Immigration Attorneys
Federal immigration law determines
whether a person is an alien, and associated legal rights, duties, and
obligations of aliens in the United States. It also provides means by
which certain aliens can become naturalized citizens with full rights
of citizenship. Immigration law serves as a gatekeeper for the nation's
border: it determines who may enter, how long they may stay and when they
must leave.
For INA purposes, an "alien" is any person who is not a citizen or a
national of the United States. There are different categories of aliens:
resident and nonresident, immigrant and nonimmigrant, documented and undocumented
("illegal").
The goals in immigration policies are achieved by granting or denying
visas. There are two types of visas: immigrant and nonimmigrant. Nonimmigrant
visas are primary issued to tourists and temporary business visitors.
Nonimmigrant visas are divided into eighteen main categories, and the
number of visas in most categories is not limited. Only a few categories
of non-immigrant visas allow their holders work in the United States.
Immigrant visas permit their holders to stay in the United States permanently
and ultimately to apply for citizenship. An alien who has an immigrant
visa is permitted to work in the United States. Congress limits the overall
number of immigrant visas, which were 675,000 in 1995. Many immigrant
visas are also subject to per-country caps.
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