CATEGORIES OF MIGRANTS R/ ECOGNIZED UNDER U.S. LAW

Immigrants (Lawful Permanent Residents) Illegal Aliens Temporary Entrants (Nonimmigrants)

Visa Lottery Winners Humanitarian Immigrants Tourists & Short-Term ‡ cap = 55,000 & Amnestied Aliens Business Visitors unlimited

Family-Based Immigrants -Based Immigrants* Temporary Guest Workers Other Nonimmigrants unlimited cap = 140,000 Refugee Adjustments unlimited; 2007=54,942 Skilled Workers Ambassadors, Diplomats, United Nations Officials Immediate Relatives Asylee Adjustments And other employees of foreign govern-ments and parents, spouses, minor Priority Workers unlimited; 2007=81,183 Treaty Traders, Treaty Investors cap = 40,040 authorized by international free agreements international organizations, and servants and children of U.S. citizens attendants of such employees unlimited; 2007=494,920 H-1B Workers Aliens w/ Extraordinary Ability Other Humanitarian unlimited specialty occupations and fashion models Aircraft and Vessel Crew cap = 85,000; exceptions to cap = unlimited Family Immigrants* Outstanding Professors & Researchers floor = 226,000 Students at Academic Amnesty H-1C Nurses coming to work in designated health- Institutions care shortage areas NACARA, HRIFA, st Multinational Executives & Managers cap = 500 Family 1 – unmarried adult IRCA children of citizens unlimited; Foreign Press Representatives cap = 23,400 2007=5,936 L-1 Intracompany Transferees 2nd Preference managers/specialized workers in multinat’l corps Exchange Visitors Family 2A – cap = 40,040 Parolee unlimited spouses, minor children of LPRs Adjustments Fiance(e)s of US Citizens floor/cap = 87,934/114,000 Professionals w/ Adv. Degrees unlimited; Unskilled Workers 2007=1,999 Vocational Students Family 2B – Aliens of Exceptional Ability unmarried adult children of LPRs Cancellation of Removal H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers cap = 26,266 cap = 4,000; 2007=11,779 unlimited Witness/Informant in Criminal 3rd Preference Proceeding cap = 40,040‡ H-2B Temporary or Seasonal Workers Family 3rd – married adult Amerasians cap = 66,000; exempt from cap: “returning workers” children of citizens from prior three years Humanitarian Entrants unlimited cap = 23,400 Skilled Workers Other Workers Refugee/asylee admissions th Professionals Family 4 – Other siblings of adult citizens Workers with Extraordinary Ability Humanitarian parolees cap = 65,000 Unskilled Workers unlimited cap = 10,000‡ in sciences, arts, education, business, athletics unlimited Victims of human trafficking and * A per-country limit applies to visas in these preference domestic violence categories. For independent countries, the limit is seven 4th Preference Athletes & Entertainers unlimited Temporary Protected Status beneficiaries percent of the total number of preference visas available, while Special Immigrants dependent areas are limited to two percent of total preference cap = 9,940 Spouses & minor children of LPRs on the visa visas. Religious Workers unlimited waiting list for three or more years ‡ The Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act 5th Preference of 1997 (NACARA) reallocates 5,000 visas annually from both Investors the Visa Lottery and the Unskilled Worker category and makes cap = 9,940 Entered without Inspection Visa Overstay them available to illegal aliens who qualify for amnesty under estimated at about 60 percent of total illegal pop. estimated at about 40 percent of total illegal pop. Questions about this chart? NACARA. Once the annual number of NACARA beneficiaries First offense=misdemeanor First & subsequent offenses=civil violations Contact Rosemary Jenks, NumbersUSA (202) 543-1341 falls below a specified level, this reallocation will end. Subsequent offenses=felonies