Permanent Resident - Law Dictionary Search Results
registry date
January 1, 1972, are of good moral character, and are not inadmissible, are eligible to adjust to legal permanent resident status under the registry provision. Before the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 amended the date, aliens
general naturalization provisions
special class. General provisions require an applicant to be at least 18 years of age and a lawful permanent resident with five years of continuous residence in the United States, have been physically present in the country for
alien
still a subject or citizen of a foreign country [illegal s] [an admitted to the United States for permanent residence "U.S. Code"] vt : alienate … one's own, foreign] : relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government n : a foreign-born resident who has not been naturalized and is still a subject or citizen of a foreign country [illegal s]
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International Law
laid down that all persons who are found within the limits of a government, whether their residence is permanent or temporary, are to be deemed subjects thereof: and that the rulers of every empire, from comity, admit … nation can, by its laws, directly affect or bind property out of its own territory, or persons not resident therein, natural-born subjects or others. This is a natural con-sequence of the first proposition. From these two maxims
Domicile
An abode or mansion a place of permanent residence either of an individual or a family … An abode or mansion a place of permanent residence either of an individual or a family
Expatriation
Expatriation, the forsaking one's own country, and renouncing allegiance, with the intention of becoming a permanent resident and citizen in another country. See British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act,1914 (4 & 5Geo. 5, c.
Inhabitativeness
A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode love of home and country … A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode love of home and country
Immigration
The act of immigrating the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence … The act of immigrating the passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence
Immigrate
To come into a country of which one is not a native for the purpose of permanent residence See Emigrate … To come into a country of which one is not a native for the purpose of permanent residence See Emigrate
Immigrant
One who immigrates one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence correlative of emigrant … One who immigrates one who comes to a country for the purpose of permanent residence correlative of emigrant
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