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1 .Dd October 20, 2006
2 .Dt IMMIGRATION 1
3 .Sh NAME
4 .Nm immigration
5 .Nd grant visa in a host country
6 .Sh SYNOPSIS
7 .Nm
8 .Ar [gp] alien
9 .Sh DESCRIPTION
10 .Nm
11 grants (or doesn't grant)
12 a visa to the alien specified via standard input.
13 Its output is binary.
14 The actions to be taken in case of a negative result (visa not
15 granted) depend on the host country (inquire at your
16 local aliens and immigration police).
17 .Nm
18 resorts to error output only when the alien has made
19 a mistake. It's no use arguing with
20 .Nm .
21 .Sh OPTIONS
22 The
23 .Ar alien
24 argument is optional. It specifies the alien's name.
25 The other two arguments are obligatory and are divided into
26 the global
27 .Ar g ,
28 and the particular
29 .Ar p .
30 The combination of these two arguments
31 specifies the alien's purpose of stay in the host country.
32 The canonical representation for setting the purpose
33 of stay is as
34 follows:
36 .Pp
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38 .It Ar f
39 To stay with a family member
40 .Pp
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42 .It Ar a
43 You are married or are in a registered partnership with an sponsor living in the host country
44 .It Ar b
45 You are the unmarried partner of an sponsor in the host country
46 .It Ar c
47 You are the child of an sponsor and live in the same house as the sponsor
48 .It Ar d
49 You are the father or mother of an sponsor living in the host country, you are single and aged 65 or over
50 .It Ar e
51 You are the foster child of an sponsor who's applying for a residence permit on your behalf
52 .It Ar f
53 You have not yet been adopted, but are being accepted for adoption in the family of the sponsor, who is applying for a residence permit on your behalf
54 .It Ar g
55 You are a family member of an sponsor living in the host country and are dependent on him/her
56 .It Ar h
57 You are a family member of non-privileged NATO personnel
58 .It Ar i
59 You wish to visit a family member in the host country (min 3 months, max 6 months)
60 .El
61 .It Ar w
62 To work
63 .Pp
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65 .It Ar j
66 You mean to work as an employee
67 .It Ar k
68 You mean to work as a trainee
69 .It Ar l
70 You will work for the purpose of garnering work experience
71 .It Ar m
72 You will work as an unpaid research worker
73 .It Ar n
74 You will be a guest lecturer or a scientific researcher
75 .It Ar o
76 You will work as a spiritual leader or teacher of religious knowledge
77 .It Ar p
78 You have paid employment as a director-major shareholder
79 .It Ar q
80 You will work on a self-employed basis
81 .El
82 .It Ar s
83 To study
84 .Pp
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86 .It Ar t
87 You will carry out studies in a higher education institution/university
88 .It Ar q
89 You will carry out studies in a secondary or vocational institution
90 .El
91 .It Ar e
92 For exchange purposes
93 .Pp
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95 .It Ar r
96 You are taking part in an exchange programme via a private organisation
97 .It Ar s
98 Your exchange is based on the 'working holiday scheme' or the 'working holiday programme'
99 .El
100 .It Ar a
101 As an au pair
102 .It Ar m
103 For medical treatment
104 .El
105 .Sh EXAMPLES
106 The command:
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108 immigration John wp
109 .Ed
110 .Pp
111 specifies that John's purpose of stay in the host country is to
112 take up work as the director or major shareholder in a company.
113 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
114 The
115 .Nm
116 utility should be useful in any major country. It is an upgrade of
117 previous deprecated utilities such as
118 .Nm imm-us
119 and
120 .Nm imm-eu ,
121 in that it is completely random. The
122 .Nm
123 utility grants a visa on 45% of the cases, does not grant a visa in 45%
124 of the cases, and resorts to standard error on the remaining 10% of the
125 cases.
126 .Sh SEE ALSO
127 deportation(2), inspection(2)