• Tourists on a pleasure trip to the U.S.
• People visiting friends and relatives in the U.S.
• People coming to the U.S. for medical treatment
• Foreign nationals coming to the U.S. to marry a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder, upon establishing to the consular official and the USCIS that after the marriage, they will depart from the U.S., even though intending ultimately to immigrate
• Amateur athletes, musicians etc. who participate in their respective activities in the U.S. without remuneration
• People coming to participate in the conventions of social organizations
• Dependents of alien members of the U.S. armed forces temporarily assigned duty in the U.S.
• Dependents of crewmembers (D visa holders) or B-1 visa holders solely to accompany the principal foreign national
• Dependents of nonimmigrant for whom no derivative classification is available. For example, the elderly parent of an E visa holder
• Persons to enter the U.S. to apply for special naturalization benefits on the basis of U.S. military service
• Persons seeking a change to another visa status if they so advise the U.S. Consulate, and if the consulate is fully appraised of the circumstances
• U.S. citizens, green card holders and nonimmigrant visa holders to invite their friends and relatives to the U.S.

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