Visa terms starting with A

26 terms

  1. 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…
  2. Adjust Status 1) to change from a nonimmigrant visa status or other status; or, 2) to adjust the status of a permanent resident (green card holder).
  3. Adjustment of Status An alien in the United States with a non-immigrant visa may adjust status to become a Legal Permanent Resident by filing a Form I-864.
  4. Administrative processing Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a consular officer.
  5. Admission Entry into the United States is authorized by a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.
  6. 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)…
  7. Advance Parole Permission to return to the United States after travel abroad. Advance parole must be granted by DHS prior to leaving the United States.
  8. Advisory Opinion An opinion regarding a point of law from the Office of Visa Services in the Department of State, Washington, D.C.
  9. Advisory Opinion (“J” Visa) Waiver of Foreign Residence Requirement, INA 212(e) A J-1 visa holder's DS 2019 or IAP 66 form will have a statement in the bottom left hand corner of the form, as follows: “Bearer (is or is not) subject…
  10. Affidavit of Support (AOS) A document promising that the person who completes it will support an applicant financially in the United States.
  11. Affidavit of Support (AoS; I-864) This form is absolutely essential to a complete application, and is filled out by the petitioner and, in some cases, joint sponsors.
  12. Affiliated Associated or controlled by the same owner or authority.
  13. Age Out A child must be unmarried and under the age of 21, as defined in U.S. immigration law.
  14. Agent Agent means any individual, other than a broker-dealer, who represents a broker-dealer or issuer in effecting or attempting to effect purchases or sales…
  15. Alien A foreign-born person who has not qualified as a citizen of the country.
  16. Allotment An area of land where one or more livestock operators graze their livestock. Allotments generally consist of BLM lands but may also include other…
  17. AOS OBSOLETE. Airborne Optical Sensor.
  18. 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…
  19. Applying for a Visa for CSPA purposes, applying for a visa generally means that the applicant submitted the completed DS-230 (Part I).
  20. Appointment Package The letter and documents that tell an applicant of the date of the immigrant visa interview.
  21. Approval Date The date when the petition was approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS, formerly INS, BCIS).
  22. Approval Notice Notice of Action, Form I-797, issued by DHS, USCIS that says that USCIS has approved a petition, or request for extension of stay or change of status.
  23. Arrival/Departure Card Also known as Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record. Effective May 25, 2013, a new electronic I-94 process was fully implemented at air and sea…
  24. Assets What a firm or individual owns.
  25. Asylee A person who cannot return to his home country because of a well-founded fear of persecution.
  26. Attorney of Record The principal attorney in a lawsuit who signs all formal documents relating to the suit. In pro se cases, the party signs such documents.