The thing is, that ESTA thing everyone calling American "tourist visa" is not an actual tourist visa. It's a "visa waiver" for "visitors" and basically the US b

The thing is, that ESTA thing everyone calling American "tourist visa" is not an actual tourist visa. It's a "visa waiver" for "visitors" and basically the US border security recommended option for these business guys. Technically there are lots of restrictions and actual commercial visas are sometimes required, like you've been to sanctioned countries in the past, or if you're engaging in businesses locally like purchasing materials to export for resale(not even B-1 allows that?), but it's all kind of arbitrary.