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100 Words Every Immigration Officer Should Know

June 10, 2026

100 Words Every Immigration Officer Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. address place where someone lives
2. admit allow to enter
3. alien foreign national under law
4. application formal request document
5. approve accept officially
6. arrival coming to a place
7. asylum protection granted by another country
8. authenticate prove genuine
9. biometrics body-based identity measurements
10. birthdate date of birth
11. birthplace place where someone was born
12. boarding pass document allowing boarding
13. border line between countries
14. business work-related activity
15. cash money in bills and coins
16. certificate official proof paper
17. checkpoint place where checks occur
18. citizenship legal nationality status
19. clearance official permission to proceed
20. contraband illegal goods
21. currency money in use
22. customs border control for goods
23. declaration official statement of facts
24. departure act of leaving a place
25. dependent person relying on another
26. deportation forced removal from a country
27. destination final place of travel
28. detention official holding in custody
29. document official written paper
30. duty tax on imported goods
31. emigrant person leaving their home country
32. employer person or company employing someone
33. employment paid work status
34. entry act of coming into a country
35. exemption freedom from a requirement
36. expired no longer valid
37. fine money punishment
38. fingerprint unique mark from a finger
39. forged falsely made or altered
40. form document to complete
41. fraudulent dishonest and fake
42. funds available money
43. gender sex or identity category
44. genuine real and authentic
45. given name first personal name
46. guardian adult legally responsible
47. immigrant person coming to live abroad
48. immigration movement into a foreign country
49. inspection close official examination
50. interpreter person translating speech
51. interview formal questioning session
52. itinerary planned travel route
53. layover short stop between flights
54. luggage bags carried while traveling
55. manifest official passenger list
56. medication medicine used for treatment
57. migrant person moving to another place
58. minor person under legal adulthood
59. multiple-entry usable for many entries
60. nationality status of belonging to a nation
61. naturalization process of becoming a citizen
62. occupation person’s job or work
63. offense illegal act
64. officer official authority worker
65. origin starting place
66. overstay stay beyond allowed time
67. passport official travel identity document
68. permanent lasting indefinitely
69. permit official written permission
70. photo picture for identification
71. present show formally
72. prohibited not allowed
73. purpose reason for doing something
74. quarantine isolation to prevent disease
75. queue line of waiting people
76. record stored official information
77. refugee person fleeing danger abroad
78. reject not accept officially
79. reservation booked travel arrangement
80. resident person living in a place
81. restricted limited by rules
82. screening initial official checking process
83. search official examination for items
84. seizure official taking of property
85. sponsor person supporting an application
86. spouse married partner
87. stamp official mark in a document
88. study learning at school
89. surname family name
90. temporary lasting a limited time
91. ticket travel pass document
92. tourism travel for pleasure
93. transit passing through en route
94. vaccination protective disease injection
95. valid legally acceptable
96. verify check as true
97. violation breaking a rule
98. visa permission to enter a country
99. waiver official removal of a requirement
100. work paid employment activity

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