with P-4 visa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All the legal immigrants applying for citizenship should undergo Immigration medical exam in order to obtain citizenship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With reference to immigration when an applicant applies for adjustment of status he or she is required to go through what is called an Immigration Medical Examination. This exam can only be conducted by specially appointed Civil Surgeons; these are physicians appointed by USCIS, or the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. 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