NON-IMMIGRANT VISAS

Religious Work Visa - R1

Religious-worker applicants must not only demonstrate that they are qualified for, and entitled to R-1 status, but the sponsoring organization’s financial resources and/or the applicants’ resources are such that they will not resort to non-religious work in order to subsist in the United States.

Religious(R-1) Visa:

1. The alien is a member of a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States;
2. The religious denomination and its affiliate, if applicable, are exempt from taxation, or the religious denomination qualifies for tax-exempt status;
3. The alien has been a member of the organization for two years immediately preceding admission;
4. The alien is entering the United States solely to carry on the vocation of a minister of that denomination;
5. At the request of the denomination, the alien is entering the United States to work in a religious vocation or occupation for that denomination or for an organization affiliated with the denomination, whether in a professional capacity or not;
6. The alien is the spouse or child of an R-1 nonimmigrant who is accompanying or following to join him or her; and
7. The alien has resided and been physically present outside the United States for the immediate prior year, except for brief visits for business or pleasure, if he or she has previously spent five years in this classification.

VISA FOLAU TAIMI NOUNOU

Visa Ngāue Fakalotu – R1

Ko kinautolu ‘a e kau ngāue fakalotú, ‘oku ‘ikai ke ngata pē he fiema’u ke nau fakahaa’i ‘oku totonu ke ma’u ha’anau visa he kalasi visa R-1, ka ‘oku toe fiema’u foki ke fakamo’oni’i  mai koe tu’unga fakapa’anga ‘a e kautaha pe siasi ‘oku ne siponisā ‘a e tokotaha kole visá  ‘oku ‘i he tūkunga ‘oku hā mai ai ‘e ‘ikai ‘i ai ha taimi ‘e fai ai ‘e he tokotaha kole visá  ha ngāue kehe mei he ngāue fakalotú koe’uhí ke tauhi ‘aki ia ‘i ‘Amelika.

Kalasi Visa (R-1) Fakalotu :

1. Koe tokotaha mulí ni ‘oku mēmipa ‘i ha siasi ‘oku mahino ‘oku falala’anga pea ‘ikai ko ha kautaha  ‘oku ngāue ke kumi ha’ane tupu fakapa’anga ‘i ‘Amelika;
2. Koe siasi koení pe ko hano va’a fekau’aki, kuo ‘osi ‘oange ki ai ha ngofua ke ‘atā mei he totongi tukuhau ki he pule’angá, pe koe fa’ahinga siasi koení ‘oku lava ke ne ma’u ha tu’unga ‘e lava ke faka‘atā ai mei he totongi tukuhaú;
3. Ko e tokotaha mulí ni kuo pau ke ne ‘osi mēmipa he siasi koení ‘i ha ta’u ‘e ua kimu’a he taimi ko ení;
4. Koe ‘uhinga pē ‘e taha ‘o e ‘i ‘Amelika ‘a e tokotaha muli  ko ení ke ne fai ’a e ngāue koe faifekau ‘i he siasi koení;
5. ‘Oku makatu’unga  ‘a e ‘i ‘Amelika ‘a e tokotaha mulí koe’uhí koe kole ‘a e siasí ke ne ngāue ‘i ha ngāue fakalotu pe ngāue ma’a e siasi koiá pe ko ha va’a fekau’aki moia, ‘i ha ngāue fakapolofesinale pe ‘ikai;
6. Koe tokotaha muli kole visá koe mali pe fānau ‘o ha tokotaha kuo ‘osi ma’u ha’ane visa ngāue fakalotu (R-1) ‘a ia ‘oku na folau fakataha, pē koe toki folau atu ki mui ke nau nofo fakataha; pea
7. Koe tokotaha mulí kuo pau na’e nofo ‘i ha fonua muli ‘e taha ‘ikai ko ‘Amelika, ‘i he ta’u ‘e taha kimu’a ne toki ‘osí, tukukehe, ha folau nounou ‘i ha ‘uhinga fakangāue  pe folau ‘eve’eva; pe kapau kuo ‘osi ha ta’u ‘e nima ‘ene ‘i he fa’ahinga kalasi visa ko ení.