“refugee-parolee”

This page presents an official legal definition of “refugee-parolee” from a government source. Additional definitions will be added as jurisdictions publish them.

Jurisdiction: United States United States

A qualified applicant for conditional entry between February 1970 and April 1980, whose application for admission to the United States could not be approved because of inadequate numbers of seventh-preference visas. As a result, we allowed the applicant to enter the United States under the parole authority granted to the secretary of homeland security.

Source: USCIS Glossary (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)