Visa Category and Visa Class for USA Visa Appointment in India

Overall Instructions for Appointment

• Select Visa Category

  Please select a visa category that applies to you:
  • Business/Tourism, Crew, and All Other Visas
  • Students and Exchange Visitors (F, J, M)
  • L1 (Blanket)
  • H & L Visas
    

• Select Visa Class

  Choices in this list will vary based on the Visa Category selected in the previous question: 
  
  
  • Students and Exchange Visitors
    • Student
      • F-1 – Academic or Language Studies
      • F-2 – Spouse/Child of F-1 Visa Holder
      • M-1 – Vocational or Other Nonacademic Studies
      • M-2 – Spouse / Child of M-1 Visa Holder
    
    
    • Exchange Visitor
      • J-1 – Exchange Visitor
      • J-2 – Spouse / Child of J-1 Visa Holder
        
  
  
  • L-1 (Blanket)
    • L-1 (Blanket) – Intracompany Transferees (Blanket Petition)
      
  
  
  • H & L Visas
    • H-1B – Temporary Worker in Specialty Occupation
    • H-3 – Trainee Other than Academic
    • H-4 – Spouse / Child of H1 Visa Holder
    • L-1 (Individual) – Intracompany Transferees (Individual)
    • L-2 (Blanket) – Spouse or Child of L1 Visa Holder (Blanket Petition)
    • L-2 (Individual) – Spouse or Child of L1 Visa Holder (Individual)
      
  
  
  • Everyone Else
    • Visitor Visas for Business and Pleasure
      • B1 – Visitor for Business
      • B1/B2 – Visitor for Business and Pleasure
      • B2 – Visitor for Pleasure or Medical Treatment
        
    
    
    • Petition-Based Temporary Workers
      • H-2A – Temporary Agricultural Workers
      • H-2B – Non-agricultural Temporary Worker
      • O-1 – Extraordinary Ability in Science, Arts, or Education
      • O-2 – Accompanying O1
      • O-3 – Spouse / Child of O-1 or O-2 Visa Holder
      • P-1 – Athlete or Entertainment Group – Specific
      • P-2 – Artist – Reciprocal Exchange
      • P-3 – Artists or Entertainers in a Culturally Unique Program
      • P-4 – Spouse / Child of P-1, P-2, or P-3
      • Q-1 – International Cultural Exchange
      • R-1 – Religious Worker
      • R-2 – Spouse / Child of Religious Worker
        
    
    
    • Transit
      • C-1 – In Transit
        
    
    
    • Crew
      • C1/D – Crew Member in Transit
      • D – Crew Member
        
    
    
    • Treaty Trader/Investor
      • E2 – Treaty Investor Visa
        
    
    
    • Australian professional
      • E3 – Australian Professional Specialty
        
    
    
    • Journalist
      • I – Journalist of International Organization and Immediate Family
        
    
    
    • NAFTA Professional Workers: Mexico, Canada
      • TD – Spouse / Child of NAFTA Professional
      • TN – NAFTA Professional
        
    
    
    • Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Visa
      • CW-1 – Transitional workers who are legally present in the CNMI at the time of the approval of the petition.
      • CW-2 – Spouses and unmarried children under 18 years of age of CW-1 beneficiaries. CW-2 visa holders are not eligible to work in the CNMI.
        
    
    
    • Victims of Human Trafficking
      • T-2 – Spouse of T-1
      • T-3 – Child of T-1
      • T-4 – Parent of T-1 Child
      • T-5 – Unmarried Siblings Under Age 18 of T-1
        
    
    
    • Victims of Criminal Activity
      • U-1 – Victim of qualifying criminal activity, such as rape, murder, manslaughter, child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and/or human trafficking
      • U-2 – Spouse of U-1
      • U-3 – Child of U-1
      • U-4 – Parent of U-1 Child
      • U-5 – Unmarried Siblings Under Age 18 of U1
    
    Those applying for business visa can select B1 or B1/B2. Those applying for visitors visa can select B2 or B1/B2.