{"id":104,"date":"2009-10-26T21:16:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T01:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/?p=104"},"modified":"2009-10-26T21:16:42","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T01:16:42","slug":"i-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/2009\/10\/26\/i-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"I Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The I Visa is a vital tool in a global system, where news and cultures are shared and dispatched across national lines. The I Visa is available to media employees including reporters, freelance journalists and film crew members; mainstream filmmakers are not eligible for this status. I visas are available to persons only to work for a foreign media outlet, or a US-based subsidiary of a foreign media company. Your spouse and unmarried children under the age of 21 may be eligible for a derivative I status. Your employer must offer a letter detailing your position. I visas, however, are not available to fiancs. If your spouse or children wish to visit you in the US, they may choose to apply for a B-2 visa. They may also be eligible to travel under the Visa Waiver Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just submit your visa application to the American Consulate or Embassy in your home country. Either mail the documents, use a drop slot at the US Embassy or Consulate or apply in person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Embassy or consulate will ask to see the following documents:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A filled-in visa application Form DS-156.<\/li>\n<li>One recent photograph 1 &amp; 1\/2 inches square (37mm x 37mm) of each applicant, with the entire face visible. The picture should be taken before a light background and without head covering.<\/li>\n<li>A passport, valid for travel to the United States for at least six months longer than your intended visit.<\/li>\n<li>A letter from your employer detailing your position and expected stay in the US<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The I Visa is a vital tool in a global system, where news and cultures are shared and dispatched across national lines. <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/2009\/10\/26\/i-visa\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other-visas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.binodlaw.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}