But once the applicant receives the status, the registered provisional immigrant may work for any U.S. employer and is free to travel outside the country.

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But once the applicant qualifies for that status, the registered provisional immigrant may work for any U.S. employer and is free to travel outside the country.

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In a tacit acknowledgment of the millions of illegal immigrants in America, numerous banks accept the matricula consular, a card issued by Mexican consulates regardless of the applicant's legal status, as sufficient identification to open a bank account.

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In particular, REAL ID would require that the states' license-issuing authorities establish that the applicant has legal resident status in the United States, and that his or her license will be valid only as long as that remains the case.

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Social Intelligence claims these employers may be vulnerable to discrimination claims if they come across info about an applicant's race, religion, sexual orientation, health condition or familial status while trolling Facebook.

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And unlike other characteristics that employers are generally banned from considering, such as an applicant's race, religion or gender, "the circumstances surrounding a person's unemployment status may, in certain situations, be relevant to employers when selecting qualified employees, " he said.

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