immigration status
Legal presence category
Immigration status is a person's legal standing with respect to residency in a country—whether they are a citizen, permanent resident, visa holder, asylum seeker, or undocumented.
The term appears frequently in legal, employment, and political contexts: Employers must verify immigration status.
Her immigration status made her ineligible for federal aid.
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- green cardU.S. residency document
- green card lotteryRandom selection for US residency
- work permitOfficial employment eligibility document
- work authorizationLegal right to employment
overstay · anchor baby · asylum seeker · voting rights · path to citizenship · biometric screening · naturalization process · deportation · dual nationality · eligibility criteria · visa application · language barriers · border security · passport renewal · hope · border crossing · fear · homeland
- identityidentity, personal identity, self, selfhood, self-expression
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, emigration, migrants
- UK ImmigrationBritish citizenship, British passport, Home Office, naturalisation, permanent residence
- job barriersageism, sexism, racism, glass ceiling, gender bias
- Stigmasmental illness, HIV, AIDS, homelessness, addiction
immigration statusbirthright citizenship
Nationality by birth location
citizenship · undocumented status · statelessness · permanent residency · asylum status