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AC-21: The American Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century Act
AP: Advance Parole
AR-11: Alien's Change of Address Form
ASC: Application Support Center
CSC: California Service Center
EB: Employment-Based Immigration Category
EAD: Employment Authorization Document
FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation
GC: Green Card
G-731: Inquiry About Status of I-551, Alien Registration Card
I-131: Application for Travel Document
I-140: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
I-485: Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
I-551: Green Card
I-765: Application for Employment Authorization
I-90: Application to Replace Permanent Residence Card
I-9: Employment Eligibility Verification
InfoPass: USCIS appointment system i-EAD: Interim EAD
KCC: Kentucky Consular Center
LC: Labor Certification
MSC: Missouri National Benefits Center
MTR: Motion to Reopen
NCSC: National Customer Service Center
NSC: Nebraska Service Center
N-400: Application for Naturalization
N-470: Application to Preserve Residence for Naturalization Purposes
PD: Priority Date
PERM Processing: Program Electronic Review Management
PFI: Pre-Flight Inspection
POE: Point of Entry
RFE: Request for Evidence
SB-1: Returning Resident Alien
SS: Social Security
TSC: Texas Service Center
TD: NAFTA Professional Dependant visa
TN: NAFTA Professional visa
USCIS: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
VSC: Vermont Service Center
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A# or 'A' Number - Alien Registration number. An A# is issued to all aliens
applying for permanent residence
ACWIA - American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998
Adjustment of Status - The change from nonimmigrant to Lawful Permanent
Resident
Advance Parole - Document required to leave the U.S. while adjustment to
lawful permanent resident is pending
Affidavit of Support - Signed and notarized document which makes sponsor
financially responsible for the beneficiary.
AILA - American Immigration Lawyers Association
AOS - Adjustment of Status (the process to become a Green Card Holder /
Permanent Resident)
Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) - Card stamped by INS when you arrive, shows
how long you can stay in the United States. It is a small white card.
ASC - Application Support Center
BCIS - Stands for "Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services." This name
is no longer used. The current name is "United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services" or USCIS.
BIA - Board of Immigrant Appeals
Change of Status - The switch from one visa type for another.
CIS - "Citizenship and Immigration Services" -- shorter version of BCIS or
USCIS.
CSC - California Service Center
DHS - Department of Homeland Security
DOL - Department of Labor
DOS - Department of State
E Visa - Visa for investors and traders.
EB-1 - Employment-based immigration category for aliens of extraordinary
ability.
EB-2 - Employment-based immigration category for aliens with advanced degrees
or exceptional ability.
EB-3 - Employment-based immigration category for aliens with bachelor's
degrees. Most immigrants become residents through this category.
EOIR - Executive Office of Immigration Review
F-1 - Student Visa.
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
Green Card - Document showing lawful permanent residence.
H-1B - Visa for temporary skilled workers.
H-1B Cap - Annual limit on number of H-1B visas issued (Currently 195,000).
H-4 - visa for family members of H-1B visa holder.
INA - Immigration and Nationality Act
INS - Stands for "Immigration and Naturalization Service." This was the
immigration processing and enforcement bureau before the Department of
Homeland Security was created. The current immigration processing and
enforcement bureau is called the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or
USCIS. The USCIS is a part of the Department of Homeland Security.
IRS - Internal Revenue Service
ISD - Immigrant Services Division
J-1 - Visa for doctors and researcher- usually tied to some sort of research
grant or exchange program.
L Visa - Visa for employees transferred from foreign office to U.S. office
Labor Condition Application (LCA) - Document indicating the prevailing wage in
an area
Labor Certification - involved process through which the U.S. Department of
Labor gives authorization for an alien to immigrate.
MSC - Formerly the "Missouri Service Center" but now called the "National
Benefits Center" or NBC.
NBC - National Benefits Center (formerly the "Missouri Service Center").
National Interest Waiver (NIW) - Immigrant visa for outstanding aliens who are
in the top of their field. Click here for more on the NIW.
NSC - Nebraska Service Center
NPRM - Notice of Proposed Rule Making
O-1 Visa - Visa for highly acclaimed individual with extraordinary ability in
the Sciences, Education, Business, or Athletics.
O-2 Visa - Visa for those accompanying or assisting the O-1 visa holder
OPP - Office of Policy and Programs
P-1 Visa - Visa for entertainers and athletes
P-2 Visa - Visa for those accompanying or assisting the P-1 visa holder, as
well as entertainers and athletes admitted through a reciprocal exchange
program and their staff.
Practical Training - One year work authorization for F-1 students who have
terminated studies
Priority Date - Date assigned to aliens for processing of green card. The INS
will not process an immigrant petition until the date is current. Click here
for an explanation on how the priority date is determined.
RFE - Request for Evidence. This is a letter the INS uses to request
additional information on a pending case.
SSA - Social Security Administration
TN Visa - Visa for temporary workers authorized under schedule 2 of NAFTA
TSC (two acronyms) - Texas Service Center OR Terrorist Screening Center
US-VISIT - The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
(US-VISIT) program. A border entry/exit system for travelers to the U.S. using
biometric identifiers.
USCIS - Stands for "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services." The current
immigration benefits processing and enforcement entity of the United States.
VSC - Vermont Service Center
VWP - Visa Waiver Program. Allows visitors to the U.S. from certain countries
to enter the U.S. using only a passport [the visa requirement waived]. The
Visa Waiver Program includes the following 27 countries: Andorra, Austria,
Australia, Belgium, Brunei, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, and The United Kingdom (for citizens with the unrestricted right
of permanent abode in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and the Isle of Man). For further information about the Visa Waiver
Program, see the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website at
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