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Country of Nationality
The country of a person’s citizenship or country in which the person is deemed a national.
Refugee
Any person who is outside his or her country of nationality who is unable or unwilling to return to that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution.
Immigration Form N-565
Application for Replacement Naturalization Citizenship Document
Deportable Alien
An alien in and admitted to the United States subject to any grounds of removal specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Alien
Any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
Immigration Form I-212
Application for Permission to Reapply for Admission into the U.S. After Deportation or Removal
Legalization Dependents
A maximum of 55,000 visas were issued to spouses and children of aliens legalized under the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 in each of fiscal years 1992-94.
Immigration Form I-175
Application for Nonresident Alien's Canadian Border Crossing Card
Derivative Citizenship
Citizenship conveyed to children through the naturalization of parents or, under certain circumstances, to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizen parents, provided certain conditions are met.
Advance parole
Authorized at an USCIS District office in advance of alien’s arrival; may be issued to aliens residing in the United States in other than lawful permanent resident status who have an unexpected need to travel and return, and whose conditions of stay do not otherwise allow for readmission to the United States if they depart.
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