I Visa - Visas For Members Of The Foreign Media, Press And Radio
Media visas (I visas) are non-immigrant visas that are available to representatives of the foreign media. This includes members of the press, radio, film, and print industries who are traveling temporarily to the United States to work in their profession. Occupations included are reporters, film crews, editors, and other similar occupations.
The professional must be engaged in informational or educational media activities that are essential to the foreign media function.
Activities in the United States while on a media (I) visa must be for a media organization having its home office in a foreign country.
Media Visas: Who Qualifies?
- An employee of a foreign information media outlet, or an employee of an independent production company, having credentials issued by another country’s professional journalistic association who is engaged in filming a news event or documentary.
- A member of the foreign media engaged in the production or distribution of film, if the material being filmed will be used to disseminate information, news, or is educational in nature. ***The primary source and distribution of funding must be outside the United States.
- A journalist working under contract with credentials issued by another country’s professional journalistic association, if working on a product to disseminate information or news that is not primarily intended for commercial entertainment or advertising.
- A foreign journalist traveling to the United States to report on U.S. events solely for a foreign audience, if the journalist works for an overseas media outlet having its home office in a foreign country.
- An accredited representative of a tourist bureau, controlled, operated, or subsidized in whole or in part by a foreign government, who engages primarily in disseminating factual tourist information about that country, and who is not entitled to receive an A-2 visa as a foreign government official or employee.
- An employee of an organization that distributes technical industrial information who will work in the U.S. office of that organization.
Contact Our Orlando I Visa Attorneys
If you are a foreign media representative and need to apply for an I Visa contact us today. We have a professional team dedicated to helping individuals with all of their immigration needs, including I visa applications. Vazquez & Poudat, PLLC, is an immigration law firm founded by two Florida Board Certified attorneys in Immigration and Nationality Law. Call our Immigration Law Firm today during office hours at (407) 674-6968 and we will be glad to help you. If you have an emergency after office hours please call us at (407) 925-2554 and we will contact you shortly.
