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Type of Visa Required to Bring Foreign Board Members to US
I am Executive Director of a non-profit US company that has a Board of Trustees overseeing our foreign activities. We want to hold a planning conference that would include members of both our US and foreign boards. Is a B1 visa required or does this fall in the category of a B2 Visitor's visa? They will be meeting with key donors and going on several site seeing activities while here as well.
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B1( business) . When you complete the DS 160 application form you opt for B1 ( business). B2 is pleasure. Though the visa when granted is combined
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Will this add more time or complexity than requesting a tourist visa?Comment
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No complexity. It is straightforward. The process is the same for either one.
Please understand that when the visa is stamped on your passport by the embassy, it is stamped as B1/B2 .
Which means, it can be used as either B1 ( business) or B2 ( tourist) . When you enter US you tell them your purpose if it is business, your passport is
stamped as B1 status or if it is tourist it is B2 status.Comment
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