F-1 Visa Minnesota Immigration

F-1 Visa	Student.
F-2 Visa	Spouse or Child of F-1.
Family First Preference	Family First Preference Green Cards are issued to: Unmarried children (age 21 or older) who have at least one U.S. citizen parent Unmarried stepchildren (age 21 or older), if the marriage creating the stepchild relationship took place before the child's 18^th birthday U.S. citizens to sponsor the Green Card application of their unmarried foreign born children (age 21 or older)
Family Second Preference	Family Second Preference Green Cards are issued to: Foreign nationals married to U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) Unmarried children (any age) of U.S. Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) Unmarried stepchildren of lawful permanent residents, if the marriage creating the stepchild relationship took place before the child's 18^th birthday
Family Third Preference	Family Third Preference Green Cards are issued to: Married children (any age) of U.S. citizens Married step children of U.S. citizens, if the marriage creating the stepchild relationship took place before the child's 18^th birthday
Family Fourth Preference	Family Fourth Preference Green Cards are issued to brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens.

Fiance(e) of US Citizen	A nonimmigrant alien coming to the United States to conclude a valid marriage with a US citizen within ninety days after entry.
Files Control Office	An Immigration and Naturalization Service field office - either a district (including INS overseas offices) or a sub-office of that district - where alien case files are maintained and controlled.
Fiscal Year	Currently, the twelve-month period beginning October 1 and ending September 30. Historically, until 1831 and from 1843-49, the twelve-month period ending September 30 of the respective year; from 1832-42 and 1850-67, ending December 31 of the respective year; from 1868-1976, ending June 30 of the respective year. The transition quarter (TQ) for 1976 covers the three-month period, July-September 1976.
FOIA	Fredom of Information Act.
Foreign Information Media Representative	As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States as a bona fide representative of foreign press, radio, film, or other foreign information media and the alien's spouse and unmarried minor (or dependent) children.
Foreign State of Chargeability	The independent country to which an immigrant entering under the preference system is accredited. No more than 7 percent of the family-sponsored and employment-based visas may be issued to natives of any one independent country in a fiscal year. No one dependency of any independent country may receive more than 2 percent of the family-sponsored and employment-based visas issued. Since these limits are based on visa issuance rather than entries into the United States and immigrant visas are valid for 6 months, there is not total correspondence between these two occurrences. Chargeability is usually determined by country of birth. Exceptions are made to prevent the separation of family members when the limitation for the country of birth has been met.