G-1 Visa

Principal Resident Representative of Recognized Foreign Government to International Organization, Staff, or Immediate Family.

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G-2 Visa

Other Representative of Recognized Foreign Member Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.

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G-3 Visa

Representative of Nonrecognized Nonmember Foreign Government to International Organization, or Immediate Family.

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G-4 Visa

International Organization Officer or Employee, or Immediate Family.

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G-5 Visa

Attendant, Servant, or Personal Employee of G-1 through G-4 or Immediate Family.

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G-1020

H-1B Specialty Occupation Data Collection.

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G-14

Information Form. This form is used to provide additional identifying information so that the INS may act upon or reply to a communication.

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G-28

Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Representative.

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G-325

Biographic Information. This form is to provide biographic information on an alien.

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G-639

Freedom of Information/Privacy Act Request. This form is used to request access to INS information under the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts.

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G-731

Inquiry About Status of I-551 Alien Registration Card. This form is used to inquire as to the status of an I-551, Alien Registration Card, for an alien who has adjusted status.

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G-845

Verification Request (Non-SAVE Agencies). This form is to verify the status of an alien for official purposes of a government agency which does not participate in the SAVE program.

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G-845S

Verification Request (SAVE Agencies).

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G-942

Application Survey (for INS Employment). INS requests that all applicants for employment with the Service fill out this form, to ensure compliance with Federal laws and regulations, which mandate equal opportunity in the recruitment of applicants for Federal employment.

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General Naturalization Provisions

The basic requirements for naturalization that every applicant must meet, unless a member of a special class. General provisions require an applicant to be at least 18 years of age and a lawful permanent resident with five years of continuous residence in the United States, have been physically present in the country for half that period, and establish good moral character for at least that period.

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Geographic Area of Chargeability

Any one of five regions--Africa, East Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Near East and South Asia, and the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe--into which the world is divided for the initial admission of refugees to the United States. Annual consultations between the Executive Branch and the Congress determine the ceiling on the number of refugees who can be admitted to the United States from each area. Beginning in fiscal year 1987, an unallocated reserve was incorporated into the admission ceilings.

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Green Card

The Green Card, also known as Immigrant Visa, Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form I-151 or I-551, is issued to lawful permanent residents.

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H-1B

Beneficiary 1) the approved petition associated with a specialty worker admitted on the basis of professional education, skills, and/or equivalent experience (the H-1B subsection uses this definition); 2) a specialty worker whose petition to work temporarily in the United States has been approved by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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H-1B Petition

An application form used by employers seeking permission for an alien to work temporarily in the United States. An H-1B petition must be approved by the Immigration and Naturalization Service before an alien specialty worker is authorized to begin or continue working in the United States. This requirement is true regardless of whether the alien is residing overseas or within the United States at the time of application. After a petition is approved, an H-1B worker is said to be a beneficiary.

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H-1B Visa

Alien in a Specialty Occupation.

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H-1C Visa

Nurses in health professional shortage areas.

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H-2A Visa

Temporary Worker Performing Agricultural Services Unavailable In the United States (Petition filed on or After June 1, 1987).

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H-2B Visa

Temporary Worker Performing Other Services Unavailable in the United States (Petition filed on or After June 1, 1987).

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H-3 Visa

Trainee.

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H-4 Visa

Spouse or Child of Alien Classified H-1B,H-1C, H-2A, H-2B, or H-3.

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HA-50

Request for Hearing by Administrative Law Judge.

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Hemispheric Ceilings

Statutory limits on immigration to the United States in effect from 1968 to October 1978. Mandated by the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965, the ceiling on immigration from the Eastern Hemisphere was set at 170,000, with a per-country limit of 20,000. Immigration from the Western Hemisphere was held to 120,000, without a per-country limit until January 1, 1977. The Western Hemisphere was then made subject to a 20,000 per country limit. Effective October 1978, the separate hemisphere limits were abolished in favor of a worldwide limit.