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Immigration Terminology Flashcards

Translation and Explanation of Terms

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Translate to Portuguese

Accompanying

A type of visa in which family members travel with the principal
applicant, (in immigrant visa cases, within six months of issuance of an immigrant
visa to the principal applicant).

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Acompanhante

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Adjust Status

1) To change from a nonimmigrant visa status or other status 2)
To adjust the status of a permanent resident (green card holder).

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Ajuste de status

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Translate

Administrative processing

Some visa applications require further administrative
processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a
Consular Officer. Applicants are advised of this requirement when they apply.

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Processo administrativo

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Admission

Entry into the U.S. is authorized by a DHS, Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) officer. When you come from abroad and first arrive in the U.S.,
the visa allows you to travel to the port-of entry and request permission to enter
the U.S. Admission or, entering the U.S. by non-U.S. citizens must be authorized
by a CBP officer at the port-of-entry, who determines whether you can enter and
how long you can stay here, on any particular visit. If you are allowed to enter, how
long you can stay and the immigration classification you are given is shown as a
recorded date or Duration of Status (D/S) on Form I-94, Arrival Departure Record,
or Form I-94W, if arriving on the Visa Waiver Program. If you want to stay longer
than the date authorized, you must request permission from the DHS, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

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Admissão

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Adopted Child

An unmarried child under age 21, who was adopted while under
the age of sixteen, and who has been in legal custody and lived with the adopting
parent(s) for at least two years. These rules do not apply to orphans adopted by
American Citizens.

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Criança adotada

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Advance Parole

Permission to return to the U.S. after travel abroad granted by
DHS prior to leaving the U.S. The following categories of people may need
advance parole: people on a K-1 visa, asylum applicants, parolees, people with
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and some people trying to adjust status, while
in the U.S. If these people do not apply for advance parole before they leave the
U.S., they may be unable to return.

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Liberdade condicional antecipada

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Advisory Opinion

An opinion regarding a point of law from the Office of Visa
Services in the Department of State, Washington, D.C. This opinion would be in answer to a question from an embassy or consulate about interpretation of immigration law or in response to a request of review of the legal correctness of a
visa refusal of an applicant or his/her representative.

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Parecer consultivo

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Affidavit of Support

A document promising that the person who completes it will
support an applicant financially in the U.S. Family and certain employment
immigration cases require the I-864 Affidavit of Support, which is legally binding.
All other cases use the I-134 Affidavit of Support.

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Declaração de apoio financeiro

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Agent

In immigrant visa processing, the applicant selects a person who receives
all correspondence regarding the case and pays the immigrant visa application
processing fee. The agent can be the applicant, the petitioner or another person
selected by the applicant and listed on the Form DS-3032, Agent of Choice and
Address.

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Agente

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Alien

A foreign national who is not a U.S. citizen.

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Estrangeiro

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Allotment

The allocation of an immigrant number to a consular office or to
USCIS. This number may be used for visa issuance or adjustment of status.

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Quota

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AOS

Affidavit of Support, Form I-864. A document promising that the person who
completes it will support an applicant financially in the U.S. Family and certain
employment immigration cases require the I-864 Affidavit of Support, which is
legally binding. All other cases use the
I-134 Affidavit of Support.

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AOS (Declaração de apoio financeiro)

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Applicant (Visa)

A foreign citizen who is applying for a nonimmigrant or
immigrant U.S. visa. The visa applicant may also be referred as a beneficiary for
petition based visas.

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Requerente (Visto)

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Appointment Package

The letter and documents that tell an applicant of the
date of the immigrant visa interview. It includes forms that the applicant must
complete before the interview and instructions for how to get everything ready for
the interview.

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Pacote de notificação da entrevista

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Approval Notice

A DHS, USCIS immigration form, Notice of Action, Form I-797
that says that USCIS has approved a petition, or request for extension of stay or
change of status.

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Aviso de aprovação

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Asylee

A person who cannot return to his home country because of a wellfounded
fear of persecution. An application for asylum is made in the U.S. to the
DHS.

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Asilado(a)

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Arrival-Departure Card

Also known as Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record. The
DHS, CBP official at the port-of-entry gives foreign visitors (all non-U.S. citizens)
an Arrival-Departure Record, (a small white card) when they enter the U.S.
Recorded on this card is the immigrant classification and the authorized period of
stay in the U.S. This is either recorded as a date or the entry of D/S, meaning
duration of status. It is important to keep this card safe because it shows the
length of time you are permitted and authorized by the DHS to stay in the U.S. It is
best kept stapled with your passport, kept in a safe place. The visitors return the I-
94 card when they leave the country. The I-94W, Nonimmigrant Visa Waiver
Arrival-Departure Record (green card) is for travelers on the Visa Waiver Program.

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Cartão de chegada e de partida

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Translate to Potuguese

This is a continued preliminary hearing before immigration judge..

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Esta é uma continuação da audiência preliminar perante a juíza de imigração…

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Translate

Are you filing an I-130?

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Você está dando entrada ao registro de
I-130?

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Translate

Respondent

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Respondente/ Réu

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I will set for a hearing in about…

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Irei marcar uma audiência daqui a cerca de…

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An asylum application on file

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Um pedido de asilo registrado

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I will be happy to look at an adjustment

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Terei prazer em considerar uma retificação.

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Homeland Security

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Segurança Interna

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I will hold the hearing and you could be ordered removed to…

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Vou manter a audiência e é possível que seja ordenada a sua remoção
para…

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Make sure you file that form within 5 days from your change of address.

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Certifique-se de apresentar esse formulário dentro de 5 dias a partir de sua mudança de endereço.

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Case is adjourned

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O caso está encerrado

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I will waive their appearances for the next hearing…

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Vou dispensar o comparecimento deles até a próxima audiência..

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Does your client have an asylum application pending?

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O seu cliente tem um pedido de asilo pendente?

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It is not wise to do your own filings.

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Não è sabio dar entrada a registros legais por conta propia.

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That filing will start the clock.

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Essa entrada a registros legais irá iniciar a marcação do tempo.

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“Your Honor”

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“Vossa Excelência”/ Meritíssimo

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Typos on application

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Erros de digitação na solicitação

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There is a new policy

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A una nova política/diretriz

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Translate

expungement

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anulacão

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The respondent entered a guilty plea in criminal court

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O entrevistado admitió uma confissão de culpa no tribunal criminal

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Your client concedes the aggravated felony conviction.

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Seu cliente admite a condenação por crime agravado.

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we would request the setting of a Merits Hearing for a future date in order to rule on the application filed by the respondent.

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solicitar de uma Audiência de Mérito para uma data futura, a fim de decidir sobre o pedido apresentado pelo respondente.

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under what gounds

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sob quais motivos

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Criminal Background

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antecedentes criminais

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40
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County Jail

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Prisão do condado

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

DHS is comprised of three main
organizations responsible for immigration policies, procedures, implementation and
enforcement of U.S. laws, and more. These DHS organizations include United States
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Together they provide the basic
governmental framework for regulating the flow of visitors, workers and immigrants to
the U.S. USCIS is responsible for the approval of all immigrant and nonimmigrant
petitions, the authorization of permission to work in the U.S., the issuance of extensions
of stay, change or adjustment of an applicant’s status while the applicant is in the U.S.,
and more. CBP is responsible for admission of all travelers seeking entry into the U.S.,
and determining the length of authorized stay, if the traveler is admitted. Once in the
U.S. the traveler falls under the jurisdiction of DHS.

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Departamento de Segurança Interna (DHS)

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Department of Labor

A cabinet level unit/ministry of U.S. Government that has
responsibility for labor issues. It has responsibility for deciding whether certain foreign
workers can work in the U.S.

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Departamento de Trabalho

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Derivative Status

Getting a status (visa) through another applicant, as provided under
immigration law for certain visa categories. For example, the spouse and children of an
exchange visitor (J Visa holder), would be granted derivative status as a J-2 Visa
holder. Derivative status is only possible if the principal applicant is issued a visa.

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Status derivado

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Diversity Visa Program

The Department of State has an annual lottery for immigration
to the U.S. Up to 55,000 immigrants can enter the U.S. each year from countries with low rates of immigration to the U.S.

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Programa de diversidade de vistos

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Documentarily Qualified

The applicant has obtained all documents specified by the
consular officer as sufficient to meet the formal visa application requirements, and necessary processing procedures of the consular office have been completed.

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Qualificado por documentos

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DOL

U.S. Department of Labor. Hiring foreign workers for employment in the U.S. normally requires approval from several government agencies. First, employers must seek labor certification through the DOL. Once the application is certified (approved), the employer must petition the USCIS for approval of the petition before applying for a visa.

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Departamento de Trabalho (DOL)

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Domicile

Place where a person has his or her principal residence. The person must intend to keep that residence for the foreseeable future. The sponsor of an immigrant must have domicile in the U.S. before the visa can be issued. This generally means that the sponsor must be living in the U.S. In certain circumstances, however one can be considered to have a domicile while living temporarily overseas.

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Domicílio

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Duration of Status

In certain visa categories such as diplomats, students and
exchange visitors, the alien may be admitted into the U.S. for as long as the person is still doing the activity for which the visa was issued, rather than being admitted until a specific departure date. This is called admission for “duration of status”. For students, the time during which a student is in a full course of study plus any authorized practical
training, and following that, authorized time to depart the country, is duration of status.
The length of time depends upon the course of study. For an undergraduate degree this is commonly four years (eight semesters).

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Duração do status

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Exchange Visitor

A foreign citizen coming to the U.S. to participate in a particular
program in education, training, research, or other authorized exchange visitor program.

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Intercambista

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Family First Preference

A category of family immigration (F1) for unmarried sons and daughters of American citizens, and their children.

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Primeira preferência familiar

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Family Second Preference

A category of family immigration (F2) for spouses, children and unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents.

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Segunda preferência familiar

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Family Third Preference

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Terceira preferência familiar

A category of family immigration (F3) for married sons and
daughters of American citizens and their spouses and children. Before 1992 this was known as fourth preference (P-4).

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Family Fourth Preference

A category of family immigration (F4) for brothers and
sisters of American citizens and their spouses and children. The American citizen must be 21 years of age or older before he/she can file the petition. Before 1992 this was known as fifth preference (P-5).

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Quarta preferência familiar

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Fiance(e)

A person who plans or is contracted to marry another person. The foreign fiance(e) of an American citizen may enter the U.S. on a K-1 visa to marry the American citizen.

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Noivo(a)

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First Preference

A category of family immigration (F1) for unmarried sons and
daughters of American citizens and their children

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Primeira preferência

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Following to Join

A type of derivative visa status when the family member gets a visa
after the principal applicant.

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Dependente

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Fourth Preference

A category of family immigration (F4) for brothers and sisters of
American citizens and their spouses and children. The American citizen must be 21 years of age or older before he/she can file a petition. Before 1992 this was known as fifth preference (P-5).

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Quarta preferência

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Full and Final Adoption

A legal adoption in which the child receives all the rights of a
natural born, legitimate child.

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Adoção completa e final

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Green card

A wallet-sized card showing that the person is a lawful permanent resident 44 (immigrant) in the U.S. It is also known as a permanent resident card (PRC), an alien registration receipt card and I-551. It was formerly green in color.

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Cartão verde (cartão de identidade de residente estrangeiro)

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Homeless

Persons from countries that do not have an American Embassy or
Consulate where they can apply for immigrant visas are “homeless”. For example, the U.S. Government does not have an embassy in Iran. Residents of Iran are “homeless” for visa purposes.

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Pessoas sem abrigo

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Household income

The income used to determine whether a sponsor meets the
minimum income requirements under Section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for some immigrant visa cases.

A

Renda familiar

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I-94(W)

The I-94 Arrival/Departure Record fort nonimmigrant travelers or I-94W
(Green) for Visa Waiver Program travelers. When you are admitted the CBP officer at the U.S. port of entry will stamp your passport and issue a completed Form I-94 or I-94W to you, which denotes how long you are legally authorized to stay within the U.S.

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I-94 (W)

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I-551 (Green Card)

Permanent residence card or alien registration receipt card or
“green card.” See Lawful Permanent Resident.

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I-551 (Cartão verde)

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Immediate Relative

Spouse, widow(er) and unmarried children under the age of 21 of
an American citizen. A parent is an immediate relative if the American citizen is 21 years of age or older. There are no numerical limits to immigration of immediate relatives.

A

Parente imediato

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Immigrant visa

A visa for a person who plans to live indefinitely and permanently in
the U.S.

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Visto de imigrante

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Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

American immigration law. The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952, Public Law No. 82-414. The INA has been amended many times over the years, but is still the basic body of immigration law. See INA for additional information.

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Ato de Imigração e Nacionalidade (INA)

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Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

A branch of the Department of Justice that formerly existed and had responsibility for immigration and naturalization. INS was renamed and became part of DHS on March 1, 2003.

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Serviço de Imigração e Naturalização (INS)

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Ineligible/Ineligibility

Immigration law says that certain conditions and actions prevent
a person from entering the U.S. These conditions and activities are called ineligibilities, and the applicant is ineligible for (cannot get) a visa. Examples are: selling drugs, active tuberculosis, being a terrorist, and using fraud to get a visa.

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Inelegível/Inelegibilidade

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In status

It is important to understand the concept of immigration status and the consequences of violating that status. Being aware of the requirements and possible consequences will make it more likely that you can avoid problems with maintaining your status. 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. Those who follow the requirements maintain their status and ensure their ability to remain in the U.S. Those who do not follow the requirements violate their status and are considered “out of status”. For more information see “Out of Status” below. In Status means you are in compliance with the requirements of your visa type under immigration law. For example, you are a foreign student who entered the U.S. on a student visa. If you are a full time student and pursuing your course of study, and are not engaged in unauthorized employment, you are “in status”. If you work full time in your uncle’s convenience store and do not study, you are “out of status”.

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Status legal

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IV: Immigrant Visa

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IV (visto de imigrante)

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Joint Sponsor

A person who accepts legal responsibility for supporting an immigrant
with an I-864 Affidavit of Support along with the sponsor. The joint sponsor must be at least 18 years of age, an American citizen or lawful permanent resident and have a domicile in the U.S. The joint sponsor and his/her household must have the 125 percent income requirement by itself for the immigrant that he/she sponsors.

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Cofiador

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Jurisdiction

Authority to apply the law in a given territory or region. For example, the INS district office in the area where a person lives has jurisdiction or authority to decide on a fiance(e) petition.

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Jurisdição

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Kentucky Consular Center (KCC)

A U.S. Department of State facility located in Williamsburg, Kentucky. It gives domestic (U.S.) support to the worldwide operations of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office. It manages the Diversity Visa (DV) Program.

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Centro Consular de Kentucky (KCC)

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Labor Certification

The initial stage of the process by which certain foreign workers
get permission to work in the U.S. The employer is responsible for getting the labor certification from the Department of Labor. In general the process works to make sure that the work of foreign workers in the U.S. will not adversely affect job opportunities, wages and working conditions of U.S. workers.

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Certificação de trabalho

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Labor Condition Application (LCA)

A request to the Department of Labor for a foreign worker to work in the U.S.

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Requerimento de condição trabalhista (LCA)

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Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)

A person who has immigrated legally but is not an American citizen. This person has been admitted to the U.S. as an immigrant and has a
Permanent Resident Card, Form I-551 (formerly called Alien Registration Card, also known as green card). It is a wallet-sized card showing that the person is a lawful permanent resident (immigrant) in the U.S. Learn more about Lawful Permanent Residents, including how to replace or renew a Permanent Resident Card, on the
USCIS Website. Learn about requirements for entry into the U.S. on the CBP website. This person may also be called a legal permanent resident, a green card holder, a permanent resident alien, a legal permanent resident alien (LPRA) and resident alien permit holder.

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Residente permanente legal (LPR)

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Lawful Permanent Resident Alien (LPRA): Lawful permanent resident.

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Residente permanente legal estrangeiro (LPRA)

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Laws (Immigration and visa related laws)

The Code of Federal Regulations useful information on the laws regulating U.S. visa policy.

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Leis (leis relacionadas com imigração e visto)

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Legitimation

The legal process which a natural father can use to legally acknowledge
his children who were born out of wedlock (outside of marriage). A legitimated child can be a “child” under immigration law under these conditions:
 the legitimation took place according to the law of the child’s residence or the father’s residence;
 the father proved (established) that he is the child’s natural father;
 the child was under the age of 18; and
 the child was in the legal custody of the father who legitimated the child when the legal process of legitimation took place.

A

Legitimação

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LIFE Act

Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act and amendments. This act of
Congress allows 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 U.S. to complete the processing for their permanent residence. This Act became effective on December 21, 2000.

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Lei LIFE (Ato de Equidade Familiar e Imigração Legal)

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Lose status

To stay in the U.S. longer than the period of time which DHS gave to a
person when he/she entered the U.S., 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.

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Perder o status legal

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Lottery

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Loteria

83
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LPR or LPRA:

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LPR (Residente permanente legal) ou LPRA (Residente permanente legal
estrangeiro)

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Machine Readable Passport (MRP)

A passport which has biographic information entered on the data page according to international specifications. A machine readable passport is required to travel with a visa on the Visa Waiver Program.

A

Passaporte de leitura ótica (MRP)

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Machine Readable Visa (MRV)

A visa that contains biometric information about the passport holder. A visa that immigration officers read with special machines when the
applicants enter the U.S. It gives biographic information about the passport holder and tells the DHS information on the type of visa. It is also called MRV.

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Visto de leitura ótica (MRV)

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Maintain status

To follow the requirements of the visa status and comply with any
limitations on duration of stay.

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Manter o status legal

87
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National Visa Center (NVC)

A Department of State facility located in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire. It supports the worldwide operations of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Visa Office. The NVC processes immigrant visa petitions from the DHS for people who will apply for their immigrant visas at embassies and consulates abroad. It also collects fees associated with immigrant visa processing. Go to the NVC webpage for more information.

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Centro Nacional de Vistos (NVC)

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Q

Native

A person born in a particular country is a native of that country.

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Natural de

89
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Naturalization

A citizen who acquires nationality of a country after birth. That is, the
person did not become a citizen by birth, but by a legal procedure.

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Naturalização

90
Q

Nonimmigrant Visa (NIV)

A U.S. visa allows the bearer, a foreign citizen, to apply to enter the U.S. temporarily for a specific purpose. Nonimmigrant visas are primarily
classified according to the principal purpose of travel. With few exceptions, while in the U.S., nonimmigrants are restricted to the activity or reason for which their visa was issued. Examples of persons who may receive nonimmigrant visas are tourists, student, diplomats and temporary workers.

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Visto de não imigrante (NIV)

91
Q

Notice of Action

A DHS, USCIS immigration form, Notice of Action, Form I-797 that
says that USCIS has received a petition you submitted; taken action, approved a petition or denied a petition.

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Notificação de ação

92
Q

Orphan

A child who has no parents because of death, disappearance, desertion or abandonment of the parents. A child may also be considered an orphan if the child has an unwed mother, or a single living parent who cannot care for the child and has released him/her irrevocably (permanently) for adoption and emigration. Adoptive
parents must make sure that a child meets the legal definition of an “orphan” before adopting a child from another country.

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Órfã(o)

93
Q

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 DHS 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 important to understand the concept of immigration status and the consequences of violating that status. Failure to maintain status can result in arrest, and violators may be required to leave the U.S.
Violation of status also can affect the prospect of readmission to the U.S. for a period of time, by making you ineligible for a visa. Most people who violate the terms of their status are barred from lawfully returning to the U.S. for years.

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Status ilegal

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Overstay

An “Overstay” occurs when a visitor stays longer than permitted as shown on his/her Arrival/Departure (I-94) card. A violation of the CBP defined length of admission may make you ineligible for a visa in the future. See Out of Status.

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Ficar além do tempo permitido

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Q

Permanent Resident (correctly called Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR))

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Residente permanente (corretamente chamado de residente permanente legal (LPR))

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Q

Physical Presence

The place where a person is actually physically located.

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Presença física

97
Q

Polygamy

Having more than one husband or wife at the same time. Polygamy is illegal under American law.

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Poligamia

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Q

Port of Entry

Place (often an airport) where a person requests admission to the U.S.
by the DHS, CBP officer.

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Porto de entrada

99
Q

Post

U.S. Embassy, Consulate or other diplomatic mission abroad. Not all U.S. Embassies, Consulates and missions are visa-issuing posts.

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Posto

100
Q

Poverty Guidelines

The Department of Health and Human Services publishes a list
every year giving the lowest income acceptable for a family of a particular size so that the family does not live in poverty. Consular officers use these figures in immigrant visa cases to determine whether a sponsor’s income is sufficient to support a new immigrant, in accordance with U.S. immigration laws.

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Diretrizes de pobreza

101
Q

Preference Immigration

A system for determining which and when people can immigrate to the U.S. within the limits of immigration set by Congress. In family immigration preference is based on the status of the petitioner (American citizen or lawful permanent resident) and his/her relationship to the applicant.

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Imigração prioritária

102
Q

Principal Applicant

The person named in the petition. For example, an American
citizen may file a petition for his married daughter to immigrate to the U.S. His daughter will be the principal applicant, and her family members will get visas from her position. They will get derivative status. Or a company may file a petition for a worker. The worker is the principal applicant. Family members get derivative status.

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Requerente principal

103
Q

Priority Date

The priority date decides a person’s turn to apply for an immigrant visa. In family immigration the priority date is the date when the petition was filed at a DHS, office or submitted to an Embassy or Consulate abroad. In employment immigration the
priority date may be the date the labor certification application was received by the Department of Labor (DOL).

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Data prioritária

104
Q

Public Charge

Refers to becoming dependent upon the government for the expenses
of living (food, shelter, clothing, etc.). Following U.S. immigration law, an applicant is ineligible for a visa if he/she will be a public charge.

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Encargo público

105
Q

Qualifying date

The date which the Visa Office of the Department of State uses the
qualifying date to determine when to send the Instruction Package to an immigrant visa applicant. The Instruction Package tells the applicant what documents need to be prepared for the immigrant visa application.

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Data de referência

106
Q

Rank Order Number

The number that Kentucky Consular Center gives to the entries
of DV Program (lottery) as the computer selects them. The first entries chosen have the lowest numbers. The Visa Office of the Department of State gives winning entries a chance to apply for immigration according to their rank order number for their region.

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Número de ordem de classificação

107
Q

Re-entry Permit

A travel document that the DHS issues to lawful permanent residents
(LPR’s) who want to stay outside of the U.S. for more than one year and less than two years. LPR’s who cannot get a passport from their country of nationality can also apply for a re-entry permit. You can put visas for foreign countries in a re-entry permit.

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Permissão de readmissão

108
Q

Refugee

A person who has a well-founded fear of persecution if he/she should return to his/her home country. He/she applies to come to the United States in another country and enters the U.S. as a refugee.

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Refugiado(a)

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Returning Residents

Lawful permanent residents who want to return to the U.S. after
staying abroad more than one year or beyond the expiration of their re-entry permits.

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Residentes em regresso

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Revalidation or Renewal of a Visa

Nonimmigrant visa applicants who currently have a visa, and are seeking renewal or revalidation of their visa for future travel to the U.S. must apply abroad, generally in their country of residence. The exception is renewal or revalidation of A, G, and NATO diplomatic and official visas (except A-3, G-5 and NATO-7), which continue to be processed in Washington and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York.

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Revalidação ou renovação de um visto

111
Q

Revocation of a Visa

Cancellation of a visa. The visa is no longer good (valid) for
travel to the U.S.

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Anulaçao/revogação de um visto

112
Q

Second Preference

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Segunda preferência

113
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Section 213A

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Seção 213A

114
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Skills List

The Exchange Visitor Skills List (J Visas) is a list of fields of specialized
knowledge and skills that are deemed necessary for the development of an exchange visitor’s home country. When you agree to participate in an Exchange Visitor Program, if your skill is on your country’s Skills List, you are subject to the two-year foreign residence (home-country physical presence) requirement, which requires you to return
to your home country for two years at the end of your exchange visitor program, under U.S. law.

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Lista de competências

115
Q

Son/daughter

In immigration law, a child becomes a son or daughter when he/she
turns 21 or marries. A son or daughter must have once met the definition of a child in immigration law.

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Filho/filha

116
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Special Agricultural Worker

Farm workers in perishable products who worked for a specified period of time and were able to adjust status to lawful permanent resident according to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.

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Trabalhador agrícola especial

117
Q

Special Immigrant

A special category of immigrant visas (E-4) for persons who lost
their citizenship by marriage; persons who lost citizenship by serving in foreign armed forces, certain foreign medical school graduates, Panama Canal immigrants, and certain others.

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Imigrante especial

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Q

Sponsor

1) A person who fills out and submits an immigration visa petition. Another name for sponsor is petitioner, OR 2) a person who completes an affidavit of support (I-864) for an immigrant visa applicant.

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Fiador(a)

1) Uma pessoa que preenche e envia uma petição de visto de imigração. Outro nome para patrocinador é peticionário, OU 2) uma pessoa que preenche uma declaração juramentada de apoio (I-864) para um solicitante de visto de imigrante.

119
Q

Sponsored Immigrant

An immigrant who has had an affidavit of support filed for
him/her.

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Imigrante com fiador(a)

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Spouse

Spouse: Legally married husband or wife. A co-habiting partner does not qualify as a spouse for immigration purposes. A common-law husband or wife may or may not qualify as a spouse for immigration purposes, depending on the laws of the country where the relationship occurs.

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Cônjuge

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Stepchild

A spouse’s child from a previous marriage or other relationship. In order for a stepchild to be able to immigrate as a “child,” the marriage creating the stepchild/stepparent relationship must have happened before the stepchild was 18 years of age.

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Enteado(a)

122
Q

Surviving Parent

A child’s living parent when the child’s other parent is dead, and the
living parent has not remarried.

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Progenitor sobrevivente

123
Q

Temporary Worker

A foreign worker who will work in the U.S. for a limited period of
time. Some visa classes for temporary workers are H, L, O, P, Q and R. If you are seeking to come to the U.S. for employment as a temporary worker in the U.S. (H, L, O, P, and Q visas), your prospective employer must file a petition with the DHS, USCIS.
This petition must be approved by USCIS before you can apply for a visa.

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Trabalhador temporário

124
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Termination of a Case

If the applicant fails to reply to the inquiry correspondence sent
by their embassy or consulate, termination of their visa application will begin. The embassy or consulate will first send a Follow-up Letter and Instruction Package to the applicant. If the applicant does not answer within one year, a termination letter is sent.
At this point the applicant has one more year to activate the immigrant visa case. If there is no answer in one year, the case is terminated. You can stop termination of a case by notifying the embassy or consulate before the prescribed time period has lapsed, that the applicant does not want the case to be closed (terminated).

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Rescisão de um caso

125
Q

Third Country National

Someone who is not an American and not a citizen of the country in which you are applying for a visa. Suppose you are a Kenyan visiting Mexico. If you apply for a visa to visit the U.S. while you are in Mexico, we will consider you a third country national.

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Nacional de país terceiro

126
Q

Third Preference

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Terceira preferência

127
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Two Year Home-Country Physical Presence Requirement

This refers to (J) exchange visitors who are required to return to their home country for two years at the end of their exchange visitor program, under U.S. immigration law.

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Requisito de presença física no país de origem durante dois anos

128
Q

Upgrade a petition

If you naturalize (become an American citizen) you may ask to
change the petitions you filed for family members when you were a lawful permanent resident (LPR) from one category to another. This is called upgrading. For example, a petition for a spouse will be changed/upgraded from F2 to IR1. That is, the petition
changes from a preference category with numerical limits to an immediate relative category without numerical limits. The applicant no longer has to wait for her/his priority date to be reached. Upgrading a petition sometimes has consequences. A preference petition for a spouse permits derivative status for children. An immediate relative petition does not. You, the petitioner, would need to file separate petitions for each of your children.

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Atualizar uma petição

129
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Visa

A citizen of a foreign country, wishing to enter the U.S., generally must first obtain a visa, either a nonimmigrant visa for temporary stay, or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. Visa applicants will need to apply overseas, at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate, generally in their country of permanent residence. The type of visa you must have is defined by immigration law, and relates to the purpose of your travel. A visa allows a foreign citizen to travel to the U.S. port-of entry, and request permission of the U.S. immigration inspector to enter the U.S. Issuance of a visa does not guarantee entry to the U.S. The CBP Officer at the port-of-entry determines whether you can be admitted and decides how long you can stay for any particular visit.

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Visto

130
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Visa Expiration Date

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Data de validade do visto

131
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Visa Numbers

Congress establishes the amount of immigration each year.
Immigration for immediate relatives is unlimited; however, preference categories are limited. To distribute the visas fairly among all categories of immigration, the Visa Office in the Department of State distributes the visas by providing visa numbers according to preference and priority date.

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Números de vistos

132
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Visa Validity

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Validade do visto

133
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Visa Waiver Program (VWP)

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Programa de isenção de vistos (VWP)

134
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Voluntary Service Program

An organized project that a religious or nonprofit charitable organization does to provide help to the poor or needy or to further a religious or charitable cause. Participants may be eligible for B visas.

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Programa de serviço voluntário

SCSI Immigration Proceedings (4 decks)

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