| Visa Types - Treaty Traders and Investors - E |
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| Traders and investors who hail from countries with certain treaties with the United States may be eligible for a Treaty Trader or Treaty Investor nonimmigrant visa, designated E-1 and E-2, respectively. Although the terms of E status aliens are generally more lenient than those of most nonimmigrants to the U.S., specific requirements must be met for eligibility.
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| Immigrating and Gaining Citizenship Through Adoption |
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| The Immigration and Naturalization Act provides that being a "child" of a U.S. citizen confers an exemption on the standard worldwide numerical limitations on immigration. Foreign children adopted by U.S. parents may qualify as "children" for purposes of the Act. The first step is that the adoptive parents request that the Immigration and Naturalization Service admit the child as a permanent legal resident. More... |
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| Visa Types - NATO Aliens - NATO |
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| Representatives to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are eligible to travel to the United States as nonimmigrants under a separate agreement made between NATO member countries to govern the status of their forces (Status of Forces Agreement). More... |
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| Nonimmigrants - Commercial Truck Drivers |
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| Alien travelers wishing to enter the United States on a temporary basis must obtain visas, which entitle them to present themselves at an U.S. port-of-entry and to request admission to the country. If they are transporting cargo in the stream of international commerce, commercial truck drivers may be eligible for a travel visa for a business traveler, known as a B-1 visa.
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| 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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