Q: What does it mean to be Lawfully admitted to a Country?
A: It means that you were inspected by an immigration officer at a port of entry and granted admission. There is also a legal fiction that equals admission when you are already in the country and are granted a new immigration status.
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In the United States, it means either being admitted as a lawful immigrant or nonimmigrant—that is, coming on some type of visa or another. Some people are also paroled in, which is another type of lawful entry.
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