Glossary of Immigration Legal Terms

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A Number

Accompanying Visa

Adjust Status

Admission

Adopted Child

Advance Parole

Advisory Opinion

Affidavit of Support

Affiliated

Agent

Alien

AOS

Applicant

Approval Notice

AR-11

Arrival-Departure Card

B visas

BCIS

Beneficiary

Bona fide

Cancelled without Prejudice

Case Number

Certificate of Citizenship

Certificate of Naturalization

CFR

Change Status

Charge/Chargeable

Child

Cohabit

Common Law Marriage

Conditional Residence Visa

Consulate/Embassy

Current/Noncurrent

Cut-off Date

Denomination/Sect

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Labor

Deportation/Removal

Derivative

Derivative Status

Diversity Counter

Diversity Visa Program

Documentarily Qualified

DOL

Domicile

Duration of Status

DV

E visas

Examiner

Exchange Visitor

Facility

Family First Preference

Family Second Preference

Family Third Preference

Family Fourth Preference

Federal Poverty Guidelines

Fiancee

Fiscal Year

Following to Join

Foreign Affairs Manual

Full Final Adoption

Green Card

Homeless

Household Income

I-551

Illegal Alien

Immediate Relative

Immigrant Visa

Immigration and Nationality Act

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Inadmissible

In Status

INA

Ineligible/Ineligibility

INS

INTELSAT

IRS

Joint Sponsor

Jurisdiction

K-3 Visa

K-4 Visa

Kentucky Consular Center

Labor Certification

Labor Condition Application

Lawful Permanent Resident Alien

Lay Worker

Legitimation

LIFE Act

Local Education Agency

Lose Status

Lottery

LPR

Machine Readable Passport

Machine Readable Visa

Maintain Status

Mala fide

Material Misrepresentation

Means-tested Public Benefits

Missionary Work

NAFTA

National Interest Waiver

National Visa Center

Native

Naturalization

Nondiversity Country

Nonimmigrant Visa

Notice of Action

NVC

Oath of Allegiance

Orphan

Orphan Petition

Out of Status

Overstay

Panel Physician

Permanent Resident

Petitioner

Physical Presence

Polygamy

Port of Entry

Post

Preference Immigration

Principal Applicant

Priority Date

Proselytizing

Public Charge

Rank Order Number

Re-entry Permit

Receipt Notice

Refugee

Removal

Retrogression

Returning Residents

Schedule A Occupations

Section 213A

Siblings

Son/Daughter

Special Agricultural Worker

Special Immigrant

Sponsor

Sponsored Immigrant

Spouse

State

State Workforce Agency

Status

Stepchild

Surviving Parent

Tax Exempt

Temporary Worker

Termination of a Case

Third Country National

Troubled Business

Upgrade a Petition

USCIS

Visa

Visa Expiration Date

Visa Numbers

Visa Quota

Visa Validity

Visa Waiver

Visa Waiver Program

Voluntary Service Program

Waiver of Inadmissabilty