INA

See “Immigration and Nationality Act”

IRCA

See “Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)”

Immediate Relatives

Certain immigrants who because of their close relationship to U.S. citizens are exempt from the numerical limitations imposed on immigration to the United States. Immediate relatives are: spouses of citizens, children (under 21 years of age and unmarried) of citizens, and parents of citizens 21 years of age or older.

Immigrant

See “Permanent Resident Alien”

Immigration Act of 1990

Public Law 101-649 (Act of November 29, 1990), which increased the limits on legal immigration to the United States, revised all grounds for exclusion and deportation, authorized temporary protected status to aliens of designated countries, revised and established new nonimmigrant admission categories, revised and extended the Visa Waiver Pilot Program, and revised naturalization authority and requirements.

Immigr

ation Judge

Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments of 1986

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)

Immigration and Nationality Act

Inadmissable

Industrial Trainee

International Representative

Intracompany Trainee