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R-1 Visa
The R-1 visa allows employees of religious organizations abroad to enter the U.S. temporarily to work in their religious fields.
To qualify for an R-1 visa, the applicant must have worked for at least 2 years for a religious denomination that had a bona fide non-profit organization in the United States. Additionally, the applicant must be either a minister of a particular religion, working professionally in some religious vocation, or some other religious worker in a religious occupation or vocation.
Anyone on an R-1 visa can study full-time in the U.S., receive payment for services rendered to the religious organization, travel freely inside the U.S., and leave the country and reenter, and apply for a change in status to a permanent resident.
On an R-1 visa, one can only receive payment from the religious organization they are working for, and not from any other source. Any dependents of the visa holder in the U.S. may not work.
The initial maximum period for staying in the U.S. under an R-1 visa is 3 years. However, the stay can be extended.
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