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The phrase "immediate relatives" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to family members who are directly related, such as parents, siblings, and children. Example: The new law will allow immediate relatives to sponsor their family members for legal residency in the United States.
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She has no immediate relatives left but a distant brother.
That includes diversity immigrants, immediate relatives, and people with employment and family preferences.
It would, for example, make it easier for Americans to visit immediate relatives in Cuba.
A person who applies for legal status must list his or her immediate relatives.
She asked that her name not be used to avoid embarrassing her immediate relatives.
In some instances, job offers have been extended to the immediate relatives of known traffickers.
Then they learned that only immediate relatives of the owner could stay there.
Mr. Pforzheimer, born in Purchase, N.Y., was single and is survived by no immediate relatives.
Employees of The Washington Post, and their immediate relatives, are not eligible for prizes.
A major question, then, is how we are able to form cooperative relationships with others who aren't our immediate relatives.
Only immediate relatives were allowed contact with such prisoners, but Imad agreed to deliver whatever I wanted to write.
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