Sunday, August 20, 2017

Eligibility and Process of O-Type Visa

Many people dream is to settle in the United States. There are many ways one can grab the US visa. The immigration can be on the permanent basis or temporary basis. As the US is very strict for their laws and other rules, there is a proper method and a given procedure on which the visa is given. In this blog, we are talking about the O-1 and O-2 Visas.

Eligibility for O-1 Visa-
A person having excellent abilities in the field of business, education, science, or athletics are named as an O-1 visa. To get an O-1 visa, candidates must prove that they own a level of expertize showing that the person has the ability and is risen to the top of the range of effort.

There are two ways of showing their abilities. One way is by winning a major internationally known award, for example- a Nobel Prize. The other simple method is by producing documentation in three of the below sections-

  • Proof of unique participation of significance in the field.

  • Taking national or international recognized awards or honors for perfection in the course of the attempt.

  • Written some scholarly articles.

  • Membership in organizations in the sector, which need excellent performances of their members.

  • Written matter in a professional or higher trade magazine, newspaper or media about international candidate’s work.



What is an O-2 visa?
The people who have been given the O-1 visa for the US, they need their workers or staff to accompany them. The O-2 visa is given to the support staff of the O-1 visa holder. But it is not supplied if the O-1 visa owner is proceeding to work in the similar sectors of sports, art or the motion picture business.



To qualify for an O-2 visa, the candidate needs to fulfill the next conditions-

  • Before awarding an O-1 or O-2 visa to an individual, USCIS requires a meeting with a US-based company.

  • For all O-1 and O-2 candidates, the request must carry an advisory idea from the group, labor union, or a person with expertise in the candidate’s field. This view can state just that the organization has no objection in allotting the respective visa or even can tell the candidate’s successes.

  • In case the achievements are lengthy, the report should also discuss the candidate's expertize, the quality of the work offered.

If you want to know more on the O-Visa type or any other issue regarding immigration and visa, then contact to Wildes & Weinberg, P.C. which is a reputed law firm that focuses on the immigration field. The firm has expertized in this field who gave advice the advice regarding visa’s preparation and processing.