Immigration Questions
GENERAL FAQ's
Green card is an identification card attesting to the permanent resident status of an immigrant in the United States of America. Green card also refers to an immigration process of becoming a permanent resident. The Green card serves as proof that its holder is officially granted immigration benefits.
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The lottery is administrated on an annual basis and conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality act.TEMP WORK VISAS
The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United Stated under the Immigration & Nationality Act section 101(a)(15)(H).
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By H-2B program immigration of domestic labor is done. Employers must, however ,be able to prove a temporary immigration need based on a season of the year.
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The H-3 trainee visa allows immigration of individuals to come to the U.S. to receive instruction and training from a United States company that would otherwise be unavailable to them in their home country.
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The immigration and Naturalization Services has published an interim rule allowing the concurrent filing of I-140 immigrant petitions and I-485 adjustment of status applications.
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The L-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa for immigration employees who are transferring to a US branch, subsidiary, or affiliate of their foreign employer.
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The O-1 immigration visa is a temporary immigration work visa available to foreign nationals who have "extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics."
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The R-1 religious worker immigration visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows immigration of foreign nationals in religious occupations to come to the U.S. and work.
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Immigration of individuals who seek to enter the U.S. as part of an immigration Exchange -Visitor Program must first obtain a J-1 Visa.
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TEMP STUDENT VISAS
The immigration of foreign students into United States to pursue education needs F-1 student visa for immigration.
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The immigration M-1 visa is for students to pursue technical and vocational programs.
OTHER VISAS
 NAFTA created a new immigration classification, "TN" for eligible Canadian and Mexican professional workers.
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The K non-immigrant visa is for foreign nationals whose immigration in to the United States to marry U.S. citizens.
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This immigration visa is for a foreign media representative who wants to go to the U.S. to work on behalf of a foreign media organization or a tourist bureau of a foreign government.
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This immigration visa is for a person who wants immediate transit through the U.S. on his/her way to or form a foreign destination.
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The Legal Immigration Family Equity Act and its amendments (LIFE Act) established a new non-immigrant category(V) within the immigration law that allows the spouse or child of a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident to live and work in the United States in a non-immigrant category. The spouse or child can remain in the United Stated while they wait until they are able to apply for lawful permanent residence status (Adjustment Status), or for an immigrant visa, instead of having to wait outside the United States as the law previously required.
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