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How to Replace a Lost or Stolen Passport
If your passport is or , you should fill out a Form DSP-11 passport application and submit this form in person to your nearest passport acceptance facility. You are required to know the passport number or issuance date to apply for a new ...
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The Visa Waiver Pilot Program
The Visa Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP) enables citizens of participating countries to travel to the U.S. for tourism or business for 90 days or less without obtaining a U.S. visa. The VWPP is authorized through April 30, 2000. The Visa Waiver Pilot ...
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Highlights of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRAIRA) of 1996: Tolerance No More
For many years, the debate in our country over immigration law and policy has raged throughout the land. How shrilly, stridently, and acrimoniously this argument reverberated, and what remedies were suggested for perceived problems has depended ...
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What is the Affidavit of Support?
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) provided that a family-based immigrant or an employment-based immigrant (if a relative of the alien is the petitioner or owns significant interest in the petitioning ...
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Notaries, Immigration and the Law
Some people in Florida are confused as to what services a Latin American notary public -- "notaria," "consultoria" or "notario publico" -- can provide regarding immigration matters. In fact, these persons are not attorneys unless properly licensed ...
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Doing Business in the United States? Nonimmigrant Visa Categories Commonly Used by International Corporations
Foreign nationals must engage in an "acceptable" B-1 activity relating to business. Generally, engaging in productive work is not permissible. The principal benefit of the business activity must accrue to the foreign national or corporate entity ...
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The New Deal: H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa
As we have previously reported, the H-1B nonimmigrant visa for specialty occupations was unavailable for much of 1998, because the numerical cap of 65,000, was reached on May 11, 1998. Recently, a new bill was signed into law which provides a ...
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International Adoptions
The State Department -- Provide information about international adoption in foreign countries -- Provide general information about U.S. visa requirements for international adoption -- Make inquiries of the U.S. consular section abroad regarding ...
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Tips for United States Visas: Business and Pleasure
Visitors - Business and Pleasure Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must first obtain a visa, either a nonimmigrant visa for temporary stay, or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. The "visitor ...
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Frequently Asked Immigration Questions
1. Can my attorney's office call the INS Service Center regarding my case? Can my attorney get the INS to expedite my case? 2. I heard that if I contact my senator, they can get the INS to expedite my case; is this true? 3. How can I get my case ...