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T nonimmigrant status, commonly referred to as a T visa, is a nonimmigrant status allowing certain victims of human trafficking (which includes both labor trafficking and sex trafficking) and immediate family members to remain and work temporarily in the United States, typically if they report the crime to law enforcement, and agree to help them in the investigation and/or prosecution of the ...
TN holders (and any dependents) are not required to leave the U.S. as soon as the TN status expires or the job is terminated; there is a formal grace period of 10 days at end of authorization to "depart the United States or take other actions to extend, change, or otherwise maintain lawful status" and a grace period of up to 60 consecutive days ...
EB-5 visa (with path to Lawful Permanent Resident status) I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status [35] Beneficiary must self-petition: $3750 (+ biometric services fee of $85) Dallas Lockbox: Yes, via ELIS: EB-5 visa (with path to Lawful Permanent Resident status) I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant ...
[1] [2] [3] The form supersedes and replaces several other forms such as DS-156, DS-157, DS-158, and DS-3032, that were previously used for some kinds of nonimmigrant visa applications, so that now all nonimmigrant visa applications must use Form DS-160, [1] though the older paper-based Form DS-156 may be used instead in some exceptional ...
Section 1254a: Temporary protected status Section 1254b: Collection of fees under temporary protected status program Section 1255: Adjustment of status of nonimmigrant to that of person admitted for permanent residence Section 1255a: Adjustment of status of certain entrants before January 1, 1982, to that of person admitted for lawful residence
CIS has an Alien File (A-File) for all aliens (people who are not United States citizens) who have had contact with any of the U.S. immigration agencies. This includes people who have visited in non-immigrant status as well as lawful permanent residents. CIS can be used as a reference for a person's immigration history.
Legal immigration visas should not be confused with temporary work permits. Permits for seasonal labor (about 285,000 in 2008) or students (about 917,000 in 2008) [33] generally do not permit conversion to immigrant status. Even those who are legally authorized to work temporarily in the United States (such as H1-B workers) must apply for ...
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.