nonimmigrant

Short-term foreign visitor

A nonimmigrant is a foreign national entering a country temporarily rather than seeking permanent residence.

The term is primarily legal and administrative, distinguishing tourists, students, and temporary workers from those applying for immigrant status: She entered on a nonimmigrant visa.

As an adjective, it describes this category: nonimmigrant status, nonimmigrant workers.

travel

tourist

Traveler visiting attractions

sightseeing · vacation · holiday · business travel · leisure travel · itinerary · destination · short-term stay · excursion · tourist visa

visa

H-1B

Specialty occupation work authorization

  • F-1Academic entry authorization
  • B-1Supersonic strategic bomber
  • B-2Stealth strategic bomber

I-94 · visa waiver · ESTA · visa stamp · port of entry · admission · status · extension · classification · petition

study

F-1

Academic entry authorization

  • M-1American semiautomatic infantry rifle
  • student visaAuthorization for foreign scholars
  • I-20Major southern interstate

university · college · enrollment · tuition · scholarship · international student · campus · OPT · CPT · degree

status

overstay

Remain beyond appropriate duration

address change · departure date · adjustment of status

work

employer sponsorship

Company supports worker's visa

trainee · intern · au pair · seasonal worker · job offer · prevailing wage · quota · workforce · profession · occupation

Opposites
residency intent

nonimmigrantimmigrant

One who resettles abroad

permanent resident · settler · green card holder · landed immigrant · refugee

migration direction/status

nonimmigrantemigrant

Person resettling in another nation

expatriate · defector

relationship to host country

nonimmigrantimmigrant

One who resettles abroad

citizen · resident · native · permanent resident · settler

Family

nonimmigrants

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