O1 Visa Professions
O1 Visa Professions sub-categories which make up the O1A and O1B visa, with corresponding Job Titles listed beneath them. These lists are in no way exhaustive. However, you should be able to tell if your job qualifies under one of the O1 Visa Professions, based on the other job titles in the sub-category listed, which field you belong to, if any. Don’t forget to use Affiliates.
Note: Athletics isn’t just for athletes, but for their affiliates too.
For example, coaches, trainers, assistants that are in any way related to an activity that is considered a sport are Athletic Affiliates and fall under Athletics. An example would be a bowling coach.
Field of Arts
The following job titles and their affiliates are best classified under the Field of Arts. In the Department of Labor you will find them categorized under “Arts and Design”
Actor
Author
Chef
Dancer
Clown
Composer
Designer
Choregorapher
Director
Costume Designer
Graphic Designer
Hairstylist
Model
Musician
Photographers
Performer
Sound Technician
Editor
Makeup Artist
Producer
Artist
Art directors
Industrial designers
Multimedia artists
Animators
Craft and Fine artist
Jewelers
Automotive Artist
Sacred Art Artist
Precious Metal Workers
Field of Athletics
The following job titles and their affiliates are best classified under the Field of Athletics. In the Department of Labor you will find them categorized under “Entertainment and Sports”.
Athletics
Baseball Players
Boxer
Coach
Cyclist
Golfer
Runner
Skier
Tennis Player
Basketball player
Soccer Player
Swimmer
Trainner
Martial Arts
Gymnastics
Field of Business
The following job titles and their affiliates are best classified under the Field of Business. In the Department of Labor you will find them categorized under “Business and Financial”.
Business
Accountant
Actuary
Arcitect
Executive
Lawyer
Programmer
Market Research Analysts
Logisticians
Human resources specialists
Financial analysts
Financial examiners
Management analysts
Training and development specialists
Tax examiners & collectors
Field of Education
The following job titles and their affiliates are best classified under the Field of Education. In the Department of Labor you will find them categorized under “Education, Training, and Library”.
Dean
Librarian
Professor
Teacher
Archivists appraise
Career Education Teacher
Technical Education Teacher
Instructional coordinators
Researcher
Field of Science
The following job titles and their affiliates are best classified under the Field of Science. In the Department of Labor you will find them categorized under “Life, Physical, and Social Sciences”.
Counselor
Dentist
Engineer
Medical Doctor
Nurse
Psychiatrist
Scientist
Veterinarian
Agricultural and food scientists
Anthropologists and archeologists
Atmospheric scientists
Biochemists and biophysicists
Forester scientists
Chemists and materials scientists
Conservation scientists
Economists
Environmental scientists
Epidemiologists
Historians
Hydrologists
Medical scientists
Physicists and astronomers
Political scientists
Sociologists
O-1A or O-1B
Now that you know your O1 Visa Professions sub-category, you can now establish your O-1 Visa main category. If you are in the field of arts, you are in the O-1B Category. If you are in any other sub-categories, Athletics, Business, Education, or Science, you are in the O-1A category. An easy way to remember is to think like this: Art starts with an A, and should be an A Visa, but Immigration law is completely backwards, so it’s actually an O1B Visa. Everything else is the O1A Visa.
O-1B Visa Field of Arts O-1A Visa Field of Athletics Field of Business Field of Education Field of Science
You will find that the process of applying for a visa is the same for either category, but the criteria and content of your application will be much different. The rights and restrictions of the O visa are the same under both categories.