Cella Associates clients please login or register to check case status Copyright 2003 Cella Associates.com. Email . New Jersey based US Immigration Lawyers.Cella & Associates, practices exclusively in the area of U.S. Immigration Law. We provide legal services with regard to all employment based non-immigrant working visas, Employment and family based Immigrant Visas, (Greencards), Deportation/Removal Defense, Employer Compliance with Immigration requirements, and representation at U.S. Consulates and Embassies around the word. We appear before the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, (U.S.C.I.S.), U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Labor, (U.S.D.O.L.), Executive Office of Immigration Review, (E.O.I.R.), Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, (B.I.A.), and various Federal Courts. B1/B2 Visa: Temporary Visitors for Business or PleasureThe visitor visa is a nonimmigrant visa for persons desiring to enter the United States temporarily for business (B-1) or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2). Travelers from certain eligible countries may also be able to visit the U.S. without a visa, through the Visa Waiver Program.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 visitor visa applicant is an intending immigrant. Therefore, applicants for visitor visas must overcome this presumption by demonstrating that: The purpose of their trip is to enter the U.S. for business, pleasure, or medical treatment, They plan to remain for a specific, limited period, and they have a residence outside the U.S. as well as other binding ties which will insure their return abroad at the end of the visit (family, employment and social ties). Applicants should be aware that a visa does not guarantee entry into the United States. Immigration authorities have the authority to deny admission, and determine the period for which the bearer of a visitor visa is authorized to remain in the United States. At the port of entry, an CIS official must authorize the traveler's admission to the U.S. At that time the Form I-94, Record of Arrival-Departure, which notes the length of stay permitted, is stamped. Admittance is up to one year with extensions of six months. Those visitors who wish to stay beyond the time indicated on their Form I-94 must file an Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status. The decision to grant or deny a request for extension of stay is made solely by the CIS.J-1 Visa: Exchange VisitorsThis visa type can be issued to the following categories of nonimmigrants: trainees, students, professors or research scholars, non-academic specialists, foreign physician, international visitors, teachers, government visitors, au pairs and summer student in travel/work program. The person who applies for J-1 visa must participate in an exchange visitors program, that has been designated by Department of State and whose participation includes such purposes as teaching, studying, observing, conducting research, consulting and receiving training (e.g. student to do post-graduate work, scholars doing research, medical students etc.).Certain J visa holders are subject to a requirement that they must return to their home country or country of last residence for two years upon completion of their training in the USA before they are eligible to adjust status, apply for an immigrant visa or change to H or L nonimmigrant status. However, waivers of two-year foreign residency requirements are available.The family members of J-1 visa can be accorded J-2 status.F visa for StudentsThis type of visa is available to bona fide students who pursue a full course of study at an established institution of learning. Students attending public elementary schools or publicly funded adult education programs do not qualify. The alien must attend full course of study, have sufficient financial support.