| Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Availability of Native Workers - Business Necessity |
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| In determining whether sufficient native workers exist to meet the needs of an employer who has applied for alien labor certification, the Department of Labor (DOL) must often determine whether the employer's job requirements are unduly restrictive. A finding that job requirements are unduly restrictive leads the DOL to deny the application for alien labor certification unless the requirements are justified by business necessity. More... |
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| Visa Denials For Lack Of Strong Ties To Home Country |
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| United States law presumes that aliens who wish to travel to the U.S. intend to stay in the U.S. permanently rather than temporarily. For this reason, aliens who want to visit the U.S. temporarily must prove that the purpose of their trip is temporary before U.S. consular officers will issue nonimmigrant visas.
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Immigrants - Interagency Taskforce on United States Coast Guard |
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| The United States Coast Guard, now a part of the Department of Homeland Security, has a complex role in the federal government. As one of the five military organizations, the Coast Guard has traditionally been charged with safeguarding critical maritime interests. In 1999, President Clinton set up an interagency task force to review the Coast Guard's roles and missions and to provide recommendations for its operation for the following 20 years. More... |
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| Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas |
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| A legal immigrant is a citizen of a country other than the United States who has received the permission of the U.S. government to reside and work permanently in the U.S. The U.S. has an annual cap on the number of immigrants, excluding certain types of immigrants, who may receive immigrant visas each year. The law then creates preferential classes of immigrants. More... |
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| The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) |
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| The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act) is a federal law proposed in the United States Senate that would change current immigration laws to be more favorable to aliens who were minors and who have been educated in the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives has proposed a bill along the same lines, and it is called the Student Adjustment Act.
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