AEC
|
Alien Employment Certification (via Form ETA-750) |
AILA
|
American
Immigration Lawyers Association - national association of
immigration lawyers established "to promote justice, advocate
for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the
quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and
enhance the professional development of its members" |
AOS
|
Adjustment of Status |
ADIT
|
Alien
Documentation, Identification & Telecommunications
System |
BCBP
|
Bureau of Customs and Border
Protection - now known as CBP |
BCIS
|
Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration (Feb 2003) - changed to U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration USCIS (Sept 2003) |
CBP
|
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (part of DHS) |
COS
|
Change of
Status |
CSC
|
California
Service Center (formerly WAC - Western Adjudication
Center) |
DHS
|
Department of Homeland Security |
DOL
|
Department
of Labor |
EAC
|
Eastern
Adjudication Center (now named Vermont Service
Center) |
EAD
|
Employment
Authorization Document |
EDD
|
Employment
Development Department (name of California SESA) |
EOS
|
Extension of
Stay |
ETA
|
Employment
Training Administration (part of DOL) |
ICE
|
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (part of DHS) |
INS
|
Immigration
and Naturalization Service - duties assumed by BCBP
and BCIS on 3/1/2003 |
J&H
|
Jackson &
Hertogs |
LCA
|
Labor
Condition Application for H-1B Nonimmigrants (Form
ETA-9035) |
LIN
|
Lincoln
(Nebraska) - receipts from NSC start with this
prefix |
NAFTA
|
North
American Free Trade Agreement |
NSC
|
Nebraska
Service Center (receipts begin with LIN - Lincoln) |
PR
|
Permanent
Residency |
PWRF
|
Prevailing
Wage Request Form |
SESA
|
State
Employment Security Agency |
SRC
|
Southern
Regional Center (now named Texas Service Center) |
TSC
|
Texas
Service Center (formerly SRC - Southern Regional
Center) |
USCIS
|
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (a division of DHS, previously the INS) |
VSC
|
Vermont
Service Center (formerly EAC - Eastern Adjudication
Center) |
WAC
|
Western
Adjudication Center (now named California Service
Center) |
