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| C-1
Visa |
Alien
in Transit. |
| C-2
Visa |
Alien
in Transit to United Nations Headquarters District Under Sec. 11.(3),
4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement. |
| C-3
Visa |
Foreign
Government Official, Immediate Family, Attendant, Servant or Personal
Employee, in Transit. 212(d)(8). |
| Cancellation
of Removal |
A
discretionary benefit adjusting an alien’s status from that of
deportable alien to one lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Application for cancellation of removal is made during the course of a
hearing before an immigration judge. |
| Certificate
of Citizenship |
Identity
document proving US citizenship. Certificates of citizenship is issued
to derivative citizens and to persons who acquired US citizenship.
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| Child |
Generally,
an unmarried person under 21 years of age who is: a child born in
wedlock; a stepchild, provided that the child was under 18 years of age
at the time that the marriage creating the stepchild relationship
occurred; a legitimated child, provided that the child was legitimated
while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out
of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship
with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide
relationship with the child; a child adopted while under 16 years of
age who has resided since adoption in the legal custody of the adopting
parents for at least 2 years; or an orphan, under 16 years of age, who
has been adopted abroad by a US citizen or has an immediate-relative
visa petition submitted in his/her behalf and is coming to the United
States for adoption by a US citizen. |
| CJA-24 |
Authorization
and Voucher for Payment of Transcript. |
| CJA-24
INST |
Authorization
and Voucher for Payment of Transcript INSTRUCTIONS. |
| Country
of Last Residence |
The
country in which an alien habitually resided prior to entering the
United States. |
| Country
of Birth |
The
country in which a person is born. |
| Country
of Chargeability |
The
independent country to which an immigrant entering under the preference
system is accredited for purposes of numerical limitations. |
| Country
of Citizenship |
The
country in which a person is born (and has not renounced or lost
citizenship) or naturalized and to which that person owes allegiance
and by which he or she is entitled to be protected. |
| Country
of Former Allegiance |
The
previous country of citizenship of a naturalized US citizen or of a
person who derived US citizenship. |
| Country
of Nationality |
The
country of a person’s citizenship or country in which the person is
deemed a national. |
| Crewman |
A
foreign national serving in a capacity required for normal operations
and service on board a vessel or aircraft. Crewmen are admitted for
twenty-nine days, with no extensions. Two categories of crewmen are
defined in the INA:D1, departing from the United States with the vessel
or aircraft on which he arrived or some other vessel or aircraft; and
D2, departing from Guam with the vessel on which he arrived. |
| Crewman’s
Landing Permit (I-95) |
An
INS Form I-95 (Crewman's Landing Permit) shows the date you arrived
in the United States and the "Admitted Until" date, the date when your
authorized period of stay expires.
You will receive an INS Form I-95 from an INS inspector when
arriving in the United States at a land border port-of-entry or from an
airline or ship representative when arriving at an air or sea
port-of-entry by aircraft or ship. The form must be completed and
presented to an INS inspector who may ask you questions about the
purpose of your trip, how long you will be in the United States, and
your residence abroad.
When you leave the country, you should give the INS Form I-95
to your airline or ship representative, or, if you are departing over a
land border, give it to a Mexican or Canadian immigration inspector. An
INS Form I-95 that has been approved by an INS inspector can prove that
you arrived in the country legally and that you have not stayed beyond
the period of stay authorized. In addition, turning in INS Form I-95 to
the proper authorities when you leave the country can prove that you
did not violate U.S. laws by staying in the country too long. Proof
that you are willing to obey U.S. immigration laws will be very
important if you again want to travel to the U.S. as an immigrant or
nonimmigrant in the future.
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| Criminal
Removal |
The
deportation, exclusion, or removal of an alien who has 1) been charged
under a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires a
criminal conviction and that charge is the basis for the removal or 2)
a criminal conviction noted in the Deportable Alien Control System
(DACS) for a crime that renders the alien removable. An alien with an
appropriate criminal conviction is considered a criminal alien
regardless of the section of law under which the alien was removed. |
| Cross
Chargeability |
When
a Green
Card
applicant is subject to a quota waiting list, but is the child or the
spouse of persons born in a country with more favorable quota, the
applicant may cross charge to the most favorable quota.
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| Cuban/Haitian
Entrant |
Status
accorded:
1) Cubans who entered illegally or were paroled into the United States
between April 15, 1980, and October 10, 1980, and
2)
Haitians who entered illegally or were paroled into the country before
January 1, 1981. Cubans and Haitians meeting these criteria who have
continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1982,
and who were known to the INS before that date, may adjust to permanent
residence under a provision of the Immigration Control and Reform Act
of 1986. |
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