BUSINESS VISA (B-1 VISA)

Global Allianz Law Firm LLP has the expertise to file your immigration application for a B-1 Visa.

The B-1 visa is a type of non-immigrant visa that permits foreign citizens to enter the United States on short notice for business meetings or seminars, with the exception of students, laborers, and representatives of foreign information media. A business visa does not allow anyone who wants to enter the US to conduct labor, such as construction workers.

Duration of stay:

You may stay in the US on a B-1 visa for a time period ranging from six months to one year, depending on the purpose of your trip.It is a type of visa in which foreigners to the USA seek entry to the US for a temporary period of time.

There are mainly two types of B visas:-

• B-1 visa: this visa is issued to those seeking entry for business purposes.
• B-2 visa is issued to those seeking entry for tourism or other non-business purposes. But actually, these two visas are issued by combining them together and are issued as “B1/B2 visa,” valid for a temporary visit for either business or pleasure, or a combination of the two.

The business visa can be given for a variety of purposes associated with business, like attending business meetings or business conferences, but not for conducting or setting up business in USA. The spouse or dependents are not allowed to visit the USA with you under B-1, but they can apply for the B-2 visa and then accompany you.

THE DEFINITION OF A B-1 VISA:

The visitor visa is a non-immigrant visa for individuals who would like to enter the United States temporarily for business (B1 Visa).

B-1 VISA IS SUITABLE FOR:-

1. Participants to attend scientific, educational, professional, business, or religious conventions.
2. People to work on specific projects in the US and be paid by a foreign employer.
3. Business professionals to participate in commercial transactions (which do not involve gainful employment), such as negotiating contracts and consulting with business associates.
4. People to undertake independent studies such as feasibility studies, market research, or any such activity.
5. People to attend professional or business conferences, workshops, or seminars.
6. Business professionals to explore possibilities to set up a subsidiary of a foreign corporation or to make investments.
7. Personal or domestic servants to come to the US with a US citizen or non-immigrant employer on B, E, F, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, R, or TN status.
8. Technical personnel to install or service equipment pursuant to a contract of sale, or to provide after sales service.
9. Business professionals to attend meetings as a member of the Board of Directors of a US corporation.
10. People to observe business, professional, or vocational activity as long as it does not involve any hands-on activity.
11. Professional athletes to compete for tournament money and not for a salary.
12. Professionals to conduct business consultations with business associates in the US
13. Purchasing agents of a foreign employer to come to the US to procure goods, components, or raw materials for use outside the US
14. Foreign business people coming to the US in conjunction with litigation.
15. People rendering professional services in the US that would otherwise qualify them for an H-1B visa, but who are paid for those services by a source outside the US
16. People employed outside the US who are paid from abroad, and who come to the US to undertake an established training program that would qualify them for an H-3 visa.
17. Employees of foreign airlines who are engaged in productive employment in the US and paid in the US who are not eligible for E-1 treaty trader status.
18. Other persons such as Bonafide religious missionaries and crew members on yachts.
19. Special situations involving Canadians and Mexicans, such as Canadian truck drivers who are paid by either Canadian or US firms and who transport commodities across the Canadian Border.
20. Foreign companies to send their personnel to the US to install or service equipment pursuant to a contract of sale or to provide after-sales service.
21. US companies to bring foreign business consultants for training or expert advice.
22. US universities to bring foreign guest speakers or lecturers.