| B-1
Visa |
Temporary
Visa for Business Visitors. |
| B-1/B-2
Visa |
Temporary
Visitor for Business and Pleasure. |
| B-2
Visa |
Temporary
Visa for Tourists. |
| Beneficiaries |
Aliens
on whose behalf a US citizen, legal permanent resident, or employer
have filed a petition for such aliens to receive immigration benefits
from the US Immigration and Naturalization Service. Beneficiaries
generally receive a lawful status as a result of their relationship to
a US citizen, lawful permanent resident, or US employer. |
| Border
Crosser |
An
alien resident of the United States reentering the country after an
absence of less than six months in Canada or Mexico, or a nonresident
alien entering the United States across the Canadian border for stays
of no more than six months or across the Mexican border for stays of no
more than 72 hours. |
| Border
Patrol Sector |
Any
one of 21 geographic areas into which the United States is divided for
the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s Border Patrol activities. |
| Business
Nonimmigrant |
An
alien coming temporarily to the United States to engage in commercial
transactions which do not involve gainful employment in the United
States, i.e., engaged in international commerce on behalf of a foreign
firm, not employed in the US labor market, and receives no salary from
US sources. |
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