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February 06, 2012
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Immigration Terms and Definitions

 
 

Permanent Resident Card
How Do I Apply? You must submit a completed Form I-485 with filing fee, and a completed Form G-325A with evidence that you have continuously resided in the United States prior to January 1, 1972 & more

Cancellation of Removal
A discretionary benefit adjusting an alien’s status from that of deportable alien to one lawfully admitted for permanent residence.

Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.

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.

Principal Alien
The alien who applies for immigrant status and from whom another alien may derive lawful status under immigration law or regulations (usually spouses and minor unmarried children).

Immigration Form I-765
Application for Employment Authorization

Amerasian Act
Immigrant visas are issued to Amerasians under Public Law 100-202 (Act of 12/22/87), which provides for the admission of aliens born in Vietnam after January 1, 1962, and before January 1, 1976, if the alien was fathered by a U.S. citizen. Spouses, children, and parents or guardians may accompany the alien.

Immigration Form N-565
Application for Replacement Naturalization Citizenship Document

Board of Immigration Appeals
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.

Refugee
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution.


 

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Did You Know?    
 
 
Your permanent resident status may be conditional
You must prove that you did not get married to evade the immigration laws of the United States. Your permanent residence status will be conditional if it is based on a marriage that was less than two years old on the day you were given permanent residence.

 


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Latest news about Immigration cases in Wisconsin and nationwide:

Dole Announces Immigration Court Coming To North Carolina
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice will be establishing a new immigration court in North Carolina. The co...
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Former Nightclub Owner Admits Forcing Korean Women to Work
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Sung Bum Chang, the former owner of a Dallas nightclub known as “Club Wa,” pleaded guilty ...
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Immigration Officials Opposed DHS Plan To Subject Immigration Functions To Possible Privatization
In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, four ranking committee members - Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., ...
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Immigration Terms

 


Today's Terms

Naturalization Application

Definition:
The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship.

Foreign Government Official

Definition:
As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States who has been accredited by a foreign government to function as an ambassador, public minister, career diplomatic or consular officer, other accredited official, or an attendant, servant or personal employee of an accredited official, and all above aliens’ spouses and unmarried minor (or dependent) children.

Border Crosser

Definition:
An alien resident of the United States reentering the country after an absence of less than six months in Canada or Mexico, or a nonresident alien entering the United States across the Canadian border for stays of no more than six months or across the Mexican border for stays of no more than 72 hours.

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Immigration Resources

 


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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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Wisconsin Immigration Attorney

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

  • Appleton
  • Beloit
  • Burlington
  • Chippewa Falls
  • De Pere
  • Eau Claire
  • Fond Du Lac
  • Franklin
  • Green Bay
  • Janesville
  • Kenosha
  • La Crosse
  • Madison
  • Manitowoc
  • Marshfield
  • Menomonee Falls
  • Milwaukee
  • Neenah
  • New Berlin
  • Oak Creek
  • Oconomowoc
  • Oshkosh
  • Racine
  • Sheboygan
  • Stevens Point
  • Sun Prairie
  • Superior
  • Waukesha
  • Wausau
  • West Bend
  • Wisconsin Rapids
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