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45-399: CIS may refer to: Computing [ edit ] Card information structure , formatting and organization data stored on a PC card Center for Internet Security , cybersecurity benchmarks, controls, practices and tools Center for Internet and Society (disambiguation) Comodo Internet Security suite CompuServe Information Service ,

90-554: A PC Card or ExpressCard slot.) This reduced the requirement for internal expansion slots ; by 2011, many laptops had none. Some IBM ThinkPad laptops took their onboard RAM (in sizes ranging from 4 to 16 MB) in the factor of an IC-DRAM Card. While very similar in form-factor, these cards did not go into a standard PC Card Slot, often being installed under the keyboard, for example. They also were not pin-compatible, as they had 88 pins but in two staggered rows, as opposed to even rows like PC Cards. These correspond to versions 1 and 2 of

135-501: A PC Card slot for playback of media. Adapters for PC Cards to Personal Computer ISA slots were available when these technologies were current. Cardbus adapters for PCI slots have been made. These adapters were sometimes used to fit Wireless (802.11) PCMCIA cards into desktop computers with PCI slots. Before the introduction of the PCMCIA card, the parallel port was commonly used for portable peripherals. The PCMCIA 1.0 card standard

180-432: A PCI-to-PCIe Bridge. Despite being much faster in speed/bandwidth, ExpressCard was not as popular as PC Card, due in part to the ubiquity of USB ports on modern computers. Most functionality provided by PC Card or ExpressCard devices is now available as an external USB device. These USB devices have the advantage of being compatible with desktop computers as well as portable devices. (Desktop computers were rarely fitted with

225-574: A PCMCIA card reader in the W221 S-Class for model years 2006-2009. It was used for reading media files such as MP3 audio files to play through the COMAND infotainment system. After 2009, it was replaced with a standard SD Card reader. As of 2013 , some vehicles from Honda equipped with a navigation system still included a PC Card reader integrated into the audio system . Some Japanese brand consumer entertainment devices such as TV sets include

270-575: A Spanish public research institute CIS Corps (Ireland) , Communications and Information Services Corps, Irish combat support corps Cisalpino , Swiss–Italian railway company (CIS in timetables) Commonwealth Police (Commonwealth Investigation Service), an Australian security service, 1945 to 1960 Other uses [ edit ] Canton Island Airport , Kanton Island, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati, IATA code Capital Indoor Stadium , an indoor arena in Beijing, China Case Information Statement ,

315-1157: A US commercial online service Computer and information science , a field that emphasizes both computing and informatics Computer information systems , technologies which process data to solve business problems Configuration interaction singles , a quantum-chemical method for computing electronic states Contact image sensor , a technology developed for optical flatbed scanners Continuous ink system , for ink-jet printers Education [ edit ] Calcutta International School , in India Canadian International School (disambiguation) Canadian International School (Bangalore) Canadian International School Vietnam Canadian International School of Sanya , in China Canadian International School (Singapore) Canadian International School (Tokyo) Cayman International School in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Cebu International School , in

360-534: A US government agency British [ edit ] Christians in Science , a UK organization Co-operative Insurance Society , a British insurance company Canadian [ edit ] Canadian Ice Service , a division of the Meteorological Service of Canada Canadian Identification Society , of police and civilians in crime scene investigation Canadian Interuniversity Sport ,

405-659: A document used in US civil lawsuits cis (mathematics) , a trigonometric mathematical function CIS Tower , a building in Manchester, England Common Intelligibility Scale , for speech intelligibility Community Innovation Survey , a series of surveys throughout the European Union Confederacy of Independent Systems , a fictional entity in the Star Wars universe Continuous Injection System ,

450-402: A former name of the national governing body of university sport Eurasian [ edit ] Commonwealth of Independent States , a Eurasian intergovernmental organization CIS national football team , a National association football team Other [ edit ] Centre for Independent Studies , an Australian libertarian think tank Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas ,

495-545: A fuel injection system developed by the Robert Bosch Group Copper indium selenide (CuInSe 2 ), used in solar cells and semiconductors Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum , a corpus of Semitic inscriptions See also [ edit ] Cis (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CIS . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

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540-601: A program of the US National Institutes of Health Carcinoma in situ , group of abnormal cells which may be cancer Clinically isolated syndrome , an initial neurological episode related to nerve tissue Combined intracavernous injection and stimulation test , a diagnostic procedure for erectile dysfunction Organizations [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Center for Immigration Studies , an American anti-immigration think tank United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ,

585-452: A specific name, and an alphanumeric sequence consisting of a letter followed by two or three digits. Forms related to immigration are designated with an I (for example, I-551, Permanent Resident Card ) and forms related to naturalization are designated by an N (for example, N-400 , Application for Naturalization). Ken Cuccinelli served from July 8 to December 31, 2019, as de facto Acting Director. His tenure as Acting Director

630-489: A standard for memory- expansion cards for computer storage , the existence of a usable general standard for notebook peripherals led to the development of many kinds of devices including network cards , modems , and hard disks . The PC Card port has been superseded by the ExpressCard interface since 2003, which was also initially developed by the PCMCIA. The organization dissolved in 2009, with its assets merged into

675-424: Is CardBus (see below), a 32-bit version of the original standard. In addition to supporting a wider bus of 32 bits (instead of the original 16), CardBus also supports bus mastering and operation speeds up to 33 MHz. CardBus are PCMCIA 5.0 or later (JEIDA 4.2 or later) 32-bit PCMCIA devices, introduced in 1995 and present in laptops from late 1997 onward. CardBus is effectively a 32-bit, 33 MHz PCI bus in

720-437: Is a variant added to the PCMCIA specification introduced in 2001. It was intended to add some forward compatibility with USB and IEEE 1394 , but was not universally adopted and only some notebooks have PC Card controllers with CardBay features. This is an implementation of Microsoft and Intel's joint Drive Bay initiative. The card information structure (CIS) is metadata stored on a PC card that contains information about

765-647: Is funded almost entirely by user fees, most of it via the Immigration Examinations Fee Account (IEFA). USCIS is authorized to collect fees for its immigration case adjudication and naturalization services by the Immigration and Nationality Act . In fiscal year 2020, USCIS had a budget of US$ 4.85 billion; 97.3% of it was funded by fees and 2.7% by congressional appropriations . USCIS consists of approximately 19,000 federal employees and contractors working at 223 offices around

810-422: Is officially tasked with safeguarding national security, maintaining immigration case backlogs, and improving efficiency. Ur Jaddou has been the director of USCIS since August 3, 2021. USCIS processes immigrant visa petitions, naturalization applications, asylum applications, applications for adjustment of status (green cards), and refugee applications. It also makes adjudicative decisions performed at

855-566: The JEIDA memory card standard. The shape is also used by the Common Interface form of conditional-access modules for DVB , and by Panasonic for their professional "P2" video acquisition memory cards. A CableCARD conditional-access module is a type II PC Card intended to be plugged into a cable set-top box or digital cable-ready television. The interface has spawned a generation of flash memory cards that set out to improve on

900-598: The USB Implementers Forum . Many notebooks in the 1990s had two adjacent type-II slots, which allowed installation of two type-II cards or one, double-thickness, type-III card. The cards were also used in early digital SLR cameras, such as the Kodak DCS 300 series . However, their original use as storage expansion is no longer common. Some manufacturers such as Dell continued to offer them into 2012 on their ruggedized XFR notebooks. Mercedes-Benz used

945-489: The 95LX. New Media Corporation was one of the first companies established for the express purpose of manufacturing PC Cards; they became a major OEM for laptop manufacturers such as Toshiba and Compaq for PC Card products. It soon became clear that the PCMCIA card standard needed expansion to support "smart" I/O cards to address the emerging need for fax, modem, LAN, harddisk and floppy disk cards. It also needed interrupt facilities and hot plugging , which required

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990-632: The ExpressCard interface. From about 2006, ExpressCard slots replaced PCMCIA slots in laptop computers, with a few laptops having both in the transition period. ExpressCard and CardBus sockets are physically and electrically incompatible. ExpressCard-to-CardBus and Cardbus-to-ExpressCard adapters are available that connect a Cardbus card to an Expresscard slot, or vice versa, and carry out the required electrical interfacing. These adapters do not handle older non-Cardbus PCMCIA cards. PC Card devices can be plugged into an ExpressCard adaptor, which provides

1035-589: The PC Card design. CardBus supports bus mastering , which allows a controller on the bus to talk to other devices or memory without going through the CPU . Many chipsets, such as those that support Wi-Fi , are available for both PCI and CardBus. The notch on the left hand front of the device is slightly shallower on a CardBus device so, by design, a 32-bit device cannot be plugged into earlier equipment supporting only 16-bit devices. Most new slots accept both CardBus and

1080-1231: The Philippines Chinese International School , in Hong Kong Clifford International School , in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China College in the Schools , a program for high school students run by the University of Minnesota, U.S. Colombo International School , in Sri Lanka Communities In Schools , a U.S. federation of organizations combating educational dropout Copenhagen International School , in Denmark Council of International Schools , an international educational community organizations MIT Center for International Studies , in Massachusetts, U.S. Health [ edit ] Cancer Information Service ,

1125-513: The U.S. International offices are in Ankara , Beijing , Guangzhou , Havana , San Salvador , Guatemala City , Tegucigalpa , New Delhi , Nairobi , and Mexico City . USCIS's mission statement was changed on February 9, 2022. USCIS Director Jaddou announced the new mission statement. In 2021, USCIS leadership empowered employees to submit words that they felt best illustrated the agency's work. The new mission statement reflects this feedback from

1170-608: The USCIS Contact Center with information in English and Spanish, Application Support Centers (ASCs), the Internet , and other channels. Enforcement of immigration laws remains under Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). USCIS focuses on two key points on the immigrant's path to civic integration: when they first become permanent residents and when they are ready to begin

1215-539: The applicant, petitioner, or authorized representative can contact the USCIS Contact Center. If the Contact Center cannot assist the inquirer directly, the issue will be forwarded to the relevant USCIS center or office for review. Some applicants and petitioners, primarily those who are outside of the United States, may also schedule appointments on USCIS's website Unlike most other federal agencies, USCIS

1260-538: The definition of new BIOS and operating system interfaces. This led to the introduction of release 2.0 of the PCMCIA standard and JEIDA 4.1 in September 1991, which saw corrections and expansion with Card Services (CS) in the PCMCIA 2.1 standard in November 1992. To recognize increased scope beyond memory, and to aid in marketing, the association acquired the rights to the simpler term "PC Card" from IBM . This

1305-529: The formal naturalization process. A lawful permanent resident is eligible to become a U.S. citizen after holding the Permanent Resident Card for at least five continuous years, with no trips out of the country of 180 days or more. If the lawful permanent resident marries a U.S. citizen, eligibility for U.S. citizenship is shortened to three years so long as the resident has been living with their spouse continuously for at least three years and

1350-580: The formatting and organization of the data on the card. The CIS also contains information such as: When a card is unrecognized it is frequently because the CIS information is either lost or damaged. ExpressCard is a later specification from the PCMCIA, intended as a replacement for PC Card, built around the PCI Express and USB 2.0 standards. The PC Card standard is closed to further development and PCMCIA strongly encourages future product designs to utilize

1395-403: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CIS&oldid=1237448150 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Card information structure Although originally designed as

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1440-407: The original 16-bit PC Card devices. CardBus cards can be distinguished from older cards by the presence of a gold band with eight small studs on the top of the card next to the pin sockets. The speed of CardBus interfaces in 32-bit burst mode depends on the transfer type: in byte mode, transfer is 33 MB/s; in word mode it is 66 MB/s; and in dword (double-word) mode 132 MB/s. CardBay

1485-413: The relevant USCIS center or office to process. Case inquiries may involve asking about a case that is outside of normal expected USCIS processing times for the form. Inquiries and service requests may also concern not receiving a notice, card, or document by mail, correcting typographical errors, and requesting disability accommodations. If the self-service tools on USCIS's website cannot resolve an issue,

1530-518: The same 68-pin PC Card connectors and corresponds to the PC Card form factor in many other ways. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that administers the country's naturalization and immigration system. It is a successor to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which

1575-407: The same size as a credit card . The original standard was defined for both 5  V and 3.3 volt cards, with 3.3 V cards having a key on the side to prevent them from being inserted fully into a 5 V-only slot. Some cards and some slots operate at both voltages as needed. The original standard was built around an 'enhanced' 16-bit ISA bus platform. A newer version of the PCMCIA standard

1620-521: The service centers, and manages all other immigration benefits functions (i.e., not immigration enforcement) performed by the former INS. The USCIS's other responsibilities include: While core immigration benefits functions remain the same as under the INS, a new goal is to process immigrants' applications more efficiently. Improvement efforts have included attempts to reduce the applicant backlog and providing customer service through different channels, including

1665-507: The size and features of Type I cards: CompactFlash , MiniCard , P2 Card and SmartMedia . For example, the PC Card electrical specification is also used for CompactFlash, so a PC Card CompactFlash adapter can be a passive physical adapter rather than requiring additional circuitry. CompactFlash is a smaller dimensioned 50 pin subset of the 68 pin PC Card interface. It requires a setting for the interface mode of either "memory" or " ATA storage". The EOMA68 open-source hardware standard uses

1710-462: The spouse has been a resident for at least three years. USCIS handles all forms and processing materials related to immigration and naturalization. This is evident from USCIS's predecessor, the INS ( Immigration and Naturalization Service ), which is defunct as of March 1, 2003. USCIS handles two kinds of forms: those related to immigration, and those related to naturalization. Forms are designated by

1755-546: The time as "SunDisk") launched its PCMCIA card in October 1992. The company was the first to introduce a writeable Flash RAM card for the HP 95LX (an early MS-DOS pocket computer). These cards conformed to a supplemental PCMCIA-ATA standard that allowed them to appear as more conventional IDE hard drives to the 95LX or a PC. This had the advantage of raising the upper limit on capacity to the full 32 MB available under DOS 3.22 on

1800-683: The world. A field USCIS office provides interviews for all non-asylum cases; naturalization ceremonies; appointments for information; and applicant services. USCIS Asylum offices schedule interviews only for asylum and suspension of deportation and special rule cancellation of removal under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). Asylum offices do not provide information services. Applications are not filed at asylum offices. International offices provide services to U.S. citizens, permanent U.S. residents, and certain other people who are visiting or residing outside

1845-609: Was ruled unlawful . He remained Principal Deputy Director at USCIS for the remainder of his tenure. The United States immigration courts , immigration judges, and the Board of Immigration Appeals , which hears appeals from them, are part of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) within the United States Department of Justice . (USCIS is part of the Department of Homeland Security.) USCIS's official website

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1890-535: Was dissolved by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and replaced by three components within the DHS: USCIS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). USCIS performs many of the duties of the former INS, namely processing and adjudicating various immigration matters, including applications for work visas, asylum, and citizenship. Additionally, the agency

1935-677: Was published by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association in November 1990 and was soon adopted by more than eighty vendors. It corresponds with the Japanese JEIDA memory card 4.0 standard. It was originally developed to support Memory cards . Intel authored the Exchangable Card Architecture (ExCA) specification, but later merged this into the PCMCIA. SanDisk (operating at

1980-502: Was redesigned in 2009 and unveiled on September 22, 2009. The last major redesign before 2009 was in October 2006. The website now includes a virtual assistant, Emma, who answers questions in English and Spanish. USCIS's website contains self-service tools, including a case status checker and address change request form. Applicants, petitioners, and their authorized representatives can also submit case inquiries and service requests on USCIS's website. The inquiries and requests are routed to

2025-457: Was the name of the standard from version 2 of the specification onwards. These cards were used for wireless networks , modems, and other functions in notebook PCs. After the release of PCIe -based ExpressCard in 2003, laptop manufacturers started to fit ExpressCard slots to new laptops instead of PC Card slots. All PC Card devices use a similar sized package which is 85.6 millimetres (3.37 in) long and 54.0 millimetres (2.13 in) wide,

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