| Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Adverse Effect on U.S. Labor |
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| When an employer applies for labor certification for an alien, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) evaluates, among other things, whether alien labor will adversely affect the U.S. labor market. Specifically, the DOL certifying officer considers whether wages and working conditions will be affected for similarly employed native U.S. workers. Generally speaking, if the alien's wage or working conditions would be less favorable than those typically offered to U.S. workers, the application for labor certification is denied.More... |
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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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| 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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| Nonimmigrants - Visa Types - Business or Pleasure Visitors -Border Crossing Cards |
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| For business and visitor travel to the United States, both citizens and permanent residents of Mexico must have nonimmigrant Border Crossing Cards (BCC), also known as laser visas, which are machine-readable, biometric visas typically issued to Mexican visitors to the U.S. BCCs are issued to both business and pleasure travelers.More... |
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| Immigrants - Employment-Based Visas -EB-4/Special Immigrant Religious Workers |
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| United States immigration law uses an annual limitation on the number of most permanent admittees, that is, immigrants, who may enter the country. Central to the U.S. immigration system is the use of a preference system to allocate the available visas. One of the predominant types of visas issued to permanent immigrants is known as an employment-based visa. More... |
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