Immigration & Nationality — page 3
The rules that decide who may enter, stay, work, and naturalize — and what happens when a case goes wrong.
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Immigration & Nationality
Stays of Removal and Administrative Closure Requests
A stay pauses the execution of a removal order. Administrative closure takes a pending case off the active docket without ending it. The two tools apply at different stages.
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Reinstatement of Removal After a Prior Order
Reinstatement revives a prior removal order against someone who reentered illegally. An officer decides it without a hearing, and the only usual relief is protection from return.
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Immigration & Nationality
Cuban Adjustment and Central American Relief: Who Still Qualifies
Two country-specific statutes remain in use. The Cuban Adjustment Act allows residence after one year of presence, and NACARA offers defined Central American and Soviet-bloc classes a route.
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Registry Under INA 249: Residence Since the Statutory Date
Registry is a rarely used provision granting residence to people continuously present since January 1, 1972. Because the date has never moved, the eligible class shrinks every year.
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Citizenship for Adopted Children: IR-3, IR-4, and Automatic Acquisition
A child who is a permanent resident under eighteen and in a citizen parent's legal and physical custody becomes a citizen automatically. The visa classification decides when that moment arrives.
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Hague and Orphan Adoption Routes to an Immigrant Visa
Intercountry adoption runs on two tracks. Which one applies depends on whether the child's country is a Hague Convention partner, and the tracks differ in order and in timing.
