immigration act
Entry regulation statute
An immigration act is legislation governing the entry, residence, and naturalization of foreign nationals.
Countries periodically pass new immigration acts to revise policy: The Immigration Act of 1924 established national-origin quotas.
In casual usage, people often say "the immigration act" to mean whatever law currently governs immigration in their country.
- biometric screeningIdentity check via body features
- sponsorship programsFunded support arrangements
- path to citizenshipLegal process for immigrants
- quota systemsNumerical limits by category
- points systemMethod of tracking credits
family reunification · anchor baby · citizenship tests · Ellis Island · customs inspections · green card · legal status · waiting list · border control · visa restrictions · country of origin · deportation · work permit · refugee status · amnesty
- immigrationvisa, refugee, citizenship, asylum, deportation
- legislationbills, acts, laws, statutes, bill
- African lawconstitutional court, indigenous law, high court, court of appeal, attorney general
- Malaysian lawHigh Court, Islamic courts, civil court, high court, judiciary
- citizenshipcitizen, citizenship laws, citizenship law, citizenship test, citizenship ceremony
immigration actextradition law
Rules governing criminal transfers between jurisdictions
immigration actderegulation
Removing governmental business restrictions
immigration, immigrate, immigrant, immigrants, immigrating, immigrated, migrate, migrant, migrants