From: porsupah@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: H category visa information
Message-ID: <1992Nov21.010621.2623@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Date: 21 Nov 92 06:06:21 GMT


 The only information I have on the H-3 is that taken from the Consular
Advice BBS maintained by the State Department, on (202) 647-9225.

    CLASSIFICATIONS

    The  Immigration  and Nationality Act provides  several  categories  of
    nonimmigrant  visas for a person who wishes to work temporarily in  the
    United   States.    There   are  annual  numerical   limits   on   some
    classifications   which  are  shown  in  parentheses.   The   following
    classifications of visas are provided for by law.


    H-1A classification applies to services as a registered nurse.

    H-1B  classification applies to a specialty occupation  which  requires
    the  theoretical  and  practical  application  of  a  body  of   highly
    specialized  knowledge  requiring completion of a  specific  course  of
    higher  education.   This classification requires a  labor  attestation
    issued  by the Secretary of Labor (65,000).  This  classification  also
    applies  to  Government-to-Government  research  and  development,   or
    coproduction projects administered by the Department of Defense (100);

    H-2A  classification  applies to agricultural work of  a  temporary  or
    seasonal nature;

    H-2B  classification applies to nonagricultural work of a temporary  or
    seasonal  nature.   This  classification  requires  a  temporary  labor
    certification issued by the Secretary of Labor (66,000);

    H-3 classification applies to trainees other than medical or  academic.
    This classification also applies to practical training in the education
    of handicapped children (50);