re: "No student visa for pro-American Iraqi boxer"
Hat tip to Red State Rant for this. Follow the link to the article to get the full story.
Having lots of experience doing visa interviews for both athletes and students, it's certainly possible that the young man was qualified for the one visa but under-qualified to receive a student visa to the U.S. As it noted in the article, something like 75 percent of all student visa applicants are successful in receiving a student visa.
Having lots of experience doing visa interviews for both athletes and students, it's certainly possible that the young man was qualified for the one visa but under-qualified to receive a student visa to the U.S. As it noted in the article, something like 75 percent of all student visa applicants are successful in receiving a student visa.
posted by Consul-At-Arms at 5:25 PM
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The guy's application was sunk the minute he and/or his trainer started talking about how his life was "in danger" in Iraq. Not even STATE 00180015 could save him then.
By the way, amongst other things, the current comprehensive immigration reform bill, if it ever passes, would strip the foreign home residence requirement from aliens accepted into a graduate program in math, engineering, computer science, etc. (see section 507 of S.2454). These aliens would come in as "F-4" nonimmigrants, but would have an H-1B-like path to residency. Even if the temporary worker and legalization sections don't survive the upcoming resumed debates, this provision probably will, as it is non-controversial. Our Iraqi boxer just has to wait a little longer and he'll get his visa.
Yes, it pretty much becomes clear that the Applicant is an intending immigrant at that point.
They should be adding the foreign residence requirement to those categories where it doesn't apply, not removing it.
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