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What Factors In Immigration I Should Look If One Is Visiting For Business Purposes?

Author: Alexis Watson
by Alexis Watson
Posted: Aug 01, 2017

Globally US attracts most of the highest number of business travellers.With range of businesses either looking to invest in United states or sending their executives to sell products to US businesses calls for a huge business traveler traffic on US airports. On the other hand looking at the geographical spread of America a lot of business travelers are visiting different parts of the country for various business purposes making it one of the most sorted after destination for business travelers. With new government in place and changing of dynamics of immigration law business travelers now to bit concern about immigration formalities before they plan to visit US for business.

As per the US immigration guidelines, there are actually different visa formats applicable for various of travellers travelling for different purposes.On similar lines for business travellers who are looking to visit for a shorter period of time are suppose to comply with B-1 Visitor For Business Visa guidelines.B1 is a temporary business visa category meant only people travelling for business purpose.The guideline specifically states the specific business purposes which one should look into before applying for this specific type of visa.There are specific demarcations on what is not considered as a business travel. Infact there are certain purview under which a business visa purpose to fall so as to qualify for B1 Business visa.

  1. Consulting with business associates can act as specific scenario.Most applicable for businesses which are operating in US through franchisee model.
  2. People looking to travel to US for scientific,educational or business conventions during a specific period.
  3. Visiting US for settling an estate issue.
  4. People visiting US for negotiating contract, quite applicable for people coming for sales related meeting with their US clients.
  5. People who have opted for short term training in US
  6. In fact in some cases, if one is passes US as a part of transiting journey between two different countries.

Other than the purposes defined above the business travellers should also be looking into the prime criteria under they become eligible or not eligible for B1 business visa for business travel.Few things that one should look into are :

  1. The business travel purpose should be clearly defined and should have legitimate goals behind it.
  2. The period of visit should be clearly defined and should be for a shorter period of time.
  3. One should show that the person visiting should have the right amount of fund to invest in the visit to US.
  4. The person visiting US should not have permanent residency in the country and the intention of the visit should be clearly defined and should be specifically for a smaller period of time.

So if you are a regular US visitor for business requirement try to hire a New York Immigration Attorney to handle these issues so you can do business planning easily.

About the Author

I am Immigration Lawyer in New York, US.provides services in various field of Immigration laws, Civil laws, Criminal laws, Family law, Consumer cases, Property related matters, Matrimonial related matters &drafting and vetting of various agreements

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