ICUPE General Information

Visas for Visiting the United States

Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must first obtain a visa, either a non-immigrant visa for temporary stay or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. Applicants for visitor visas must show that they qualify under provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The presumption in the law is that every visa applicant is an intending immigrant, therefore applicants for visitor visas must overcome this presumption by demonstrating that:

1. the purpose of their trip is to enter the U.S. for business, pleasure, or medical treatment;
2. that they plan to remain for a specific limited period; and
3. that they have residence outside the U.S. as well as other binding ties which will insure their return abroad at the end of the visit.

* Note that some visas, the B-1 in particulary, allows the visitor to be paid an honorarium while the B-2 visa does not. This may be relevant if you are planning other travel in conjunction with your trip to ICUPE.

The US visa information is nicely summarized in a page from the US IEEE from which the above is excerpted. To see it, click here.

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