US visa

US visa

Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.

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Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers (ABIL)

Immigration; US visa

An international association of business immigration lawyers which includes twenty top U.S. immigration law firms who are engaged in immigration matters for employees of U.S. and international ...

A foreign national in the employment-based green card process may change employers 180 days following his or her adjustment of status if the immigrant visa petition is approved and the new job is in ...

Abandonment of permanent resident status

Immigration; US visa

Loss of permanent resident status by taking up a permanent residence outside the United States. Absence from the United States of one year or more generally results in abandonment of permanent ...

Alien registration number

Immigration; US visa

An 8 or 9 digit number starting with A assigned by DHS to foreign nationals as identification, often in connexion with an application to adjust status, an application for Employment Authorization ...

Administrative Review Board (ARB)

Immigration; US visa

The highest Department of labour administrative tribunal that issues final agency decisions in cases arising under a wide range of worker protection laws, primarily involving environmental, ...

Biometric passport

Immigration; US visa

A passport with a small integrated computer chip embedded in the back cover. The chip contains a digital image of the passport photograph for use of facial recognition technology at ports-of-entry, a ...

Blanket L-1

Immigration; US visa

A way certain qualifying U.S. companies can pre-qualify to transfer employees to the United States on L-1 visas. A Blanket L-1 Approval enables a company to have the transfer employees to the U.S. ...