immigration officer

  • 1immigration officer — an official appointed by the Home Secretary who has powers of examination, detention, etc, and has powers under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989. Immigration officers operate the procedures for control on entry to the… …

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  • 2Immigration Officer — Immigration Officers are responsible for ensuring that Immigration Leglisation is enforced. This can cover the rules of entry for foreign nationals at the border, detecting and apprehending those that have breached the border and removing them,… …

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  • 3immigration officer — Any employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service designated to perform functions in reference to the admission, naturalization, etc. of aliens. 8 USC § 1101 (18) …

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  • 4Immigration Restriction Act 1901 — Parliament of Australia Long title: An Act to place certain restrictions on Immigration and to provide for the …

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  • 5Immigration to Australia — Australian Government poster issued by the Overseas Settlement Office to attract immigrants (1928). Immigration to Australia is estimated to have begun around 51,000 years ago[1] when the ancestors of Australian Aborigines arrived on the… …

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  • 6Immigration New Zealand — See also: Immigration to New Zealand Immigration New Zealand or INZ (Māori: Ta Ratonga Manene; previously New Zealand Immigration Service, NZIS) is a part of the Workforce group of the New Zealand Department of Labour. It is responsible for… …

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  • 7Immigration inspector — Immigration inspectors are a managerial grade within the UK Border Agency, (formerly the Border and Immigration Agency). They are equivalent to the general Home Office grade of Senior Executive Officer but are titled to reflect additional powers… …

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  • 8Immigration Act of 1918 — Suspected radicals arrested during the Palmer Raids awaiting deportation hearings Ellis Island, January 1920 The United States Immigration Act of 1918 (ch. 186, 40 Stat. 1012) was enacted on October 16, 1918.[1] It is also known as the… …

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  • 9Immigration Act of 1924 — President Coolidge signs the immigration act on the White House South Lawn along with appropriation bills for the Veterans Bureau. John J. Pershing is on the President s right. The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the… …

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  • 10immigration — noun 1 coming to live in a country ADJECTIVE ▪ illegal ▪ undocumented (AmE) ▪ legal ▪ large scale, mass, massive …

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