The G nonimmigrant visa classification is reserved for representatives of international organizations and their immediate dependent family members. Dependent family includes spouse, unmarried children under age 21, unmarried sons or daughters under age 23 who are full-time students at a post-secondary institution, unmarried sons and daughters under age 25 who are full-time students at a post secondary institution provided a formal bilateral employment agreement permitting their employment in the U.S. was signed prior to 11/21/88 and unmarried sons and daughters who are mentally or physically disabled to the extent that they cannot care for themselves.

Admission is for a maximum of three years and extensions may be granted in increments of two years. The U.S. Department of State's Office of Protocol maintains a list of foreign states that have entered into formal bilateral employment agreements. Such agreements can also be de-facto reciprocal arrangements. See link to U.S. DOS Reciprocity Tables on our website for details. The proposed employment cannot be contrary to the interests of the United States and the proposed employment is not in an occupation for which there is an oversupply of U.S. workers (i.e., occupations listed on the Department of Labor's Schedule B list). Entities whose employment would be considered "contrary to the interests of the U.S." include aliens with criminal records, prior immigration violations, failure to pay required federal income taxes, or are otherwise excludable (e.g., terrorists, former Nazis).

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