2. Resources
3. Glossary

• 221(g)
• Adam Walsh Child Protection & Safety Act
• Adjudication
• Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM)
• Administrative Processing (AP)
• Advance Parole (AP)
• Affidavit of Support
• Age Difference/Age Gap
• Age Out
• Alien
• Ambassador
• Amnesty
• Appointment Letter
• Approval Notice
• Approval Odds
• Arrival-Departure Record (I-94 Number)
• Assembly (a RapidVisa Term)
• Assets
• Asylum
• B1/B2 Tourist Visa
• Background Check
• Bars to Admissibility
• Beneficiary
• Biographic Information
• Biometrics
• Birth Certificate
• Bona Fide Relationship
• Border (United States)
• Border Crossing Card (BCC)
• Border Wall
• Bureau of Consular Affairs
• Cancellation of Removal
• Case Number
• CBP (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
• CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage)
• Certificate of Citizenship
• Certificate of Naturalization
• CFO Seminar (Commission on Filipinos Overseas)
• Chinese Exclusion Act
• Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943
• Citizenship
• Civil Documents
• Civil Surgeon
• Co-Sponsor
• Combo Card
• Conditional Permanent Resident
• Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC)
• Consular Officer
• Consular Processing
• Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA)
• Consulate
• Consulate General
• Criminal Record
• DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)
• DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans)
• Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
• Denial
• Dependents
• Deportation
• Derivative Beneficiary
• Diplomat
• Direct Consular Filing (DCF)
• Diversity Visa (Lottery)
• Divorce Certificate
• Domicile
• Drop Box (a RapidVisa Term)
• Dual Citizenship
• Dual Intent
• Duration of Status (DS)
• E-Verify
• Electronic Immigration System (ELIS)
• Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
• Emigration
• Employment Authorization Document (EAD)
• Employment Letter
• Employment-Based Immigration
• Exchange Visitor
• Expatriate (Expat)
• Expedite
• Extreme Hardship Waiver
• Extreme Vetting
• Family-Based Immigration
• Federal Poverty Guidelines
• Field Office (USCIS)
• Financial Documents
• Fingerprint Collection
• Follow-to-Join
• Good Moral Character
• Household Income
• Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)
• Immigration Law
• Income Requirement
• InfoPass
• INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service)
• Instructions Package for Immigrant Visa Applicants
• Interview
• Investment
• IR2 Child Visa
• IR5 Parent Visa
• Joint Sponsor
• K2 Child Visa
• Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
• Letter of Intent
• Marriage Broker
• Marriage Certificate
• Medical Exam
• Military Records
• National
• National Visa Center (NVC)
• Naturalization
• Nonimmigrant
• Notario
• Notarization
• Notice of Action (NOA)
• Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID)
• OFW (Overseas Foreign Worker)
• Out of Status
• Overstay
• Parole
• Passport
• Passport Photo
• Petition
• Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
• Physical Presence
• Police Certificate
• Port of Entry (POE)
• Premium Review (a RapidVisa Term)
• Priority Date
• Proof of Citizenship
• Proxy Marriage
• Public Charge
• Purpose of Travel
• Questionnaire (a RapidVisa Term)
• Re-Entry Permit
• Receipt Notice
• Receipt Number
• Refugee
• Refusal
• Renew Green Card
• Replace Green Card
• Request for Evidence (RFE)
• Resident Alien
• Returning Resident
• Same-Sex Marriage
• Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)
• Social Security Number (SSN)
• Sponsor
• Stokes Interview
• Strong Ties
• Student Visa
• Support Request (a RapidVisa Term)
• Supporting Evidence
• Tax Transcripts
• Temporary Green Card Stamp (I-551)
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Third Country National (TCN)
• Third Party Affidavit
• Tourists
• Translation
• Travel Advisory
• U.S. Embassy
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• UID Number
• Unauthorized Practice of Immigration Law (UPIL)
• Undocumented Alien
• United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• United States Department of State (DOS)
• Unlawful Presence
• USCIS (United States Citizenship & Immigration Service)
• USCIS Number
• Vaccination Record
• Visa Bulletin
• Visa Extension
• Visa Waiver Program (VWP)
• Waiver of Ineligibility
• Xenophobia