US visa

US visa

Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.

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US visa

Also known as Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record. The DHS, CBP official at the port-of-entry gives foreign visitors (all non-U. S. citizens) an Arrival-Departure Record, (a small white card) when ...

Machine readable passport (MRP)

Immigration; US visa

A passport which has biographic information entered on the data page according to international specifications. A machine readable passport is required to travel with a visa on the Visa Waiver ...

Spouse

Immigration; US visa

Legally married husband or wife. A co-habiting partner does not qualify as a spouse for immigration purposes. A common-law husband or wife may or may not qualify as a spouse for immigration ...

Nonimmigrant visa (NIV)

Immigration; US visa

A U. S. visa allows the bearer, a foreign citizen, to apply to enter the U. S. temporarily for a specific purpose. Nonimmigrant visas are primarily classified according to the principal purpose of ...

Legitimation

Immigration; US visa

The legal process which a natural father can use to acknowledge legally his children who were born out of wedlock (outside of marriage). A legitimated child can be a "child" under immigration law ...

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

Immigration; US visa

American immigration law. The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952, Public Law No. 82-414. The INA has been amended many times over the years, but is still the basic body ...

Special agricultural worker

Immigration; US visa

Farm workers in perishable products who worked for a specified period of time and were able to adjust status to lawful permanent resident according to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.