What should I do if I have an American tourist visa and then apply for a work visa?

The two will not affect each other. Generally speaking, the tourist visa in the United States is processed in China before going abroad, and the work visa is applied in the United States after finding a job in the United States.

Procedures for working visas in the United States:

1, H- 1B (professional)

If the applicant wants to go to the United States to engage in pre-arranged professional and technical work, he should apply for an H- 1B visa. This visa requires the applicant to have a bachelor's degree or above (or equivalent) in the professional field to be engaged in. USCIS will review and decide whether the job the applicant is employed in constitutes a professional skill job and whether the applicant meets the professional skill requirements. The applicant's employer shall submit an application form for labor situation to the US Department of Labor, including the terms of the contract signed between the employer and the employee.

2.2A (seasonal agricultural workers)

When there is a shortage of local workers in the United States, American employers can recruit foreign citizens to engage in short-term agricultural work in the United States through H-2A visas. If you need to do temporary/seasonal agricultural work in the United States for a short time, you can apply for an H-2A non-immigrant visa. An American employer (or American Agricultural Producers Association named after the joint employer) who intends to hire the applicant must submit Form I- 129-Application Form for Non-immigrant Labor for the applicant.

3.H-2B (skilled and unskilled workers)

If you need to go to the United States to do temporary/seasonal work, but the United States lacks corresponding local workers, you should apply for an H-2B visa. An American employer who intends to hire an applicant must obtain certification from the US Department of Labor to confirm that no suitable American citizen meets the applicant's position.

4.H-3 (trainee)

If you need to go to the United States for training in any field (except postgraduate education or training) for two years, you should apply for an H-3 visa. This kind of training can be paid, allowing applicants to take part in practical work, but not productive work, provided that the applicants can't get similar training in their own countries.

5.L- 1 (intra-company transfer)

If you are an employee of an international company, you need to apply for an L- 1 visa if you are temporarily sent to a higher-level organization, subsidiary or affiliated unit in the United States. The international companies mentioned here can be American enterprises or foreign enterprises. To obtain the L- 1 visa, the applicant must belong to the management/senior management or have professional knowledge, and be sent to the United States by the company to hold such positions, but the job titles before and after going to the United States need not be exactly the same. In addition, in the first three years of applying to work in the United States, the applicant must have worked continuously in the overseas institutions of international companies for one year. L- 1 Visa can only be applied after the American company or subsidiary where the applicant is going to work has been approved by USCIS (whether in the form of company package application or individual application).

6、O

Class O visas are mainly for outstanding people in the fields of science, art, education, commerce, sports or film and television production and their necessary assistants/escorts.

7.p (artist, entertainer)

P Visa is mainly for sports/entertainment professionals, artists and their necessary assistants/escorts who are going to perform in the United States.

8. q

If you plan to go to the United States to participate in international cultural exchange programs aimed at providing practical training, employment opportunities and sharing your country's history, culture and traditions, you should apply for a Q visa. To apply for this visa, the project organizer must submit an application to USCIS for the applicant and get approval.

Matters needing attention in applying for a US work visa:

1. Most short-term work visas require American employers or institutions that intend to hire applicants to submit applications and obtain USCIS approval before applying for a work visa.

2. All applicants for H, L, O, P and Q visas must first obtain the approval of your job application from USCIS. Only after the work application and I- 129 form are approved can the applicant apply for a work visa from the embassy or consulate. After the application is approved, the applicant's employer or agency will be issued with Form I-797 (approval notice), which is the applicant's work approval notice. The visa officer will verify the applicant's approval through the Application Information Management System (PIMS) in the State Council, USA.

3. The applicant should show the I- 129 batch number when interviewing the embassy or consulate to verify its information. If the applicant does not meet the visa qualification stipulated in the US immigration law, this application document cannot be used as a guarantee for obtaining a visa.

4. The time for the embassy/consulate to process H, L, O, P or Q visa applications will not be earlier than 90 days before the entry time indicated on the applicant's I-797 form. However, according to the laws of the U.S. federal government, the time for visa holders to apply for entry into the United States should not be earlier than 10 days before the entry time marked on the I-797 form. Please pay attention to this matter in order to arrange your travel plan.

The above were answered by 57 American immigrants (57us).