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Would you like to visit the Grand Canyon in Arizona? Do you plan to travel to the U.S. on business? | B1/B2 Visa   If you have answered "yes" to any of the above questions, a B visa may be the perfect option for you! Traveling to the United States is a lifelong dream for millions of people around the world. Whether you want to spend time with relatives who live in the U.S., do some sightseeing, or take care of business or medical affairs in the U.S., obtaining a B visa is often one of the key steps to making your dream come true! The B visa category is one of the most popular visa categories. You can apply for a B visa if you wish to visit the United States either for business or pleasure. The B visa can be playfully referred to as the "Mission Possible"—instead of the "Mission Impossible"—visa category. In other words, if you provide the United States Consulate with a satisfactory statement and the required documentation in relation to your intend

  Would you like to pursue your education in the U.S.? If you answered “Yes” to the above questions, then the F-1 visa is most likely the best choice for you! Every year, the U.S. attracts many students from all over the world who intend to enhance their education. A 2016 First Quarter Summary from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) reports that over 1.11 million nonimmigrant students are actively involved in educational studies in the U.S this year, with nearly 77% of those in university bachelor’s and master’s degree programs! And there’s a 15% increase in the number of nonimmigrant students enrolled in master’s programs since July 2015. A 2015 report from the Department of State shows that 677,928 F-1 visas were issued in 2015. Additionally, the 2015 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange shows nearly a million nonimmigrant students are actively involved in educational studies in the U.S this year, with 362,228 of those in university graduate degree

Changes Expected in Immigration under the Biden Administration The Build Back Better bill has been proposed by the Biden Administration with an intent to provide legal status to individuals who have been living in the United States Before December 11. 2011.   The bill, if passed, will allow individuals who have been living in the United States before December 2011 to obtain employment authorization for a period of five years.   The individual will also be able to renew his employment authorization for another five years.   The bill will also help to clear the backlogs in priority dates under the family based immigration category, the employment based immigration category. It will also benefit prior applicants of the Visa Lottery Program especially because it will retain   visas available from 2017 to 2021. Approximately 6.5 million undocumented immigrants who have been living in the United States prior to 2011 will benefit for employment authorization   under the program.   Under the

  Are you aprofessional with a specialty occupation such as a doctor, lawyer, architect orcomputer programmer who wants to work in the U.S.? If you have at least a baccalaureate/bachelor’s degree and your profession requires highly specialized skills, this visa may be the right one for you!   An H-1B visa is available to individual professionals who are looking to work in the U.S. for a particular employer. H-1B visa applicants must first register to apply for their visa. The registrations are selected through two lotteries occurring annually. For the fiscal year 2022, 87,500 visas were selected in the first lottery, while an additional 27,717 registrations were selected by November 3, 2021. In total, up to 115,217 H-1B visas will be issued. The most important requirement for obtaining an H-1B visa is to ensure that the job qualifies as a “specialty occupation.” Specialty occupations are those that require the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialize