• INS Clarifies Non-Immigrant Visitor Rules.
• INS Proposes Significant Changes to Rules Governing Visitors and Students.
• FACT SHEET-INS Proposes Significant Changes to Rules Governing Visitors and Students.
• FACT SHEET-Mandatory Surrender Proposed for Persons With Final Removal Orders.

Tourist Visa

If you would like to enter the United States for medical visits, business, or tourism, a tourist visa is generally required. A tourist or visitor visa is a temporary (nonimmigrant) visa for business (B-1) or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2).

The tourist visa is available to visitors who are coming to the U.S. for either business or pleasure.

The B-1 business visitor visas are for short durations and do not give rights to seek local employment. Some countries nationals may be eligible to visit the U.S. for up to 3 months without obtaining a visa.

The B-2 visa is the appropriate category for tourist which is how more than three fourths enter the US. The B-2 actually covers tourists, medical visits, conferences, visits to friends or relatives, prospective students, as well as arts and entertainment events.