| Nonimmigrants - Commercial Truck Drivers |
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| Alien travelers wishing to enter the United States on a temporary basis must obtain visas, which entitle them to present themselves at an U.S. port-of-entry and to request admission to the country. If they are transporting cargo in the stream of international commerce, commercial truck drivers may be eligible for a travel visa for a business traveler, known as a B-1 visa.
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| Visa Types - Family-Sponsored - Overview of Visa Types |
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| One of the major avenues through which aliens are permanently admitted to the United States to live and to work is through family-sponsored immigration. Within family-sponsored immigration are two subcategories: unlimited and limited. There are no numerical limitations on family members who fall within the unlimited category, but there are strict numerical limits on the number of limited family-based visas that may be granted each year.
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| Immigrants - Farmworkers - Special Agricultural Workers - Administrative and Judicial Review |
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| The procedures used to consider and deny applications for the special agricultural worker (SAW) program were well-defined. Additionally, once a final determination was made on an application, an administrative review mechanism was available to an aggrieved applicant. Judicial review was only available in vary narrow circumstances. More... |
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| Immigrant Visas - Employment-Based Visas - Labor Certification - Procedure before Certifying Officer |
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| The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has delegated its function of deciding alien labor certifications to certifying officers, who operate on a regional basis to investigate and determine applications. There is a four-step process used by certifying officer to handle claims fairly and reasonably: the issuance of a notice of determination; the initial decision on the application; the notification of application deficiencies to the employer, if the initial decision was a denial; and, when requested, reconsiderations. An administrative appeal is also available from the certifying officer's decision. This topic is discussed fully in a separate article. More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission-Immigrants - Administrative-Consul Issuance and Validity of Immigrant Visas |
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| A United States consul is authorized to issue an immigrant visa after an applicant has met all of the prerequisites for issuance and after the consul is satisfied that the applicant is eligible for admission to the U.S. More... |
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