immigration offices

Visa processing centers

Immigration offices are government facilities where people apply for visas, work permits, residency status, or citizenship.

They handle paperwork for entering or remaining in a country legally: We spent the morning at the immigration office renewing her green card.

The term also refers to border checkpoints where officials process arrivals: The immigration office at the airport had long queues.

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port of entry · stamps · queues · long lines · waiting room · forms · documents · waiting · bureaucracy · citizenship · permits · legal status · applications · biometric data · officials · counters · work permit · foreigners

Opposites
function in migration process

immigration officesborder crossings

Points entering another country

ports of entry · detention centers · border checkpoints · airport terminals · embassies

MOVEMENT vs. REMOVAL

immigration officesdetention facilities

Sites for confining individuals

Family

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