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applicant

[ap-li-kuhnt] / ˈæp lɪ kənt /


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AfghanEvac and residents at the camp said authorities offer $4,500 per main applicant and $1,200 per dependent to return.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Home Office decisions to reject an asylum applicant can be challenged, and potentially overturned, in the courts.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

On its rebuilding dashboard, the county reports that cases spend an average of 32 days in county review compared with 122 days waiting for applicant response.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

That’s up from the prior fee—$215—for an applicant to enter the H-1B lottery and then fees of around $5,000 to file a visa application.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

I handed him a copy of the magazine article, with its photo of a serious-looking Jesse and Eric, and explained that the clean shaven one was, as of a few days ago, an applicant.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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