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US visa
Visa application requirements and processing procedures to the United States.
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spouse
Immigration; US visa
Legally married husband or wife. A co-habiting partner does not qualify as a spouse for immigration purposes. A common-law husband or wife may or may not qualify as a spouse for immigration ...
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
Immigration; US visa
American immigration law. The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952, Public Law No. 82-414. The INA has been amended many times over the years, but is still the basic body ...
preference immigration
Immigration; US visa
A system for determining which and when people can immigrate to the U. S. within the limits of immigration set by Congress. In family immigration preference is based on the status of the petitioner ...
nonimmigrant visa (NIV)
Immigration; US visa
A U. S. visa allows the bearer, a foreign citizen, to apply to enter the U. S. temporarily for a specific purpose. Nonimmigrant visas are primarily classified according to the principal purpose of ...
legitimation
Immigration; US visa
The legal process which a natural father can use to acknowledge legally his children who were born out of wedlock (outside of marriage). A legitimated child can be a "child" under immigration law ...
son/daughter
Immigration; US visa
In immigration law a child becomes a son or daughter when he/she turns 21 or marries. A son or daughter must have once met the definition of a child in immigration law.
port of entry
Immigration; US visa
Place (often an airport) where a person requests admission to the U. S. by the DHS, CBP officer. Learn more on the CBP website.
