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I-20
- When an alien is admitted to a U.S. school, the school will issue the alien student a SEVIS Form I-20. If the alien is physically outside the U.S., he/she need take the SEVIS Form I-20 to the appropriate U.S. Embassy or Consulate with jurisdiction over his/her place of permanent residence to apply for a student visa (F-1 visa). When the alien is already in the U.S. in another non-immigrant status, he may change his nonimmigrant status to F-1 status by submitting the SEVIS Form I-20 and other required documents to the USCIS service center that has jurisdiction over his/her application. For details of F-1 visa and status, please click http://www.hooyou.com/f-1/index.html.
I-600
- I-600 is an immigration form used to classify an alien orphan who either is, or will be, adopted by a U.S. citizen as an immediate relative of the U.S. citizen to allow the child to enter the U.S. The petition is filed by the U.S. citizen who is adopting the child. A petitioner residing in the U.S. should file with the Local Office with jurisdiction over the petitioner's place of residence. A petitioner residing outside the U.S. should consult the nearest American consulate or embassy. For more information about adoption and immigration, please click http://www.hooyou.com/adoption/index.html. For requirements of I-600 form, please click http://www.hooyou.com/adoption/fbo.html.
I-9 Compliance
- Under the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), an employer can be fined and otherwise sanctioned for knowingly hiring an unauthorized alien or unknowingly hiring an undocumented alien if a reasonable person would believe the employee was illegally employed. To avoid penalties, an employer must complete the I-9 form within 3 days of employment and keep it on file for each employee. I-9s should be kept on file for three years, or one year after employment ends, whichever is longer. If someone provides information and documents that, on their face, appear valid and consistent, the employer has satisfied the rule's requirements. An employer should probe the applicant further only if the documents are either obviously forged, the information provided does not match with the employee, or you have other evidence that leads you to ask more questions. At the same time, IRCA's anti-discrimination provisions also prohibit employers from discriminating against certain protected individuals (including permanent residents, temporary residents, special agricultural workers, refugees, and asylees) with respect to hiring, discharging, and recruiting. Employers must avoid document abuse, or discriminating against an employee and asking the employee for more documents than necessary or different documents to prove employment eligibility. For details of I-9 compliance, please click http://www.hooyou.com/hr/employer_compliance.html.
I-94
- When a nonimmigrant alien holding valid passport and/or U.S. visa passes the USCIS inspection at an entry port, an I-94 card will be issued to give the alien a legal nonimmigrant status in the U.S. For most nonimmigrant status, the authorized period of stay in the U.S. will be shown on the I-94. For F and J status, the authorized period of stay is duration of status.
I-130
- I-130 is a CIS form used by a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States to establish the relationship to certain alien relatives who wish to immigrate to the United States. This category is also known as family based immigration. For details of family-based immigration, please click http://www.hooyou.com/familybased/index.html.
I-131
- I-131 is a CIS form used to apply for a Travel Document, reentry permit, refugee travel document or advance parole. For more information about advanced parole, please click http://www.hooyou.com/advanceparole.
I-134
- I-134 is a CIS form filed to promise with USCIS to support an alien entering the United States as nonimmigrant and that the alien will not become a public charge. For more information about promise to support and public charge, please click http://www.hooyou.com/i-485/publiccharge.html.
I-140
- I-140 is an immigration form used to petition for an alien worker to become a permanent resident in the United States. This category is also known as employment-based immigration. For details of employment-based immigration, please click http://www.hooyou.com/employmentbased/index.html.
I-485
- I-485 is a CIS form filed by certain aliens for the purposes of application to register permanent residence or adjust status. For details of adjustment of status, please click http://www.hooyou.com/i-485/index.html.
I-765
- I-765 is an immigration form also known as Application for Employment Authorization. Certain aliens who are temporarily in the United States may file a Form I-765 to request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD). Other aliens who are authorized to work in the United States without restrictions should also used this form to apply for a document evidencing such authorization. For details of EAD, please click http://www.hooyou.com/ead/description.html.
I-797
- I-797 is a CIS notice, often used to refer a CIS Approval Notice. Strictly speaking, however, I-797 can be a Receipt Notice, a Request for Evidence (RFE), or an Approval Notice.
I-824
- I-824 is a CIS form used to request a duplicate approval notice, to request approval notice to another U.S. Consulate; and to request notice to a U.S.Consulate for derivative visas to family members. For details of Consulate Processing, please click http://www.hooyou.com/consularprocess/index.html.
I-864
- I-864, also known as affidavit of support, is a CIS form filed to show that an intending immigrant has adequate means of financial support and is not likely to become a public charge. For more information about affidavit of support and public charge, please click http://www.hooyou.com/i-485/publiccharge.html.
Illegal Stay
- A non-immigrant alien may enter and stay in the U.S. legally for a designated purpose with a limited time if he/she is admitted by the USCIS. A non-immigrant alien will stay illegally in the U.S. if he/she enters the U.S. without CIS admission, or his/her non-immigrant status expires. For more information about illegal stay in the U.S., please click http://www.hooyou.com/nonimmigration/difference.html.
Immediate Relatives
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For immigration law purposes, immediate relatives refer to parents, spouses and children who are unmarried and under 21 years of age. Immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen can immigrate to the United States without being subject to any numerical restrictions, unlike other close family members of U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents. Namely, immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen can apply for the permanent resident status without any waiting time. Other close family members of U.S. citizens or permanent residents are divided into several groups called "preferences". Each Preference is given a numerical quota per year to limit the number of immigrants admitted into the United States. For detailed information on immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen, please click http://www.hooyou.com/familybased/index.html.
Immigration Act of 1990
- Public Law 101-649 (Act of November 29, 1990), which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.
Immigration and Nationality Act
- The Act (INA), which, along with other immigration laws, treaties, and conventions of the United States, relates to the immigration, temporary admission, naturalization, and removal of aliens.
Immigration Attorney
- Attorneys who practice immigration laws, often U.S. immigration laws. Attorneys at Z&A are experienced immigration attorneys. For more information about Z&A’s attorneys, please click http://www.hooyou.com/zbg_team/index.html.
Immigration Judge
- An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal proceedings. For more information about immigration judge, click http://www.hooyou.com/asylum/faq.html.
Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986
- Public Law 99-639 (Act of 11/10/86), which was passed in order to deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional status the immigrants must apply at an U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office during the 90-day period before their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status may be terminated and they may become deportable.
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
- Public Law 99-603 (Act of 11/6/86), which was passed in order to control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.
Inadmissible
- An alien seeking admission at a port of entry who does not meet the criteria in the INA for admission. The alien may be placed in removal proceedings or, under certain circumstances, allowed to withdraw his or her application for admission.
INS
- INS stands for Immigration and Naturalization Service, now known as U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). For more information about USCIS, please click http://www.uscis.gov.
Inspection
- When an alien arrives a port of entry, he/she must go through the inspection process. An inspector will question the alien and examine his/her papers. In order to enter the U.S. legally, an alien must be inspected and either admitted or paroled. For more information about admission in nonimmigrant status, please click http://www.hooyou.com/nonimmigration/index.html. For details of admission in immigrant status, please click http://www.hooyou.com/nonimmigration/index.html.
Interested Government Agency Request (IGA)
- Certain classes of J-1 "Exchange Visitor" require that the alien return to his/her home country or country of last permanent residency for a period of two (2) years after completion of the J-1 status. An interested government agency (IGA) may request that the U.S. State Department waive the Foreign Residency Requirement. Both the U.S. State Department and the USCIS must agree to grant the waiver. For information about how to obtain an IGA waiver, please click http://www.hooyou.com/j-1/j1_iga_list.html.
Intracompany Transferee
- An alien, employed for at least one continuous year out of the last three by an international firm or corporation, who seeks to enter the United States temporarily in order to continue to work for the same employer, or a subsidiary or affiliate, in a capacity that is primarily managerial, executive, or involves specialized knowledge, and the alien’s spouse and minor unmarried children.
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