status
Status means a person’s legal condition, whether personal or proprietary.
In the context of immigration law , it is the name of the visa category a person has been assigned and the group of privileges received upon becoming either a permanent resident or a non-immigrant ( temporary visa holder). This case from the Fifth Circuit , explains that “status” describes the type of permission that an individual has to be present in the United States.
Additionally, this case from Louisiana , explains that in the context of the law of domicile (which governs and controls the status of the individual), status includes conditions such as marriage, adoption, infancy , and legitimacy.
[Last updated in September of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team ]
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