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Estados Unidos

Atlas de pasaportes

Estados Unidos travel, immigration and PR

The United States splits ESTA visa-waiver travel, non-immigrant B / H / L / F status and immigrant green cards. Overstaying a visit can poison later immigrant filings.

ViajeInmigración

Openness rank

#162

Entry openness

46

Sin visado

4

Briefing updated

2026-09

Ficha del país

Capital

Washington, D.C.

Población

340.1 million

Superficie

9,629,091 km²

Moneda

United States dollar USD

Idioma

English

Huso horario

UTC-10:00–UTC-05:00

Nacidos en el extranjero

52.4 million · 2024

Cuota de migrantes

15.2%

Grupos étnicos · 2020

  • White61.6%
  • Black or African American12.4%
  • two or more races10.2%
  • other8.4%
  • Asian6%
  • Indigenous and Alaska native1.1%

Nacidos en el extranjero: stock de migrantes de la ONU vía Banco Mundial (sobre todo 2024). Los grupos étnicos siguen las categorías publicadas de cada país. La mayoría no censa por color de piel. Solo orientativo.

Visados y vías migratoriasLista de exención de visadoDocumentos y foto de pasaporteVisa siteImmigration site

A quién va dirigida esta guía

For tourism and business, H-1B or L-1 work, F-1 study, and anyone in a backlog who needs to know that non-immigrant status is not a green card.

Cómo visitar y cuánto tiempo

Visa Waiver passports obtain ESTA before departure, usually up to 90 days, with no extension and almost no switch to work status. Chinese, Indian and other passports need B-1/B-2 after an interview. The matrix is an access class, not a promise of admission.

Trabajo y residencia

Temporary work is often H-1B (capped, lottery), L-1 transfer or O-1. Study is F-1 plus OPT. Founders without an employer need another fit. Dual intent varies: H/L are more tolerant; B/F/ESTA are not.

Residencia permanente y nacionalidad

Green cards come from family, EB employment, EB-5 investment or asylum. Employment categories have backlogs by place of birth. Naturalisation is usually five years as a resident (three for some spouses), plus presence, English and civics. Visit time does not count.

Time to PR：Depends on category and backlog, not a single clock

Cómo entran pasaportes populares

Preguntas frecuentes

Can you change from ESTA to H-1B inside the US?

Visa-waiver admission generally cannot change status. In practice you leave and re-enter in the new status after USCIS approval.

Does a selected H-1B equal a green card?

No. H-1B is non-immigrant work status. A green card needs PERM / I-140 / I-485 or a family path, often with a wait.

Does a Chinese passport need a visa?

On this site’s matrix the result is “Visado requerido”. confirm length of stay with the destination. The port and mission are authoritative.

Guías relacionadas

Handbooks summarise public sources so you can cross-check the visa matrix and policy playbooks. They are not legal advice. Quotas, stay lengths and visa-free lists move — confirm with the destination government and its missions before you travel or file.