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immediate relative
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immediate relatives
Matched in: Term immediate relatives
kissing kin
Any relative more distant than the immediate family sufficiently well acquainted to be greeted with a kiss such as a kissing cousin
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upgrade a petition
from F2 to IR1. That is, the petition changes from a preference category with numerical limits to an immediate relative category without numerical limits. The applicant no longer has to wait for her/his priority date to be
numerical limit, exempt from
provisions of the flexible numerical limit of 675,000 set by the Immigration Act of 1990. Exempt categories include immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, refugees, asylees (limited to 10,000 per year), Amerasians, aliens adjusted under the legalization provisions of
visa numbers
visa numbers Congress establishes the amount of immigration each year. Immigration for immediate relatives is unlimited; however, preference categories are limited. To distribute the visas fairly among all categories of immigration, the
Ruling
signify the outcome of applying a legal test when that outcome is one of relatively narrow Impact. The immediate effect is to decide an issue in a single case. This meaning contrast, for example, with the usual
Immediately
Immediately, in a statute, means within a reasonable time. See Maxwell on Statutes, 2nd Edn. 423. The expression 'immediately'
proximate
proximate 1 : next immediately preceding or following (as in a chain of causation, events, or effects) : being or leading to a
Relator
name given to a plaintiff in an information in Chancery, where the rights of the Crown were not immediately concerned, who was responsible for costs; he must have given the solicitor a written authority to file the
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