| Expatriation-Voluntariness and Intent |
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| With United States citizenship and nationality come an array of rights and liabilities, such as the right to vote and the duty to pay taxes. U.S. citizens have full political and civil rights, and U.S. nationals carry most of the same protections because they owe permanent allegiance to the state. Conversely, aliens, including citizens and nationals who have lost their nationality, owe the U.S. only a temporary allegiance while inside U.S. borders. Expatriation is the loss of nationality or citizenship.More... |
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| Asylum - Affirmative Asylum |
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| Asylum, in a general sense, is a place of refuge or protection. In terms of a country granting asylum to a national of a foreign country, the protector country has the right to offer asylum, but the foreign national does not have the right to demand asylum. More... |
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| Nonimmigrants - Visa Types - Students - Academic - F - Terms of Stay |
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| To maintain status while in the United States on F-1 visas, students must understand the limitations of their visa types and must comply with the terms of their stays regarding work, transferring schools, traveling outside the U.S., and ending their stays.
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| Legal Immigration Family Equity Act |
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| The Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE Act) of 2000 was a grouping of temporary provisions impacting U.S. immigration law.More... |
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| Student and Exchange Visitor Information System/SEVIS |
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| In 2003, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a bureau within the Department of Homeland Security, rolled out a new program designed to track data about student and exchange visitors. The program, called the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), is designed to manage data about student and exchange visitors while they are in the U.S., balancing the U.S. policy of openness to these visitors with the security interests of the country.
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