| Grounds for Removal - Criminal Offenses |
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| Grounds for removal -- criminal offensesMore... |
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| Immigrants - Farmworkers - Special Agricultural Workers - Temporary and Permanent Resident Status |
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| The special agricultural worker (SAW) program applied to aliens who could establish that they worked in seasonal agricultural services for a certain period of time. Of the three legalization programs initiated in the Immigration and Reform Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), the SAW program offered the clearest benefits to mere applicants, temporary residents approved under its provisions, and, later, to lawful permanent residents who entered the United States in the SAW program.More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Schedule B Occupations |
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| The United States Department of Labor is charged with issuing labor certifications to certain aliens who wish to migrate permanently to the U.S. For example, most immigrants who hold advanced degrees or exceptional abilities, who hold bachelor's degrees, who have at least two years' experience as skilled workers, and who will work as unskilled workers in areas for which there are no qualified workers in the U.S. must obtain labor certifications as prerequisites to the issuance of their visas.More... |
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| US-VISIT and Exit Procedures |
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| With security concerns on the rise, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has implemented an official entry procedure for aliens traveling to the U.S. with nonimmigrant visas, and it is testing an official exit procedure, as well. The programs apply only to aliens who hold nonimmigrant, that is, temporary, visas, and they are designed both to expedite travel and to improve homeland security.More... |
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| Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Availability of Native Workers - Business Necessity |
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| In determining whether sufficient native workers exist to meet the needs of an employer who has applied for alien labor certification, the Department of Labor (DOL) must often determine whether the employer's job requirements are unduly restrictive. A finding that job requirements are unduly restrictive leads the DOL to deny the application for alien labor certification unless the requirements are justified by business necessity.More... |
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