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- ACWIAsearch for term
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American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998.
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Adjustment of Status
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- ECAsearch for term
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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
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- ADsearch for term
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Approval Date (When your application was approved)
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Alien Documentation, Identification & Telecommunications System
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Assistant Field Office Director
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Abbreviation for American Immigration Lawyers Association.
- AOsearch for term
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Adjudications Officer
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Administrative Review
- AR-11search for term
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Alien's Change of Address Form
- ASCsearch for term
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Application Support Center: offers biometric services including fingerprinting services
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- BCsearch for term
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Birth Certificate
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Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (now USCIS)
- BIAsearch for term
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Board of Immigrant Appeals
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Biometrics (include Digital photo, index finger print and your digital signature). This is needed for the production of Green Card.
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- CBPsearch for term
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Customs and Border Protection
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Citizenship and Immigration Services
- COsearch for term
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Consulate Officer
- CPsearch for term
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Consular Processing
- CPRsearch for term
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Conditional Permanent Resident
- CPTsearch for term
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Curricular Practical Training
- CROsearch for term
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Central Regional Office
- CSCsearch for term
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California Service Center
- CWOPsearch for term
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Cancelled Without Prejudice
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- DFODsearch for term
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Deputy Field Office Director
- DHSsearch for term
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Department of Homeland Security
- DLsearch for term
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Drivers License
- DMVsearch for term
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Department of Motor Vehicles
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Department of Justice
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Department of Labor
- DORAsearch for term
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Dallas Office Rapid Adjustment of Status
- DOSsearch for term
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Department of State
- DROsearch for term
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Detention and Removal Operations
- DVsearch for term
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Diversity Visa (a.k.a. Green Card Lottery)
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- EACsearch for term
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Eastern Application Center
- EADsearch for term
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Employment Authorization Document (I-765, approval to work while waiting for Adjustment of Status - AOS Approval)
- EDSsearch for term
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Electronic Data Systems
- EOIRsearch for term
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Executive Office of Immigration Review
- ERsearch for term
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Expedited Removal
- EROsearch for term
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Eastern Regional Office
- EWIsearch for term
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Entered Without Inspection
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- FAMsearch for term
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Foreign Affairs Manual
- FBIsearch for term
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FODsearch for term
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Field Office Director
- FPsearch for term
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Finger Print
- FTRsearch for term
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File Transfer Request
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- GCsearch for term
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Green Card
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- I-131search for term
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Application for Travel Document
- I-134search for term
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Affidavit of Support
- I-140search for term
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Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
- I-181search for term
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Welcome Notice
- I-485search for term
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Application To Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
- I-551search for term
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Green Card
- I-765search for term
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Application for Employment Authorization
- I-864search for term
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Affidavit of Support
- I-9search for term
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Employment Eligibility Verification
- I-90search for term
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Application to Replace Permanent Residence Card
- i-EADsearch for term
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Interim EAD
- IJsearch for term
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Immigration Judge
- IMBRAsearch for term
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International Marriage Brokers Act
- INAsearch for term
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Immigration and Nationality Act
- INFOPASSsearch for term
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Is an online appointment so you can go to your DO if you have a doubt or want to know something about your case in person or to request your interim EAD
- INSsearch for term
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Immigration and Naturalization Service (now called USCIS)
- IOsearch for term
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Immigration officer / Interviewing officer
- IRCAsearch for term
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Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
- IRSsearch for term
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Internal Revenue Service
- ISPsearch for term
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Internet Service Provider
- ITINsearch for term
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Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
- IVsearch for term
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Immigrant Visa
- IVACSsearch for term
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Immigrant Visa Applicant Control System
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- JFKsearch for term
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
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- KCCsearch for term
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Kentucky Consular Center
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- LCAsearch for term
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Labor Condition Application
- LPRsearch for term
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Lawful Permanent Resident
- LPRAsearch for term
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Lawful Permanent Resident Alien
- LUDsearch for term
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Last Update Date on your on-line portfolio at USCIS website. It is the date when they last took action on your application, could be anything.
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- MRDsearch for term
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Machine Readable Data
- MRPsearch for term
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Machine Readable Passport
- MRVsearch for term
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Machine Readable Visa
- MSCsearch for term
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Missouri Service Center
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- NDsearch for term
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Notice Date (When USCIS notified you that they received your application)
- NDECsearch for term
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National Data Entry Center
- NIVsearch for term
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Non Immigrant Visa
- NOAsearch for term
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Notice of Action is your receipt/letter that you received after you filed your forms (indicates I-797C)
- NPRMsearch for term
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Notice of Proposed Rule Making
- NSCsearch for term
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Nebraska Service Center
- NTAsearch for term
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Notice To Appear
- NVCsearch for term
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National Visa Center
- NYDOsearch for term
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New York District Office
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- OMBsearch for term
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Office of Management and Budget
- OPTsearch for term
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Optional Practical Training
- OTMsearch for term
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Other Than Mexican
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- PCCsearch for term
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Police Clearance Certificate
- PDsearch for term
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Priority Date
- PERMsearch for term
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PERM Processing: Program Electronic Review Management
- PFIsearch for term
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Pre-Flight Inspection
- POEsearch for term
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Port of Entry
- PRsearch for term
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Permanent Resident (Also LPR - Legal Permanent Resident)
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- QAsearch for term
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Quality Assurance
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- RACsearch for term
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Remote Adjudications Center
- RDsearch for term
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Receipt Date (When USCIS received your application)
- RFEsearch for term
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Request for Evidence
- RFIsearch for term
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Request for Initial Evidence
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- SCsearch for term
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Service Center (this is used with a prefix, eg CSC - California Service Center; MSC - Missouri Service Center, that is the address from where you will received your NOA (Notice of Action))
- SDDOsearch for term
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Supervisory Detention & Deportation Officer
- SEVISsearch for term
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Student Exchange Visitor Information System
- SEVPsearch for term
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Student and Exchange Visitor Program
- SSAsearch for term
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Social Security Administration
- SSNsearch for term
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Social Security Number
- SWAsearch for term
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State Workforce Agency
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- TDsearch for term
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NAFTA Professional Dependant visa
- TNsearch for term
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NAFTA Professional visa
- Touchsearch for term
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When the UCSIS "Touches" your petition or file it means that an action was taken which required your file to be physically touched or moved. Example: Your file is touched when it is given to an adjudicator to process.
- TPSsearch for term
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Temporary Protected Status
- TSCsearch for term
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Texas Service Center
- ttsearch for term
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This is an abbreviation for test_term and can be deleted
- TWOVsearch for term
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Transit Without Visa
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- US Visitsearch for term
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System in airports that captures biometrics of people entering the country
- USCsearch for term
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US Citizen
- USCISsearch for term
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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- VRsearch for term
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Voluntary Return
- VSCsearch for term
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Vermont Service Center
- VWPsearch for term
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Visa Waiver Program
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- WACsearch for term
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Western Application Center
- WROsearch for term
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Western Regional Office
