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Citizen, in relation to a country specified in the first Schedule, means a person who under the citizenship or nationality law for the time being in force in that country, is a citizen or national of that country. [Citizenship Act, 1955 (57 of 1955), s. 2 (1) (b)]Citizen, the citizenship of a person can be terminated under the relevant law, [Citizenship Act, 1955, s. 9]Is a person who is either born within the State or born of parents who are citizens or one who has acquired the status of citizen by application of the laws of the State providing for the naturalization of persons born in another State, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 95.The modes of acquisition of Indian citizenship are (a) Birth, (b) Descent, (c) Registration, (d) Naturalisation, (e) Incorporation of territory, and (f) Certificate in case of doubt, Commentary on Constitution of India, Durga Das Basu, 6th Edn., Vol. 1, p. 111.Is a member, native or naturalised, of a State, the Concise Oxford Dic...
complete diversity
complete diversity : diversity of citizenship in which the citizenship of all the plaintiffs to an action differs from that of all the defendants see also diversity of citizenship diversity jurisdiction at jurisdiction compare minimal diversity ...
country of former allegiance
country of former allegiance The previous country of citizenship of a naturalized U.S. citizen or of a person who derived U.S. citizenship. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
jurisdiction
jurisdiction [Latin jurisdictio, from juris, genitive of jus law + dictio act of saying, from dicere to say] 1 : the power, right, or authority to interpret, apply, and declare the law (as by rendering a decision) [to be removed to the State having of the crime "U.S. Constitution art. IV"] [a court of competent ] see also situs International Shoe Co. v. Washington in the Important Cases section compare venue NOTE: Jurisdiction determines which court system should properly adjudicate a case. Questions of jurisdiction also arise regarding quasi-judicial bodies (as administrative agencies) in their decision-making capacities. ancillary jurisdiction : jurisdiction giving a court the power to adjudicate claims (as counterclaims and cross-claims) because they arise from a cause of action over which the court has original jurisdiction ;specif : supplemental jurisdiction acquired by a federal court allowing it to adjudicate claims that are based on state law but that form part of a case...
naturalization application
naturalization application The form used by a lawful permanent resident to apply for U.S. citizenship. The application is filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Service Center with jurisdiction over the applicant's place of residence. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
special immigrants
special immigrants Certain categories of immigrants who were exempt from numerical limitation before fiscal year 1992 and subject to limitation under the employment-based fourth preference beginning in 1992; persons who lost citizenship by marriage; persons who lost citizenship by serving in foreign armed forces; ministers of religion and other religious workers, their spouses and children; certain employees and former employees of the U.S. Government abroad, their spouses and children; Panama Canal Act immigrants; certain foreign medical school graduates, their spouses and children; certain retired employees of international organizations, their spouses and children; juvenile court dependents; and certain aliens serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, their spouses and children. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
permanent resident alien
permanent resident alien an alien admitted to the United States as a lawful permanent resident. Permanent residents are also commonly referred to as immigrants. Lawful permanent residents are legally accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States. They may be issued immigrant visas by the Department of State overseas or adjusted to permanent resident status by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
special immigrant
special immigrant A special category of immigrant visas for persons who lost their citizenship by marriage; persons who lost citizenship by serving in foreign armed forces; certain foreign medical school graduates; Panama Canal immigrants; and certain others. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...
civil surgeon
civil surgeon A medically trained, licensed and experienced doctor practicing in the U.S. who is certified by USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service). These medical professionals receive U.S. immigration Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
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. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
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