| Controlling Alien Admission-Immigrants - Administrative-Consul Issuance and Validity of Immigrant Visas |
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| A United States consul is authorized to issue an immigrant visa after an applicant has met all of the prerequisites for issuance and after the consul is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for admission to the U.S. More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Humanitarian Parole |
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| Parole is a procedure whereby an inadmissible alien is permitted to enter the United States for a temporary period due to some type of emergency situation. Humanitarian parole is authorized by § 212 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA), which gives discretionary authority to the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to parole aliens into the United States on a case-by-case basis for "urgent humanitarian reasons" or "significant public benefit." Humanitarian parole is only available to aliens who are outside the United States. More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Applicability of Restrictions - Persons - Present and Former U.S. Citizens and Nationals |
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| Immigration laws are designed to control alien admission into the United States. For immigration purposes, the term "aliens" encompasses everyone who is not either a U.S. citizen or national. However, everyone attempting to enter the U.S. is, by statute, deemed to be an alien until proven otherwise, so even U.S. citizens and nationals must prove their status when they seek to enter the country. Former U.S. citizens and nationals, however, are subject to U.S. immigration laws.
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| United States Citizenship & Immigration Services |
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| Most people think of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) when they think of the government agency that handles immigration issues. The INS, however, was abolished by the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Its responsibility for immigration services was replaced, effective March 1, 2003, by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS). More... |
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| Alien Rights - Legal Representation and Access to Courts |
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| An alien's legal rights depend on whether or not the alien is within or outside of the United States' jurisdiction. In the United States, there is a federal law that provides that each person within the jurisdiction of the United States has equal access to the country's legal system. As long as an alien is on United States soil, he or she is a person within the United States' jurisdiction.
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