Employer
Sanctions
The employer sanctions provision of the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986 prohibits employers from hiring, recruiting, or referring
for a fee aliens known to be unauthorized to work in the United States.
Violators of the law are subject to a series of civil fines for violations
or criminal penalties when there is a pattern or practice of violations.
Exchange Visitor
An alien coming temporarily to the United States as a participant
in a program approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of
teaching, instructing or lecturing, studying, observing, conducting
research, consulting, demonstrating special skills, or receiving training.
Exclusion
Prior to the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996, exclusion was the formal term for denial of an alien’s
entry into the United States. The decision to exclude an alien was
made by an immigration judge after an exclusion hearing.
Expedited Removal
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 authorized the INS to quickly
remove certain inadmissible aliens from the United States. The authority
covers aliens who are inadmissible because they have no entry documents
or because they have used counterfeit, altered, or otherwise fraudulent
or improper documents. The authority covers aliens who arrive in,
attempt to enter, or have entered the United States without having
been admitted or paroled by an immigration officer at a port-of-entry.
The INS has the authority to order the removal, and the alien is not
referred to an immigration judge except under certain circumstances
after an alien makes a claim to legal status in the United States
or demonstrates a credible fear of persecution if returned to his
or her home country.
Fiance of U.S. Citizen
A nonimmigrant alien coming to the United States to conclude a valid
marriage with a U.S. citizen
within ninety days after entry.
Foreign Government Official
As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily
to the United States who has been accredited by a foreign government
to function as an ambassador, public minister, career diplomatic or
consular officer, other accredited official, or an attendant, servant
or personal employee of an accredited official, and all above aliens’
spouses and unmarried minor (or dependent) children.
Foreign Information Media Representative
As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily
to the United States as a bona fide representative of foreign press,
radio, film, or other foreign information media and the alien’s
spouse and unmarried minor (or dependent) children.
Foreign State of Chargeability
The independent country to which an immigrant entering under the
preference system is accredited. No more than 7 percent of the family-sponsored
and employment-based visas may be issued to natives of any one independent
country in a fiscal year. No one dependency of any independent country
may receive more than 2 percent of the family-sponsored and employment-based
visas issued. Since these limits are based on visa issuance rather
than entries into the United States, and immigrant
visas are valid for 6 months, there is not total correspondence
between these two occurrences. Chargeability is usually determined
by country of birth.
