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US visa
Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.
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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 ...
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 ...
green card portability (AC21)
Immigration; US visa
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 ...
actual wage
Immigration; US visa
The wage paid by the employer to other employees in the occupation with similar qualifications as a sponsored H-1B nonimmigrant or labor certification applicant.
prevailing wage.
Immigration; US visa
The wage paid by the employer to other employees in the occupation with similar qualifications as a sponsored H-1B nonimmigrant or labor certification applicant.
adjudication
Immigration; US visa
Processing and decision on applications and petitions by the USCIS
adjustment of status
Immigration; US visa
Term of art describing the application process by which a foreign national changes from nonimmigrant visa status to immigrant/permanent resident status while in the United States.
