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SS-5 | Application for a Social Security Card. |
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SS-5SP | Solicitud Para una Tarjeta de Seguro Social. |
| Stateless | Having no nationality. |
| Status |
When a foreign national enters the U.S., they acquire a status. This term refers to the condition of legal presence within the U.S. |
| Stowaway | An alien coming to the United States surreptitiously on an airplane or vessel without legal status of admission. Such an alien is subject to denial of formal admission and return to the point of embarkation by the transportation carrier. |
| Student | As a nonimmigrant class of admission, an alien coming temporarily to the United States to pursue a full course of study in an approved program in either an academic (college, university, seminary, conservatory, academic high school, elementary school, other institution, or language training program) or a vocational or other recognized nonacademic institution. |
| Subject to the Numerical Limit | Categories of legal immigrants subject to annual limits under the provisions of the flexible numerical limit of 675,000 set by the Immigration Act of 1990. The largest categories are:
family-sponsored preferences,
employment-based preferences, and
diversity immigrants. |
| Sub offices | Offices found in some Districts that serve a portion of the District's jurisdiction. A Sub-office, headed by an Officer-in-Charge, provides many services and enforcement functions. Their locations are determined, in part, to increase convenience to INS' customers. |
