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nonimmigrant en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + immigrant.

Meanings

1. A person who is not an immigrant.
   • The administration’s actions, White wrote, “uniformly wreaked havoc not only on the lives of Plaintiffs here but on similarly situated F-1 nonimmigrants across the United States and continues do so.” 2025 May 22, Devan Cole, “Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for foreign students attending US schools”, in CNN:
   • The State Department has required visa applicants to provide social media identifiers on immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms since 2019, a spokesperson said. 2025 May 27, Jennifer Hansler, “State Department orders embassies to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand social media vetting”, in CNN:
   • 14 June 2018, 115th Congress 2D session Beginning on the date that is 5 years after an alien becomes a contingent nonimmigrant, if that alien retains status as a contingent nonimmigrant, then in applying section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(a)) to the alien - (1) such alien shall be deemed to have been inspected and admitted into the United States

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