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Officiating service and substantive service

substantive service, officiat-ing service means service rendered as a non-permanent holder. Substantive service therefore means service as a permanent holder of an office, P.C. Kunhikrishnan Nambiar v. State of Kerala, AIR 1965 Ker 84 (87). [IAS (Appointment

Arbitration

decision is binding, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 100. Means any arbitration whether or not administered by permanent arbitral institution. [The Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, s. 2(a)] An arbitrator is a disinterested person, to whose

Office

or place to which certain duties are attached more or less of a public character. A sort of permanent position held by successive incumbents may be with or without remuneration. It is 'a right to exercise a

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conditional residence visa

If you have been married for less than two years when your husband or wife (spouse) gets lawful permanent resident status (gets a green card), then your spouse gets residence on a conditional basis. After two years

desertion

desertion : the forsaking of a person, post, or relationship: as a : permanent withdrawal from living with one's spouse without the spouse's consent and without cause or justification NOTE: Desertion is

domicile

domicile [Latin domicilium dwelling place, home] 1 : the place where an individual has a fixed and permanent home for legal purposes called also legal residence 2 : the place where an organization (as a corporation)

i-551 (green card)

i-551 (green card) Permanent residence card or alien registration receipt card or "green card." See Lawful Permanent Resident. Source: Department of State.

life act

foreign spouses of American citizens, the children of those foreign spouses, and spouses and children of certain lawful permanent residents (LPR) to come to the United States to complete the processing for their permanent residence. This Act

returning resident

returning resident Any Lawful Permanent Resident who has been outside the United States and is returning to the U.S. Also defined as a

beneficiaries

beneficiaries Aliens on whose behalf a U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident, or employer have filed a petition for such aliens to receive immigration benefits from the U.S. Citizenship

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