Immediate
Relatives
Certain immigrants who because of their close relationship to U.S.
citizens are exempt from the numerical limitations imposed on immigration
to the United States. Immediate relatives are: spouses
of citizens, children (under 21 years of age and unmarried) of
citizens, and parents of citizens 21 years of age or older.
Immigrant
See Permanent Resident Alien.
Immigration Judge
An attorney appointed by the Attorney General to act as an administrative
judge within the Executive Office for Immigration Review. They are
qualified to conduct specified classes of proceedings, including removal
proceedings.
INA - The Immigration and Nationality Act.
Immigration and Nationality Act
The Act (INA), which, along with other immigration laws, treaties,
and conventions of the United States, relates to the immigration,
temporary admission, naturalization, and removal of aliens.
Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986
Public Law 99-639 (Act of 11/10/86), which was passed in order to
deter immigration-related marriage fraud. Its major provision stipulates
that aliens deriving their immigrant status based on a marriage of
less than two years are conditional immigrants. To remove their conditional
status the immigrants must apply at an Immigration
and Naturalization Service office during the 90-day period before
their second-year anniversary of receiving conditional status. If
the aliens cannot show that the marriage through which the status
was obtained was and is a valid one, their conditional immigrant status
may be terminated and they may become deportable.
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986
Public Law 99-603 (Act of 11/6/86), which was passed in order to
control and deter illegal immigration to the United States. Its major
provisions stipulate legalization of undocumented aliens who had been
continuously unlawfully present since 1982, legalization of certain
agricultural workers, sanctions for employers who knowingly hire undocumented
workers, and increased enforcement at U.S. borders.
Inadmissible
An alien seeking admission at a port of entry who does not meet the
criteria in the INA for admission. The alien may be placed in removal
proceedings or, under certain circumstances, allowed to withdraw his
or her application for admission.
Industrial Trainee - See Temporary Worker.
International Representative
As a nonimmigrant visa class of admission, an alien coming temporarily
to the United States as a principal or other accredited representative
of a foreign government (whether officially recognized or not recognized
by the United States) to an international organization, an international
organization officer or employee, and all above aliens’ spouses
and unmarried minor (or dependent) children.
Intracompany Transferee
An alien, employed for at least one continuous year out of the last
three by an international firm or corporation, who seeks to enter
the United States temporarily in order to continue to work for the
same employer, or a subsidiary or affiliate, in a capacity that is
primarily managerial, executive, or involves specialized knowledge,
and the alien’s spouse and minor unmarried children.
IRCA - See Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986.
