Immigration Law Glossary
Glossary
- Acquired Citizenship
- Adjustment to Immigrant Status
- Adoption (See Orphan)
- Agricultural Worker
- Alien
- Amerasian (Vietnam)
- Amerasian Act
- Application Support Centers
- Apprehension
- Asylee
- Beneficiaries
- Border Crosser
- Business Nonimmigrant
- Cancellation of Removal
- Certificate of Citizenship
- Child
- Conditional Resident
- Crewman
- Cuban/Haitian Entrant
- Deferred Inspection (See Parolee)
- Departure Under Safeguards
- Deportable Alien
- Deportation
- Derivative Citizenship
- District
- Diversity
- Docket Control
- Employer Sanctions
- Exchange Visitor
- Exclusion
- Fiance(e)s of U.S. Citizen
- Files Control Office
- Fiscal Year
- Foreign Government Official
- Foreign Information Media Representative
- Foreign State of Chargeability
- General Naturalization Provisions
- Geographic Area of Chargeability
- Hemispheric Ceilings
- Immediate Relatives
- Immigrant (See Permanent Resident Alien)
- Immigrants
- Immigration Act of 1990
- Immigration and Nationality Act
- Immigration Judge
- Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986
- Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
- Immigration
- INA (See Immigration and Nationality Act)
- Inadmissible
- Industrial Trainee (See Temporary Worker)
- International Representative
- Intracompany Transferee
- IRCA
- Labor Certification
- Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
- Legalization Dependents
- Legalized Aliens
- Legitimated
- Medical and Legal Parolee (See Parolee)
- Medical Waiver
- Migrant
- NACARA
- National
- NATO Official
- Naturalization Application
- Naturalization
- Nonimmigrant
- Nonpreference Category
- North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- Numerical Limit, Exempt from
- Nursing Relief Act of 1989
- Occupation
- Orphan
- Out of Wedlock (born out of wedlock)
- Panama Canal Act Immigrants
- Parolee
- Per-Country Limit
- Permanent Resident Alien
- Permanent Resident
- Port of Entry
- Pre-inspection
- Preference System (Immigration Act of 1990)
- Preference System (prior to fiscal year 1992)
- Principal Alien
- Priority Date
- Refugee Approvals
- Refugee Arrivals
- Refugee Authorized Admissions
- Refugee-Parolee
- Refugee
- Regional Offices
- Registry Date
- Removal
- Required Departure
- Resettlement
- Resident Alien
- Returning Resident
- Safe Haven
- Service Centers
- Special Agricultural Workers (SAW)
- Special Immigrants
- Special Naturalization Provisions
- Sponsor
- Stateless
- Stowaway
- Student
- Subject to the Numerical Limit
- Suboffices
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
- Temporary Resident (See Nonimmigrant)
- Temporary Worker
- Transit Alien
- Transit Without Visa (TWOV)
- Transition Quarter
- Treaty Trader or Investor
- Underrepresented Countries, Natives of
- United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
- Visa Waiver Program
- Visa
- Voluntary Departure
- Withdrawal
Immigration Law Center Contents
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Immigration Law Center
- Green Cards and Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.
- Becoming a U.S. Citizen Under Naturalization Law
- Immigrant Visas Leading to Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.
- Non-Immigrant Visas Providing a Legal Basis for Temporary Residence in the U.S.
- Work Visas Allowing Foreign Nationals to Legally Enter the U.S.
- Family Immigration Options Under the Law
- Investor Visas Providing Legal Status in the U.S.
- Visitor Visas Allowing Foreign Nationals to Legally Enter the U.S.
- Student Visas Allowing Foreign Nationals to Legally Enter the U.S.
- Denials of Visas or Green Cards & Your Legal Options
- Consular Interviews When Seeking a Visa or Green Card
- VAWA Petitions for Foreign Nationals Affected by Domestic Violence & Seeking Legal Status in the U.S.
- How Children of Foreign Nationals Affected by Domestic Violence Can Legally Obtain Immigration Status
- Work Authorization for Foreign Nationals Without Green Cards
- How Foreign Nationals Unable to Return Home Safely May Legally Qualify for Temporary Protected Status
- Asylum for Foreign National Refugees
- Humanitarian Parole for Foreign Nationals With Compelling Needs
- Advance Parole for Foreign Nationals Living in the U.S. Without Green Cards
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Legal Protections From Deportation
- Visa Waiver Program for Brief Visits to the U.S. Without Formal Legal Status
- Grounds for Finding a Foreign National Legally Inadmissible to the U.S.
- How the Deportation Legal Process Works
- Appeals of Immigration Decisions Through the Legal Process
- LGBTQ+ Individuals Facing Immigration Legal Issues
- Inspections of Foreign Nationals Seeking to Legally Enter the U.S.
- Unlawful Presence in the U.S. & Legal Penalties
- Tax Law Issues for Visa or Green Card Holders
- Waivers of Legal Inadmissibility to the U.S.
- How a Criminal Record Legally Affects Immigration Status
- How Social Media Use Can Affect Legal Admissibility to the U.S.
- Immigration Law FAQs
- Immigration Legal Forms
- Find an Immigration Law Lawyer
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