H-3 Non immigrant Trainee Visa

The H-3 Non-immigrant visa category allows foreign nationals coming temporarily to the United States as a :

• Trainee to receive training in any field of endeavor, other than graduate medical education or training, that is not available in the foreign national’s home country.

Application Process:

In order to obtain H-3 classification, the U.S. employer or organization must file a Form I-129, Petition for Non-immigrant Worker.

H-3 visa cannot be initiated by the applicant. Instead, the applicant has to find the appropriate training program and apply to be admitted. The institution where the training program is being held should then initiate the H-3 visa process.