During the Visa process, you must have heard about the H3 trainee visa. It is nothing but a non-migrant visa that allows you, as a foreign national, to enter The United States of America to receive training in a U.S. company. It is commonly termed a “training visa” and allows you to enter the U.S. for two years.

The sole purpose of the H3 visa is to make it easy for U.S. employers to bring staff into the country for specific job training. However, the training should be such that it is unavailable in the trainee’s country. 

Job training could be related to any industry, such as agriculture to transportation, commerce, to computing.

 How to apply for the H3 visa process?

To check your eligibility for the H-3 visa includes a selection for the training process in the US in areas such as commerce, agriculture, government, professions, finance, agriculture, or in an industrial establishment. You should prove that with the following points. 

1. You are not attaining graduate medical education or training in the U.S.A
2. You lack the opportunity to receive similar training in your home country
3. You require this training program to advance your career outside the U.S.
4. You will not be productively working unless it is required for the training
5. The training provided does not employ U.S. citizens and resident workers

Advantages of H3 visa

The H3 visa process handover certain privileges in the U.S.A, keep reading...

• If your petition gets approved for your training visa, you can stay in the US for two years
• If a visa gets approved for special education exchange, you can stay in the U.S. for 18 months
• Trainees’ spouses and children under the age of 21 may accompany you to the United States as H4 non-immigrants. But they cannot get employed in the US.
• You can travel freely to and fro from the U.S. until your visa is valid

Can I extend my H3 Visa?

Unfortunately, no, you may reapply or extend for H3 Visa. Once you have completed your maximum span of stay, later you are supposed to leave the country. There are no extensions provided for H3 visa holders.

Changing Status On an H3 Visa

You may apply for the status change on your H3 visa in case you get hired. In such a situation, your employer will sponsor your change of status by filing the USCIS Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker status. This petition will change the visa status to H1B or TN visa.

Ensure that your employer also files a petition for your spouse and children. They are required to file Form I-539, Application to Extend or Change Nonimmigrant Status.