for a short amount of time. A nonimmigrant visa usually has a category based on their intent of visit to the United States. For example, the B-2 category is for tourists and visitors that require medical treatment. Another example would be B-1, which indicates a person is travelling as an athlete, a business visitor, a physician, or a domestic employee. Some of the categories also has to be approved by a separate U.S. organization, as people from the I category, indicating that they are a professional journalist have to be checked U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services before proceeding, although most tourists and visitors will not require these extra steps. All of these examples are people who will not be staying in the U.S. for long, however, and are not applying for residency or citizenship in the United States, unlike people that want an immigrant