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Immigration law refers to national government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 policies which control the phenomenon of immigration
Immigration

While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
 to their country.

Immigration law, regarding foreign citizens, is related to nationality law
Nationality law

Nationality law is the branch of law concerned with the questions of nationality and citizenship, and how these statuses are transmitted, acquired, or lost....
, which governs the legal status
Legal status

In law legal status refers to the concept of individuals having a particular place in society, relative to the law, as it determines the laws which affect them....
 of people, in matters such as citizenship
Citizenship

Citizenship refers to a person's membership in a political community such as a country or city. It has different legal definitions in different countries....
. Immigration laws vary from country
Country

Country may refer to the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. In another meaning of the word, the country is also a term used to refer to rural areas....
 to country, as well as according to the political
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 climate of the times, as sentiments may sway from the widely inclusive to the deeply exclusive of new immigrants.

Immigration law regarding the citizens of a country is regulated by international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
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Immigration law refers to national government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 policies which control the phenomenon of immigration
Immigration

While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
 to their country.

Immigration law, regarding foreign citizens, is related to nationality law
Nationality law

Nationality law is the branch of law concerned with the questions of nationality and citizenship, and how these statuses are transmitted, acquired, or lost....
, which governs the legal status
Legal status

In law legal status refers to the concept of individuals having a particular place in society, relative to the law, as it determines the laws which affect them....
 of people, in matters such as citizenship
Citizenship

Citizenship refers to a person's membership in a political community such as a country or city. It has different legal definitions in different countries....
. Immigration laws vary from country
Country

Country may refer to the territory of a state, or to a smaller, or former, political division of a geographical region. In another meaning of the word, the country is also a term used to refer to rural areas....
 to country, as well as according to the political
Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
 climate of the times, as sentiments may sway from the widely inclusive to the deeply exclusive of new immigrants.

Immigration law regarding the citizens of a country is regulated by international law
International law

Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of states and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond domestic legal interpretation and enforcement....
. The United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights mandates that all countries allow entry to its own citizens.

Certain countries may maintain rather strict laws which regulate the right of entry and internal rights once established: such as the duration of stay, the right to participate in government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
. Most countries have law
LAW

LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
s which designate a process for naturalization
Naturalization

Naturalization is the acquisition of citizenship or nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born....
, by which immigrants may become citizens.

Immigration Law in the USA

Immigration law is a serious political issue in the USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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Immigration law in the UK

British Overseas Citizens have identical legal rights to British citizens - distinguished only in title. British citizenship can be obtained as a right for anybody who was born in Britain, or British overseas territory. It is also available as of right for people of whom one parent is a "British (or British Overseas) citizen otherwise than by descent".

For EU citizens

EU citizens, as created by the Treaty of Rome
Treaty of Rome

The Treaties of Rome are two of the treaties of the European Union signed on March 25 1957. Both treaties were signed by Inner Six: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany....
 art 17 have the right to work, provide services or self employment in the UK

Control measures

A lot of countries set up customs at entry points to the country (eg at airports, roads near the border, ...) where a traveller's Travel document
Travel document

A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries....
s are inspected. They usually require documents such as passport
Passport

A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies, for the purpose of international travel, the identity and nationality of its holder....
s (with or without visa
Visa (document)

A visa is an indication that a person is authorized to enter the country which "issued" the visa, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry....
), WHO vaccination card, business card
Business card

Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid....
, onward ticket
Onward ticket

An onward ticket is a proof of purchase of a pre-booked train or airline ticket, out of the country that you are about to enter.You have a onward ticket, if you have in your possession:...
s and sometimes a presentation of the amount of cash one is carrying (which is used by them to determine how long they allow the traveller to stay). The amount of cash is generally in this region: 500 € = 1 month for poorer countries; and 1000 € = 1 month for (slightly) richer countries. This latter is a measure implemented usually to verify whether the traveller will indeed spend some (serious) amounts of cash within the country.

See also

  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Immigration debate
  • Immigration to the United States
    Immigration to the United States

    American immigration refers to the movement of World population to the United States. Immigration has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of history of the United States....
  • Nationality law
    Nationality law

    Nationality law is the branch of law concerned with the questions of nationality and citizenship, and how these statuses are transmitted, acquired, or lost....
  • Nativism (politics)
    Nativism (politics)

    Nativism is an opposition to immigration or to specific ethnic or cultural groups because the groups are considered hostile or alien to the natural culture, and it is assumed that they cannot be assimilated....
  • Passport
    Passport

    A passport is a document, issued by a national government, which certifies, for the purpose of international travel, the identity and nationality of its holder....