(E)  Procedural Terminology:  The following are some additional terms used to describe key documents or information used in immigration proceedings:

 

A-Number:  The unique eight or nine digit number used by the immigration authorities to identify a noncitizen.

“FOIA” (Freedom of Immigration Act): A document that may be filed requesting the immigration authorities’ records regarding a noncitizen.

I-94: Arrival-Departure Record.  A small card usually placed in a noncitizen’s passport that generally contains information regarding the period during which the noncitizen is allowed to remain in the United States.

I-485: Application for Adjustment of Status.

I-551 (“Green Card”): A card used to identify a noncitizen as a lawful permanent resident.  The card may have a two or ten year expiration date.  Some older cards do not have an expiration date, but the DHS is now requiring that these cards be replaced with ones that do.

 “NTA” (Notice to Appear): The document used after April 1, 1997 to charge a noncitizen with removal.

“OSC” (Order to Show Cause): The document used before April 1, 1997 to charge a noncitizen with deportation or exclusion.

“ROP” (Record of Proceedings): The Immigration Court’s file containing all the court records of a removal proceeding.

Ninth Circuit

REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS " TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION " MARIANA ISLANDS
Mtoched v. Lynch, ___ F.3d ___, 2015 WL 2445063 (9th Cir. May 22, 2015) (United States immigration laws may be applied and enforced within CNMI to noncitizens who entered that territory, committed the crime, and suffered the conviction upon which the removal order is based prior to the extension of United States immigration laws to the Commonwealth).

Other

OVERVIEW - IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS - VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
DHS Final Rule: Designation of Malta for the Visa Waiver Program "This rule adds Malta to the list of countries authorized to participate in the Visa Waiver Program. DATES: This final rule is effective on December 30, 2008." Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 250 / Tuesday, December 30, 2008.