There are some restrictions on many immigration forms, they are called quotas.
Theodore Panagiotopoulos
Priority Date
For some family-based and some employment-based applications for legal permanent residence it is the date on which the initial part of the application was filed, and which CIS refers to […]
Pre-inspection
It is a process of inspection of all airport passengers before they leave a foreign country during which they fill Form I-94.
Preference Categories
There are two separate preference categories established for permanent U.S. immigration: family-based and employment-based. The family-based categories require an immediate family relationship with a U.S. citizen or permanent resident while […]
PERM
PERM is the U.S. Department of Labor’s most recent program for permanent labor certification program. It was officially promulgated on December 27, 2004. PERM rules must be followed for all […]
Parole
It is a permission allowing a person to physically enter the U.S. for a limited purpose, such as applying for asylum or to be placed in removal proceedings.
Nonimmigrant Visa
It is a document that allows an individual to come to the United States temporarily and for a limited purpose. The period of validity of thesevisa varies from 30 days […]
Nonimmigrant
It is a person who does not have immigration intentions and can establish that he or she has a residence abroad. This category includes students, tourists, treaty investors, and foreign […]
Naturalization
The process by which a foreign person becomes a U.S. citizen.
Legalization
It is a program that allows to receive temporary residence status to certain aliens. Synonyms are also “temporary resident status” and “amnesty”.