| 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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| Penalties for Failure to Depart |
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| Section 243 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) provides that an alien subject to a final order of removal must leave the United States pursuant to the terms of the removal order. More... |
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| Nonimmigrants - Visa Types - Students - Academic - F - Eligibility |
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| Two types of visas are offered to permit students to study in the United States temporarily: "F" visas, which are designed for academic studies or language training, and "M" visas, which are provided for nonacademic or vocational studies. Only certain schools may be approved for academic attendance by foreign nationals, and there are strict limitations on who may attend public schools.
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| Loss of Citizenship for U.S. Born Citizens |
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| This article focuses on the loss of citizenship, which is also referred to as "denaturalization" when the loss is of a naturalized citizenship. For citizens born in the United States, the only ways that citizenship can be lost are through an affirmative action on the part of the citizen to renounce his or her citizenship or through the committing of several actions listed in § 349 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA). U.S. citizens who lose their citizenship are said to be "expatriated." More... |
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