D Visa
Virginia & Maryland

D visas are also known as crew visas. D visas are available for alien crewmen who work in any capacity required for the normal operation and service of a vessel or aircraft that intends to land temporarily and solely in pursuit as a crewman. The crewman is required to depart from the US on the same vessel or aircraft on which he arrived on some other vessel or aircraft.

If you are seeking a D visa, contact the law offices of SRIS Law Group for assistance. You can contact us online or call us via our toll free number. Our immigration attorneys have assisted many clients with obtaining D visas.

The US Immigration attorneys of SRIS, P.C. have offices in Virginia & Maryland.

In Virginia, our offices are located in Fairfax, Lynchburg, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Richmond & Virginia Beach.

In Maryland, our offices are in Rockville & Annapolis.

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INA Sec. 101. [8 U.S.C. 1101] (a) As used in this Act

15 (D) (i) an alien crewman serving in good faith as such in a capacity required for normal operation and service on board a vessel, as defined in section 258(a) (other than a fishing vessel having its home port or an operating base in the United States), or aircraft, who intends to land temporarily and solely in pursuit of his calling as a crewman and to depart from the United States with the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived or some other vessel or aircraft;

(ii) an alien crewman serving in good faith as such in any capacity required for normal operations and service aboard a fishing vessel having its home port or an operating base in the United States who intends to land temporarily in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and solely in pursuit of his calling as a crewman and to depart from Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with the vessel on which he arrived;

USC Code TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER I > § 1101 (a)15 (D)

(i) an alien crewman serving in good faith as such in a capacity required for normal operation and service on board a vessel, as defined in section 1288 (a) of this title (other than a fishing vessel having its home port or an operating base in the United States), or aircraft, who intends to land temporarily and solely in pursuit of his calling as a crewman and to depart from the United States with the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived or some other vessel or aircraft;

(ii) an alien crewman serving in good faith as such in any capacity required for normal operations and service aboard a fishing vessel having its home port or an operating base in the United States who intends to land temporarily in Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and solely in pursuit of his calling as a crewman and to depart from Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands with the vessel on which he arrived;