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Immigration Terms and Definitions

 
 

Temporary Worker
An alien coming to the United States to work for a temporary period of time. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the Immigration Act of 1990, as well as other legislation, revised existing classes and created new classes of nonimmigrant admission.

Immigration Form I-212
Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the U.S. After Deportation or Removal

Adjustment to Immigrant Status
Procedure allowing certain aliens already in the United States to apply for immigrant status. Aliens admitted to the United States in a nonimmigrant, refugee, or parolee category may have their status changed to that of lawful permanent resident if they are eligible to receive an immigrant visa and one is immediately available.

Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
Any person not a citizen of the United States who is residing the in the U.S. under legally recognized and lawfully recorded permanent residence as an immigrant. Also known as "Permanent Resident Alien," "Resident Alien Permit Holder," and "Green Card Holder."

Intracompany Transferee
An alien, employed for at least one continuous year out of the last three by an international firm or corporation, who seeks to enter the United States temporarily in order to continue to work for the same employer, or a subsidiary or affiliate, in a capacity that is primarily managerial, executive, or involves specialized knowledge, and the alien’s spouse and minor unmarried children.

Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.

Immigration Form I-765
Application for Employment Authorization

Overseas parole
Authorized at an USCIS District or suboffice while the alien is still overseas; designed to constitute long-term admission to the United States. In recent years, most of the aliens USCIS has processed through overseas parole have arrived under special legislation or international migration agreements.

Legalization Dependents
A maximum of 55,000 visas were issued to spouses and children of aliens legalized under the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 in each of fiscal years 1992-94.

Exchange Visitor
An alien coming temporarily to the United States as a participant in a program approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of teaching, instructing or lecturing, studying, observing, conducting research, consulting, demonstrating special skills, or receiving training.


 

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Your permanent resident status may be conditional
You must prove that you did not get married to evade the immigration laws of the United States. Your permanent residence status will be conditional if it is based on a marriage that was less than two years old on the day you were given permanent residence.

 


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Latest news about Immigration cases in Virginia and nationwide:

Southern Californians Demand Citizenship
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Bosnian National Arrested On Immigration Fraud Charges In Connection To His Concealment Of Having Served In Military Unit Involved In Genocide Of Thousands Of Bosnian Muslims
Thousands Of Bosnian Muslims

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What is a Visa-Types of Visas
If you’re a citizen of a foreign country, in most cases you’ll need a visa to enter the United States.

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Immigration Terms

 


Today's Terms

Port-of-entry parole

Definition:
Authorized at the port upon alien’s arrival; applies to a wide variety of situations and is used at the discretion of the supervisory immigration inspector, usually to allow short periods of entry.

Country of Nationality

Definition:
The country of a person’s citizenship or country in which the person is deemed a national.

Legitimated

Definition:
Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children. A legitimated child from any country has two legal parents and cannot qualify as an orphan unless, only one of the parents is living, or both of the parents have abandoned the child

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Immigration Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Immigration:

  • NAFTA Applications
  • Intra-company Transferee (L-1) Petitions
  • Specialty Worker (H-1B) Petitions
  • Treaty Investor (E-2) Visas

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Virginia Immigration Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an Immigration attorney you should contact our Immigration Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Alexandria
  • Annandale
  • Arlington
  • Ashburn
  • Blacksburg
  • Burke
  • Centreville
  • Charlottesville
  • Chesapeake
  • Chester
  • Chesterfield
  • Christiansburg
  • Colonial Heights
  • Culpeper
  • Danville
  • Dumfries
  • Fairfax
  • Falls Church
  • Fredericksburg
  • Front Royal
  • Glen Allen
  • Hampton
  • Harrisonburg
  • Herndon
  • Hopewell
  • Leesburg
  • Lorton
  • Lynchburg
  • Manassas
  • Martinsville
  • Mc Lean
  • Mechanicsville
  • Midlothian
  • Newport News
  • Norfolk
  • Petersburg
  • Portsmouth
  • Powhatan
  • Radford
  • Reston
  • Richmond
  • Roanoke
  • Salem
  • Spotsylvania
  • Springfield
  • Stafford
  • Staunton
  • Sterling
  • Suffolk
  • Vienna
  • Virginia Beach
  • Waynesboro
  • Williamsburg
  • Winchester
  • Woodbridge
  • Yorktown
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