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US visa
Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.
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labor condition application (LCA)
Immigration; US visa
A request to the Department of Labor for a foreign worker to work in the U. S.
household income
Immigration; US visa
The income used to determine whether a sponsor meets the minimum income requirements under Section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for some immigrant visa cases.
adopted child
Immigration; US visa
An unmarried child under age 21, who was adopted while under the age of sixteen, and who has been in legal custody and lived with the adopting parent(s) for at least two years. These rules do not ...
retrogression
Immigration; US visa
Sometimes a case that is current one month will not be current the next month. This occurs when the annual numerical limit has been reached. This usually happens near the end of a fiscal year ...
naturalization
Immigration; US visa
A citizen who acquires nationality of a country after birth. That is, the person did not become a citizen by birth, but by a legal procedure. See the USCIS website for more information.
documentarily qualified
Immigration; US visa
The applicant has obtained all documents specified by the consular officer as sufficient to meet the formal visa application requirements, and necessary processing procedures of the consular office ...
