U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program. It is a program that allows to collect information about the entry and the exit of non-U.S. citizens and to verify their identity.
Immigration Law Dictionary
Unlawful Presence
It is time accumulated in the U.S. after a foreign national’s authorized stay expires. This can lead to problems with the 3 year/10 year bar. The period of authorized stay […]
Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
It is temporary status that the U.S. government occasionally gives to nationals of particular countries which have undergone extraordinary physical (such as an earthquake) or other political conditions (such as […]
SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System)
It is a networked computer system set up in the United States to track and monitor information on non-immigrant students and visitors.
Service Centers
There are 5 offices which handle the filing, data entry, and adjudication of certain applications for immigration services and benefits.
Removal
It is a legal proceeding through which immigration officials seek to remove a foreign national from the United States for violating an immigration law or other U.S. law. The terms […]
Refugee
Any person who is outside any country of such person’s nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last […]
Reduction in Recruitment (RIR)
An alternative method of processing an application for labor certification, where the employer demonstrates sustained and unsuccessful attempts to recruit qualified U.S. workers.
Quotas
There are some restrictions on many immigration forms, they are called quotas.
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 […]