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prepay

prepay pre·paid pre·pay·ing : to pay or pay the charge on in advance (as of date due or maturity date) [no penalty for ing your student loan] pre·pay·ment n ...

out of status A U.S. visa allows the bearer to apply for entry to the U.S. in a certain classification, for a specific purpose. For example, student (F), visitor (B), temporary worker (H). Every visa is issued for a particular purpose and for a specific class of visitor. Each visa classification has a set of requirements that the visa holder must follow and maintain. When you arrive in the U.S., a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspector determines whether you will be admitted, length of stay and conditions of stay in, the U.S. When admitted you are given a Form I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record), which tells you when you must leave the U.S. The date granted on the I-94 card at the airport governs how long you may stay in the U.S. If you do not follow the requirements, you stay longer than that date, or you engage in activities not permitted for your particular type of visa, you violate your status and are considered be "out of status". It is...

nonimmigrant visa (niv)

nonimmigrant visa (niv) A U.S. visa allows the bearer, a foreign citizen, to apply to enter the United States temporarily for a specific purpose. Examples of persons who may receive nonimmigrant visas are tourists, student, diplomats and temporary workers. For more information, see Visa. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

lose status

lose status To stay in the United States longer than the period of time which Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gave to a person when he/she entered the United States, or to fail to meet the requirements or violate the terms of the visa classification. The person becomes "out of status." For example, you entered the U.S. on a student visa to study at a university. You work at your uncle's convenience store without authorization, and do not study. You have lost status. You are out of status. Source: Department of State. March 2007. ...

exemption

exemption 1 : the act of exempting or state of being exempt 2 : one that exempts or is exempted: as a : an amount of income exempted from taxation that may be deducted from adjusted gross income under the tax laws see also Internal Revenue Code in the Important Laws section compare deduction, exclusion, tax credit de·pen·den·cy exemption [də-pen-dən-sē-] : an exemption that is allowed for each dependent who qualifies under the tax laws (as sections 151 and 152 of the Internal Revenue Code) NOTE: Under the federal income tax laws, the dependency exemption is allowed for each dependent whose gross income is less than the exemption or who is a child of the taxpayer and is under 19 or a student under 24. per·son·al exemption : an exemption that is allowed for the taxpayer or for the taxpayer and spouse if filing a joint return b : the right created by federal and state laws to exempt specified types of property from a bankruptcy estate [pre...

Ornithologist

One skilled in ornithology a student of ornithology one who describes birds...

Collegian

A member of a college particularly of a literary institution so called a student in a college...

clerk

clerk 1 : an official responsible (as to a court) for correspondence, records, and accounts and having specified powers or authority (as to issue writs) [a city ] [ of court] 2 a : a person employed to keep records or accounts or to perform general office work b : a person (as a law student or graduate) employed by an attorney or judge to assist with case-related tasks (as research) compare paralegal clerk·ship n vi : to act or work as a clerk [ed for a Supreme Court justice] ...

Correspondence school

A school that teaches by correspondence the instruction being based on printed instruction sheets and the recitation papers written by the student in answer to the questions or requirements of these sheets In the broadest sense of the term correspondence school may be used to include any educational institution or department for instruction by correspondence as in a university or other educational bodies but the term is commonly applied to various educational institutions organized on a commercial basis some of which offer a large variety of courses in general and technical subjects conducted by specialists...

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