| G-1 - G-5 International Organizational
Aliens
The United States is a member in various international organizations
and recognizes that many aliens necessarily enter this country
to participate in the affairs of such organizations. Therefore,
the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) grants nonimmigrant
status to the following groups of aliens identified with designated
international organizations:
G-1 Principal resident representatives of a recognized foreign
member government to an international organization, their
staff, and members of their immediate family.
G-2 Other representatives of a recognized foreign member
government to an international organization, and members of
their immediate family.
G-3 Representatives of a nonrecognized or nonmember foreign
government to an international organization, and members of
their immediate family.
G-4 International organization officers or employees, and
members of their immediate family.
G-5 Attendants, servants, or personal employees of G-1,
G-2, G-3 and G-4 classes, and members of their immediate family.
The international organizations referred to in this section
are those designated by executive order of the President as
entitled to benefits under the International Organizations
Immunities Act. The President thus far has designated the
following organizations for this purpose:
African Development Bank; African Development Fund; Asian
Development Bank; Caribbean Organization (formerly Caribbean
Commission); Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the
Panama Canal; Commission for Environmental Cooperation; Commission
for Labor Cooperation; Border Environmental Cooperation Commission;
North American Development Bank; Customs Cooperation Council;
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; European
Space Agency (formerly European Space Research Organization);
Food and Agriculture Organization; Great Lakes Fishery Commission;
Inter-American Defense Board; Inter-American Development Bank;
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (formerly
Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences); Inter-American
Investment Corporation; Inter-American Statistical Institute;
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission; Intergovernmental
Committee for Migration (ICM) (formerly Intergovernmental
Committee for European Migration (ICEM)); Intergovernmental
Maritime Consultative Organization; International Atomic Energy
Agency; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development;
International Boundary and Water Commission, United States
and Mexico; International Center for Settlement of Investment
Disputes; International Civil Aviation Organization; International
Coffee Organization; International Committee of the Red Cross;
International Cotton Advisory Committee; International Criminal
Police Organization; International Development Association;
International Fertilizer Development Center; International
Finance Corporation; International Food Policy Research Institute;
International Hydrographic Bureau; International Institute
for Cotton; International Joint Commission-United States and
Canada; International Labor Organization; International Maritime
Satellite Organization; International Monetary Fund; International
Organization for Migration (formerly Intergovernmental Committee
for European Migration); International Pacific Halibut Commission;
International Secretariat for Volunter Service; International
Telecommunications Satellite Organization; International Telecommunication
Union; International Wheat Council; Multinational Force and
Observers; Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; North
Pacific Anadromous Fish Mission; North Pacific Marine Science
Organization; Organization of African Unity; Organization
of American States (includes Pan American Union); Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development; Pacific Salmon Commission;
Pan American Health Organization (includes Pan American Sanitary
Bureau); South Pacific Commission; United International Bureau
for the Protection of Intellectual Property; United Nations;
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations;
United Nations Industrial Development Organization; Universal
Postal Union; World Health Organization; World Meteorological
Organization; World Intellectual Property Organization; and
World Tourism Organization.
International organization aliens (G-1 to G-4) are admitted
without time limitation and are permitted to remain as long
as the Secretary of State continues to recognize them as members
of this class. There is no requirement that they must have
a foreign residence to which they intend to return. G-5 attendants,
servants and personal employee group are usually admitted
initially for a period not exceeding three years. G-5 aliens
may apply for extensions of temporary stay in two-year increments
by attaching a written statement from the principal alien
describing the current status and intended employment of the
applicant.
Dependents of G-1 and G-3 aliens may apply for permission
to work if there is a reciprocal work arrangement between
the United States and the principal alien's state of nationality.
A G-4 dependent of an officer or employee of an international
organization may obtain approval to accept employment whether
or not there is a reciprocal work agreement in force between
the United States and the principal alien's state of nationality.
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