{{Short description|Non-immigrant visa for travel to the USA}} The '''D-1 visa''' is a non-immigrant visa which allows travel to the United States for those serving as a crewman on marine vessel or aircraft, who will depart the US on the same vessel on which they arrived.<ref name=pocket>{{cite book |date=2013 |title=Immigration pocket field guide |publisher=Matthew Bender & Company, Inc |page=21 }}</ref> Those who will depart on a different vessel would normally instead qualify for a D-2 visa.
Individuals are not eligible for a D-1 visa if their vessel is in dry dock, is a fishing vessel, they are a coasting officer, they are serving on a private yacht, or if they are destined for the outer continental shelf.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crewmember visa |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/other/crewmember.html|website=state.gov|publisher=US Department of State|access-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119233013/https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/other/crewmember.html|archive-date=19 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The maximum duration of stay is 29 days.<ref name=pocket/>
D-1 visas may not be issue when a strike or lockout is present unless the individual has been employed at least one year, been employed in the last three months, and will continue to be employed.<ref name=pocket/>
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