R1 visa

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R-1 visa

R-1 Visa is Suitable For:


Members of religious group or community having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the U.S.

Foreign nationals coming to the U.S. to work solely as the minister of a religious group or community

Nonprofit religious organizations in the U.S. to employ foreign religious workers to work in religious vocations such as liturgical workers, religious instructors or cantors, catechists, missionaries, religious translators, or religious broadcasters

The R1 visa is available to foreign members of religious denominations, having bona fide non-profit religious organizations in the U.S., for entering the U.S. to carry on the activities of a minister or religious worker as a profession, occupation or vocation.

Examples of persons in religious occupations include, but are not limited to, liturgical workers, religious instructors, religious counselors, cantors, catechists, workers in religious hospitals or religious healthcare facilities, missionaries, religious translators, or religious broadcasters. This group does not include janitors, maintenance workers, clerks, fundraisers, or persons involved solely in the solicitation of donations.



===Requirements of the R1 Visa ===


===Criteria for Determining Employer's Eligibility

To be eligible for sponsoring an R1 visa, your employer must be a bona fide non-profit religious organization, which is exempt from taxation as described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or a religious organization that has never sought such exemptions, but would otherwise be eligible for such status.



===Criteria for Determining Religious Worker's Eligibility

To qualify for the R1 visa, you must fulfill the following requirements:

You must be a member of a religious denomination having a bona fide non-profit religious organization in the U.S.

The religious denomination or the affiliate to which you belong is exempt from taxation, or the religious denomination qualifies for tax-exempt status

You have been a member of the organization for at least two years immediately preceding your admission into the U.S.

You plan to enter the U.S. solely to carry on the vocation of a minister of that denomination or at the request of the organization, you are entering the U.S. to work in a religious profession, occupation or vocation for the denomination or for an organization affiliated with the denominations

You have resided and been physically present outside the U.S. for the immediate prior year if you have previously spent five years in the U.S. in the R1 classification

You intend to leave the U.S. on completion of your authorized stay