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immigration and naturalization service (ins)

immigration and naturalization service (ins) A branch of the Department of

immigrant

immigrant See Permanent Resident Alien. Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

sponsored immigrant

sponsored immigrant An immigrant who has had an affidavit of support filed

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Immigrant

in a country to settle there permanently, a person who immigrates, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 752.

immigrant visa

immigrant visa A visa for a person who plans to live

Immigrant

One who immigrates one who comes to a country for the purpose of

Immigration

The act of immigrating the passing or coming into a country for the purpose

department of homeland security (dhs)

(dhs) DHS is comprised of three main organizations responsible for immigration policies, procedures, implementation and enforcement of U.S. laws, and more.

preference system

since fiscal year 1992 among which the family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant preference visas are distributed. The family-sponsored preferences are: 1) unmarried

poverty guidelines

not live in poverty. Consular officers use these figures in immigrant visa cases to determine whether a sponsor's income is sufficient

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