United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
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n.
A bureau in the Department of Homeland Security that oversees immigration, naturalization, visa applications, and petitions for asylum.
See also Immigration and Naturalization Services
abbrv.
USCIS
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
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A branch of the Department of Homeland Security (
DHS). USCIS is primarily responsible for handling immigration benefits, such as applications for asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship.
Category: Immigration
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.
2009.
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