“We experienced a significant reduction in the administrative burden and the
elimination of many typical communication hold-ups associated with the traditional
model of providing immigration services.”
Corporate Counsel
Tokyo Electron
A G-2 visa is issued to an accredited representative (not
included in the G-2 classification) of an international organization from a country
recognized by the U.S. The family and household staff of the primary G-2 visa holder
may also be admitted to the U.S. as G-2 visa holders.
What are the Requirements for a G-2 Visa?
Can G-2 Dependents be
Employed?
How Long is the G-2 Visa
Valid?
VISANOW can prepare the G-2 application if the applicant is presently in the U.S.
in valid status or if the applicant is outside the U.S.
Representatives of a recognized government traveling to the U.S. temporarily to
attend meetings of a designated international organization are eligible for G-2
visas. The G-2 visa applicant must be coming to the U.S. to perform official duties
at an international organization.
The following is a list of qualifying international organizations as designated
by the President under the International Organizations Immunities Act:
- African Development Bank
- African Development Fund
- Asian Development Bank
- African Union
- Border Environmental Cooperation Commission
- Caribbean Organization
- Commission for Environmental Cooperation
- Commission for Labor Cooperation
- Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal
- Customs Cooperation Council
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- European Space Agency (formerly the European Space Research Organization)
- Food and Agriculture Organization
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission
- GRECO (Council of Europe in Respect of the Group of States Against Corruption)
- Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices
- Inter-American Defense Board
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Inter-American Institute for Cooperation for Agriculture
- Inter-American Investment Corporation
- Inter-American Statistical Institute
- Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
- International Boundary and Water Commission - the United States and Mexico
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- International Coffee Organization
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- International Cotton Advisory Committee
- International Cotton Institute
- International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) (Limited Privileges)
- International Development Association
- International Development Law Institute
- International Fertilizer Development Center
- International Finance Corporation
- International Food Policy Research Institute (Limited Privileges)
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- International Hydrographic Bureau
- International Joint Commission - the United States and Canada
- International Labor Organization
- International Maritime Organization (formerly the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative
Organization)
- International Maritime Satellite Organization
- International Monetary Fund
- International Organization for Migration (Formerly Provisional Intergovernmental
Committee for the Movement of Migrants for Europe and Intergovernmental Committee
for European Migration.)
- International Pacific Halibut Commission
- International Secretariat for Volunteer Service
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT)
- International Telecommunication Union
- International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
- (Limited Privileges)
- International Wheat Advisory Committee (International Wheat Council)
- Interparliamentary Union
- Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation
- Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
- Multinational Force and Observers
- North American Development Bank
- North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission
- North Pacific Marine Science Organization
- Organization for American States (including Pan American Union)
- Organization for Eastern Caribbean States
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (formerly the Organization
for European Economic Cooperation)
- Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- Pacific Salmon Commission
- Pan American Health Organization (including Pan American Sanitary Bureau)
- South Pacific Commission
- United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (BIPRI)
- United Nations
- United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization
- Universal Postal Union
- World Health Organization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
- World Meteorological Organization
- World Tourism Organization
- World Trade Organization
Generally, dependents of a G-2 visa holder may not be employed
in the U.S.
A G-2 visa holder is admitted to the U.S. indefinitely, and
may remain as in the U.S. as long as the Department of State continues to recognize
him/her.