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Temporary Protected Status
Establishes a legislative basis for allowing a group of persons temporary refuge in the United States. Under a provision of the Immigration Act of 1990, the Attorney General may designate nationals of a foreign state to be eligible for TPS with a finding that conditions in that country pose a danger to personal safety due to ongoing armed conflict or an environmental disaster. Grants of TPS are initially made for periods of 6 to 18 months and may be extended depending on the situation. Removal proceedings are suspended against aliens while they are in Temporary Protected Status.
Temporary Worker An alien coming to the United States to work for a temporary period of time. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and the Immigration Act of 1990, as well as other legislation, revised existing classes and created new classes of nonimmigrant admission. Ten-Year Bar Under the U.S. immigration law, an alien who has illegally stayed in the U.S. for more than 360 days would be barred from reentering the U.S. for 10 years. Section 245(i) of the LIFE Act, however, lifts the ten-year bar for qualified aliens who apply for adjustment of status and were physically present in the United States on or before December 21, 2000, and whose immigration petition or a labor certificate application is filed for the benefit of the Alien on or before April 30, 2001.
TN Visa Visa for temporary workers authorized under schedule 2 of NAFTA
Treaty Trader or Investor As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming to the United States, under the provisions of a treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and the foreign state of such alien, to carry on substantial trade or to direct the operations of an enterprise in which he/she has invested a substantial amount of capital, and the alien’s spouse and unmarried minor children. TSC Texas Service Center OR Terrorist Screening Center
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