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Receipt Notice
This is an I-797 Notice of Action confirming that the Department of Homeland Security received a petition or application.
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Accompanying Relative
See ‘Derivative Beneficiary’, below Adjustment of Status (AOS) When one enters the U.S., he or she is given a certain status based upon the reason for that specific visit. Someone with a student visa, [..]
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Advance Parole
Anytime you are adjusting status to a green card and you wish to leave the country, special permission is required to re-enter the US. This is called Advance Parole. Green Card applicants and their ch [..]
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Affidavit Of Support
A document promising financial support by an American citizen for a foreign national upon the foreign national’s entry into the United States in order to prevent him or her from requesting US governme [..]
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Affidavit of Support
A document promising financial support by an American citizen for a foreign national upon the foreign national’s entry into the United States in order to prevent him or her from requesting US governme [..]
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Beneficiary
The person on whose behalf a petition is filed. For example: when a U.S. citizen woman files an application for her husband, she is the petitioner, her husband is the beneficiary of the petition who i [..]
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Bona fide marriage
This refers to a genuine marriage and not one entered into for the purpose of fraudulent entry into the United States.
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Cancelled Without Prejudice
Embassy or consulate stamp of cancellation that indicates an administrative mistake in the visa or that the visa is a duplicate. It does not affect the validity of other visas in the passport nor does [..]
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case number
A number issued to immigrant visa applications by the National Visa Center (NVC). This number is issued to all permanent resident applicants whether they are family-based or employment-based as well a [..]
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Change of status
Change of Status refers to an alien legally entering the United States on a non-immigrant visa (such as a student visa) and wishes to change to another non-immigrant visa classification (such as tempo [..]
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