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Beneficiaries
Aliens on whose behalf a US citizen, legal permanent resident, or employer have filed a petition for such aliens to receive immigration benefits from the BCIS (a.k.a. INS). Beneficiaries generally receive a lawful status as a result of their relationship to a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or US employer. The principal is the person with whom the petitioner has a direct relationship. The derivative beneficiaries are the dependent (the spouse and minor children) of the principal beneficiary
Border Crosser
An alien resident of the United States reentering the country after an absence of less than six months in Canada or Mexico, or a nonresident alien entering the United States across the Canadian border for stays of no more than six months or across the Mexican border for stays of no more than 72 hours.
Border Patrol Sector
Any one of 21 geographic areas into which the United States is divided for the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services’s (a.k.a. INS) Border Patrol activities.
Business Nonimmigrant
An alien coming temporarily to the United States to engage in commercial transactions which do not involve gainful employment in the United States, i.e., engaged in international commerce on behalf of a foreign firm, not employed in the U.S. labor market, and receives no salary from U.S. sources.
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