CIC CIC Immigration Pathways & Visa Categories 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which family-based preference category covers unmarried sons and daughters (age 21+) of US citizens?
- F-1 (First Preference) (Correct answer)
- F-2A
- F-3
- IR-1
Correct answer: F-1 (First Preference)
The Family First Preference (F1) category covers unmarried sons and daughters aged 21 or older of US citizens.
Question 2: What is the primary purpose of the State Department's monthly Visa Bulletin?
- Listing denied visa applications
- Tracking priority dates for immigrant visa availability (Correct answer)
- Publishing new visa fee schedules
- Reporting visa fraud statistics
Correct answer: Tracking priority dates for immigrant visa availability
The DOS Visa Bulletin is published monthly to indicate which priority dates are current for each immigrant visa preference category and country of chargeability.
Question 3: The O-1 visa is designed for aliens who meet what standard?
- Substantial investment capital
- Extraordinary ability or achievement (Correct answer)
- Religious worker status
- Intracompany transfer experience
Correct answer: Extraordinary ability or achievement
The O-1 visa is for aliens of extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics, or those with extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or TV industry.
Question 4: What is the function of Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record)?
- Petition for alien workers
- Application for naturalization
- Establishing a nonimmigrant's authorized period of stay (Correct answer)
- Application for permanent residence
Correct answer: Establishing a nonimmigrant's authorized period of stay
Form I-94 is the electronic Arrival/Departure Record that establishes a nonimmigrant's authorized period of stay in the United States after each entry.
Question 5: Approximately how many immigrant visas are made available annually through the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery program?
- 25,000
- 40,000
- 50,000 (Correct answer)
- 75,000
Correct answer: 50,000
The Diversity Visa Lottery makes 50,000 immigrant visas available annually to applicants from countries with historically low immigration rates to the US.
Question 6: The E-1 and E-2 visa classifications are available to nationals of countries that have what type of agreement with the United States?
- Extradition treaties
- Bilateral investment and trade treaties (Correct answer)
- Defense cooperation agreements
- Educational exchange agreements
Correct answer: Bilateral investment and trade treaties
E-1 (Treaty Trader) and E-2 (Treaty Investor) visas are available only to nationals of countries that maintain qualifying bilateral trade or investment treaties with the US.
CIC CIC Immigration Pathways & Visa Categories 2
Which family-based preference category covers unmarried sons and daughters (age 21+) of US citizens?