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August 28, 2008
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Immigration Terms and Definitions

 
 

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.

Immigration Form I-864A
Affidavit of Support Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member

Immigration Form I-90
Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card

Derivative Citizenship
Citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalization of parents or, under certain circumstances, to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizen parents, provided certain conditions are met.

Departure Under Safeguards
The departure of an illegal alien from the United States which is physically observed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official.

Country of Citizenship
The country in which a person is born (and has not renounced or lost citizenship) or naturalized and to which that person owes allegiance and by which he or she is entitled to be protected.

Immigration Form I-175
Application for Nonresident Alien's Canadian Border Crossing Card

Country of Former Allegiance
The previous country of citizenship of a naturalized U.S. citizen or of a person who derived U.S. citizenship.

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.

Priority Date
In the USCIS Immigrant visa petition application process, the priority date is the date the petition was filed. If the alien relative has a priority date on or before the date listed in the visa bulletin, then he or she is currently eligible for a visa.


 

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The USCIS may not approve or deny your Employment Authorization Document
If USCIS does not approve or deny your Employment Authorization Document application within 90 days (within 30 days for an asylum applicant; note: asylum applicants are eligible to file for EADs only after waiting 150 days from the date they filed their properly completed original asylum applications), you may request an interim Employment Authorization Document.

 


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Latest news about Immigration cases in Rhode Island and nationwide:

Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit Within The Civil Rights Division
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Wan J. Kim, announced today the creation of the ...
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Obtaining A U.S. Visa
For years the United States of America has required that many people wishing to travel to the U.S. to study, visit or conduct business first obtain...
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New Guidance Regarding Indochinese Parolee
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today two significant changes to the management of the Indochinese Parolee Adjustment P...
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Immigration Terms

 


Today's Terms

Board of Immigration Appeals

Definition:
The Board of Immigration Appeals, commonly referred to as the BIA, issues appellate administrative decisions that are binding on the DHS Bureaus responsible for enforcing immigration laws nationwide.

Conditional Resident

Definition:
Any alien granted permanent resident status on a conditional basis (e.g., a spouse of a U.S. citizen; an immigrant investor), who is required to petition for the removal of the set conditions before the second anniversary of the approval of his or her conditional status.

Immigration Form I-687

Definition:
Application for Status as a Temporary Resident Under Section 245A of the Immigration and Nationality Act

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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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Rhode Island Immigration Attorney

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

  • Barrington
  • Bristol
  • Central Falls
  • Coventry
  • Cranston
  • Cumberland
  • East Greenwich
  • East Providence
  • Johnston
  • Lincoln
  • Middletown
  • Narragansett
  • Newport
  • North Kingstown
  • North Providence
  • Pawtucket
  • Portsmouth
  • Providence
  • Riverside
  • Tiverton
  • Wakefield
  • Warwick
  • West Warwick
  • Westerly
  • Woonsocket
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