US visa

US visa

Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.

Contributors in US visa

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 ...

Asylum

Immigration; US visa

A long-term lawful status in the U.S. awarded to aliens who the DHS has determined have been persecuted or have a well-founded fear they will be persecuted on account of their race, religion, ...

Alien registration receipt card

Immigration; US visa

The previous name of document proving an individual has the authority to live and work in the United States indefinitely, aka the Green Card, Permanent Resident Card, or Form I-551

Application support centres

Immigration; US visa

USCIS offices handling biometrics appointments where photographs and fingerprints are taken for an FBI background cheque required for permanent residence and/or U.S. citizenship.

Amnesty

Immigration; US visa

Programmes most recently established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 by which many previously undocumented aliens legalised their immigration status.

Bona fide

Immigration; US visa

A term meaning in good faith. A bona fide marriage is one not entered into for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit.

Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG)

Immigration; US visa

The organisation that certifies whether international medical graduates educated overseas have sufficient medical knowledge, clinical skill and English fluency to participate in an accredited U.S. ...