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The National Visa Center (NVC) is a center that is part of the U.S. Department of State that plays the role of holding United States immigrant visa petitions (as well as Form I-129F petitions for K-1/K-3 visas) approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services until an immigrant visa number becomes available for the petition, at which point it arranges for the visa applicant(s ...
United States portal. v. t. e. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS) [ 3] is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which was dissolved by the Homeland Security ...
Consular Lookout and Support System. The Consular Lookout and Support System ( CLASS) is a system supporting the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs: it assists in decisions for visa and passport issuance and helps establish a person's eligibility for overseas services. It is used by U.S. Department of State passport agencies ...
Form DS-160. Form DS-160 is a form of the U.S. Department of State that needs to be filled in by all nonimmigrant visa applicants to the United States as part of their nonimmigrant visa application process. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The form supersedes and replaces several other forms such as DS-156, DS-157, DS-158, and DS-3032, that were previously used ...
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS) was an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1933 to 1940 and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1940 to 2003. Referred to by some as former INS[ 2] and by others as legacy INS, the agency ceased to exist under that name on March 1, 2003, when most of its functions were ...
Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, 2015. Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative is a form submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (or, in the rare case of Direct Consular Filing, to a US consulate or embassy abroad) by a United States citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident petitioning for an immediate or close relative (who is not currently a United States ...
United States Department of State. / 38.89417°N 77.04833°W / 38.89417; -77.04833. The United States Department of State ( DOS ), [ 3] or simply the State Department, [ 4] is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations. Equivalent to the ministry of foreign affairs ...
Section 1244 of this legislation, entitled "Special Immigrant Status for Certain Iraqis", as amended by section 1 of Public Law 110-244, enacted on January 3, 2008, authorizes 5,000 Special Immigrant Visas (The Kennedy SIV Program for Iraqi Nationals Who Worked for or on Behalf of the U.S. Government) per annum for Iraqi employees and/or contractors for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.