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derivative status
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principal applicant
will be the principal applicant, and her family members will get visas from her position. They will get derivative status. Or a company may file a petition for a worker. The worker is the principal applicant. Family members … a company may file a petition for a worker. The worker is the principal applicant. Family members get derivative status. Source: Department of State. March 2007.
immigration marriage fraud amendments of 1986
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
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legal
[a tariff rate] [a government] b : fulfilling the requirements of law [a voter] c : having a status derived from law : recognized as such by law [a certainty] d : created by operation of esp. … : of or relating to law or the processes of law [a question] [take action] 2 a : deriving authority from or founded on law [a tariff rate] [a government] b : fulfilling the requirements of law
principal alien
principal alien The alien who applies for immigrant status and from whom another alien may derive lawful status under immigration law or regulations (usually spouses and minor unmarried children). Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
upgrade a petition
priority date to be reached. Upgrading a petition sometimes has consequences. A preference petition for a spouse permits derivative status for children. An immediate relative petition does not. You, the petitioner, would need to file separate petitions for
authority
a court used esp. as a precedent 2 a : a power to act esp. over others that derives from status, position, or office [the of the president] ;also : jurisdiction b : the power to act
following to join
following to join A type of derivative visa status when the family member gets a visa after the principal applicant. Source: Department of State. March
secondary
secondary 1 : of second rank, status, importance, or value 2 : derived from something original or primary 3 : of, relating to, or being the second order or stage in
personal right
personal right : a right that is based on one's status as an individual and does not derive from property
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