B1 the process of examining your passport and other documents to make certain that you can be allowed to enter the country, or the place where this is done:
immigration policy
immigration officers
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- The prime minister denied that the new visa requirements were part of a hidden agenda to reduce immigration.
- The prime minister has adopted an inflexible position on immigration.
- What is your party's policy on immigration?
- A new immigration law means the US will be dusting off the welcome mat for famous people who want to live in the country.
- She took her case to an immigration appeals tribunal.
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