| Grounds for Inadmissibility into United States - Miscellaneous |
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| Certain people are "inadmissible" for purposes of entry into the United States, either as an immigrant or as a visitor. There are several broad categories of inadmissibility and then there are several "miscellaneous" grounds. These include polygamy and child abduction. More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Alien Rights - SAVE Program - |
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| The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program, also known as the SAVE Program, provides a uniform method for employers to verify whether newly hired employees are authorized to work in the United States. Federal legislation required the initiation of three pilot programs relating to employment verification. Although two of these programs have ended, the Basic Pilot is still in effect. In fact, the Basic Pilot was recently extended through lat 2008. The same legislation that extended the Basic Pilot also mandated its expansion to all 50 states by the end of 2004.
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| Controlling Alien Admission-Immigrants - Administrative-Consul Consideration of Visa Applications and Refusals of Visas |
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| United States immigration law grants consular officers exclusive authority to consider immigrant visa applications. No formal hearing is required, and most of the procedures are determined by individual U.S. consulates and embassies. For instance, consulate procedure dictates both how the immigrant interview proceeds and whether an attorney or other representative will be allowed to attend the interview. More... |
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| Visa Types - Canadian And Mexican Trade Visas - NAFTA-TN |
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| Canadian and Mexicans who wish to trade in the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) or the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement may be eligible to enter using TN nonimmigrant visas. The purpose of the U.S. trip must be to carry on business activities at a professional level, and the trip must be temporary in nature.
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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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