Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Visa applicants sometimes receive either a B-1 (temporary visitor for business) or a B-2 (temporary visitor for pleasure) visa, if their reason for travel is specific enough that the consular officer does not feel they qualify for combined B-1/B-2 status. [123] Holders may also attend short non-credit courses.
In 1990, as part of the Immigration Act of 1990 ("IMMACT"), P.L. 101–649, Congress established a procedure by which the Attorney General may provide temporary protected status to immigrants in the United States who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country because of ongoing armed conflict, an environmental disaster, or other extraordinary and temporary conditions.
If the case is approved, an immigrant visa is issued by the U.S. embassy or consulate. The visa entitles the holder to travel to the United States as an immigrant. At the port of entry, the immigrant visa holder immediately becomes a permanent resident, and is processed for a permanent resident card and receives an I-551 stamp in their passport.
Shu says Temporary Protective Status enacted in 1990 under George H.W. Bush was intended to be short-term and to help individuals from countries experiencing issues such as civil war or famine.
The status prevents them from being deported and grants them work authorization, which critics argue takes jobs away from Americans and drains taxpayer resources associated with welfare services ...
The Trump Administration is revoking temporary protected status for more than 600,000 Venezuelan migrants across the US, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday morning. The ...
Adjustment of status in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) of the United States refers to the legal process of conferring permanent residency upon any alien who is a refugee, asylee, nonpermanent resident, conditional entrant, [1] parolee, and others physically present in the United States.
Eligible Venezuelans will be able to live in the United States with Temporary Protected Status for another 18 months, the Biden administration announced Monday, although Venezuelans who have ...