Global Allianz Law Firm LLP has the expertise to file your immigration application for R-1 visa.

R1 visa is that visa which allows the workers who are engaged in the religious occupation, to have a stay in the USA by applying for the green card after working there for up to five years.

This is a non-immigrant visa. The worker under this category must perform the duties of a religious worker.

ELIGIBILITY You must be a foreign national who, for at least two years immediately preceding the time of application for admission, have been a member of a religious denomination having a bona fide non-profit religious organization in the U.S.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA To qualify, the foreign national must have been a member of a religious denomination having a bona fide non-profit religious organization in the United States for at least two years immediately preceding the filing of the petition.

Every petition for R-1 worker must be filed by a prospective or existing U.S. employer through the filing of a Form I-129, Petition for Non-immigrant Worker. An R-1 visa cannot be issued at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate abroad without prior approval of Form I-129 by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If the foreign national is visa-exempt (e.g. Canadian), he or she must present the original Form I-797.

HOW TO QUALIFY FOR R1 VISA?To qualify for this visa you must be a minister of religion, working as a professional in any religious occupation, and working as a worker in any professional occupation.