Subject: CND-US, July 30, 1993

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1993 01:57:29 -0500

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                               (US Regional)

                           Friday, July 30, 1993

(See Items 6 & 7 for Info about Late-Arriving CSPA Dependents Apply for PR)

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1. White House Escalates Fight on Illegal Immigration ................... 94
2. No More Lip Service, No More Empty Promises -- A Reader's Letter
   on Chinese Gov't's Treatment of Returned Students and Scholars ....... 35
3. Short-Term Teaching and Research Fellowship in China ................. 78
4. Jobs Openings (4 items) ...............................................96

                     CND-US CSPA Information Exchange
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5. SUNY at Buffalo CSSC's Open Letter to IFCSS Concerning Late-Comers ... 75

6. An Unauthoritative Analysis: When May Late-Arriving CSPA Dependents
   File PR Applicantion Under E-3 Category and When Will They Get PR .... 90

7. A Check List for Filing Form I-485 under Employment-Based 3rd
   Category for Late-Arriving CSPA Dependents (Following-To-Join) ....... 95

   For more detail information on how to fill out INS forms, how to prepare
   required documents etc, see CND-US CSPA Info Exchange Packages back issues
   and CND-US CSPA Info carried in July, 1993 issues.  They are available by
   anonymous ftp from CND.ORG (IP#: 132.249.229.100) in directory
   pub/InfoBase/CSPA.

   Due to the limit to our manpower resource of VOLUNTEERs, we are unable
   to take ANY questions, nor provide personalized service in this regard.
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1. White House Escalates Fight on Illegal Immigration ................... 94
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Forwarded by: A CND Reader
Source: Washington Post
Written by: Ann Devroy and Michael S. Arnold

President Clinton, surrounded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers whose
states are struggling with illegal immigration, yesterday asked a receptive
Congress for an additional $172.5 million and stronger law enforcement tools
to fight illegal immigration.

"We cannot and will not surrender our border to those who wish to exploit
our history of compassion and justice," said Clinton, flanked by Vice
President Gore and Attorney General Janet Reno, as he outlined the
legislative details of proposals first announced in June. The plan was
devised by a 12-agency task force directed by Gore, working with Congress.

The key elements of the administration's bill include "expedited exclusion"
hearings for immigrants claiming asylum as well as stiffer penalties for
immigrant smugglers and prosecution of smugglers under federal racketeering
laws. The plan also would provide for more asylum officers and up to 600
additional border patrol guards, and would improve the State Department's
ability to identify potentially dangerous immigrants overseas to keep them
from entering the country.

The expedited exclusion hearings would amount to a new preliminary screening
of aliens at entry points into the United States, with a full hearing
granted only to applicants who prove they have a "credible fear" of
persecution in their home countries. The exclusion rules would apply to the
15,000 refugees a year who request asylum when they are caught entering the
country illegally. But they would not affect the estimated 300,000
immigrants who enter undetected each year, or the nearly 100,000 who apply
for asylum without having been apprehended.

The accelerated process is designed to take no more than five days, compared
to the average 18 months a preliminary asylum hearing now takes, and was
immediately denounced by civil liberties groups that say it may infringe
immigrants' rights.

Congressional reaction generally was more positive. Aides said that Sens.
Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Alan K. Simpson (R-Wyo.) are negotiating in
hope of introducing the bill jointly. Rep. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), who
has cosponsored a more far-reaching bill with Romano L. Mazzoli (D-Ky.) and
Bill McCollum (R-Fla.), said the proposal "achieves a good balance between
toughness and fairness." Mazzoli, chairman of the Judiciary subcommittee on
international law, immigration and refugees, spoke favorably of the bill but
said he might move to amend it slightly.

Clinton's tough posture against illegal immigration represents a shift from
his campaign, when he criticized restrictive GOP immigration policies and
emphasized the nation's immigrant tradition. What has prompted the new
effort, aides said, has been the highly publicized arrival of hundreds of
Chinese migrants in the United States through organized smuggling rings and
the links of an immigrant sheik and others of questionable immigration
status to the World Trade Center bombing.

"To treat terrorists and smugglers as immigrants dishonors the tradition of
the immigrants who have made our nation great," Clinton said. "We must say
no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal
immigration."

But immigration advocates said it may be impossible to just say no to
illegal migrants while still protecting bona fide refugees, and some members
of Congress said they were wary of the plan. "We want to be absolutely
certain that we do not compromise fair consideration of asylum requests for
legitimate political refugees," said Rep. Jose E. Serrano (D-N.Y.), chairman
of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

By allowing an asylum officer to decide on the spot whether ap- plicants
deserve full-fledged hearings - and by replacing several layers of judicial
review with a single appeal to another immigration official - the proposal
would hurt refugees wary of talking to government officials just hours after
arriving in the United States, critics assert.

"The persons most hurt by this bill are those who are fleeing persecution.
These are people who survived because they didn't share their confidences,"
said Carol Wolchok, director of the American Bar Association's Center for
Immigration Law and Representation. "It's really a roulette as to whether
you get an officer who listens to what you have to say and will give you an
opportunity to go forward to prove your claim."

Lucas Guttentag, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's
Immigrants' Rights Project, agreed. Eliminating court appeals in order to
speed up exclusion hearings "creates a veil of secrecy" around the INS that
"just invites . . . arbitrary and discriminatory applications," he said.

"This is not a system that's designed to make adequate decisions in a
situation of life or death," Guttentag added. "The proposal is a badly
misguided response by the president and some in Congress that panders to
America's most primitive fears about immigration."

A Gallup Poll in July found that 69 percent of respondents favored reducing
immigration, which Gallup called its highest such finding since World War
II. Civil liberties groups said they will lobby Congress for amendments to
the bill to reduce the standard of proof and allow judicial review of asylum
decisions.

"The question shouldn't be can America wash its hands of these refugees, but
can we offer a true refugee protection," said Warren Leiden, executive
director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. "I don't think
America has to choose between efficiency and fairness."

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2. No More Lip Service, No More Empty Promises -- A Reader's Letter
   on Chinese Gov't's Treatment of Returned Students and Scholars ....... 35
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>From: Qiru Zhou <[email-masked]>

To: Chinese officials stationed abroad from National
    Educational Committee and the Chinese students
    inclined to returning to China

Prof. Zhou Yiliang of Beijing University is 80 years old. After receiving
his Ph.D. from Harvard Univ. in 1940's, he returned to China in 1947 and has
been teaching in Beijing Univ. since 1953. Not one room in Zhou's residence
for the past 40 years is exposed to sufficient sunlight. Moreover, the
leakage has been rapidly developing in the roof of the old house in recent
years, so that the moderate rain outside causes flood inside.

Prof. Dengyi, the spouse of Prof. Zhou, has been suffering from knee injury
and hip fracture. The leakage aggravates her already difficult daily tasks.
Prof. Zhou and Deng have repeatedly asked in 1991, 1992 and 1993 the office
responsible at Beijing Univ. to solve the problem, but only to be stone
walled. Although for years in China there has been some slogan such as "care
for intellectuals", still many cases of lip service do unfortunately exist.
Sometimes the promise made to intellectuals is kept indeed, however, only as
an attraction to those who still live abroad, and not a charity to those who
have been overworked and under appreciated in China for decades.

To those presently employed outside of China, such a double standard is no
less than a warning, hinting how they would be treated if they resettled in
China without some leeway of moving abroad again. I am the son of Prof. Zhou
and Deng. I consider the attitude of government bodies concerned at all
levels to be neither fair nor wise. Given the failure of my parents in
appealing through normal channels, I have to act outside of China, because
the authority concerned seems to care about overseas image of itself more
than relieving ordinary intellectuals in China from hardships. I present my
parent's case this way, hoping that a little attention be drawn from some
superior go vernment body, some action be taken to reduce broken promises,
and poor credit of government bodies be improved, so that more overseas
Chinese students will be willing to settle and work in China.

                                             Zhou Qi bo
                                             Tel: (718)518-7336

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3. Short-Term Teaching and Research Fellowship in China ................. 78
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>From: JIA Hao <[email-masked]>
Source: AEIC NR #2029

                      Announcement of a "Short-Term
                Teaching and Research Fellowship in China"
                                (WCCS)

The Washington Center for China Studies (WCCS) has recently announced its
new project, "Short-Term Teaching and Research Fellowship in China." Founded
in January 1990 by a group of Chinese students and scholars in the United
States, WCCS is a non-profit institution registered in Washington D.C. and
operating exclusively for academic and educational purposes. During a
two-year period starting from the fall of 1993, WCCS will grant about 25
fellowships each year to Chinese scholars and students currently in the
United States to provide short-term teaching and research assistance in
China. The project is supported by the Rockefeller Foundation. Its goals are
to help participants to contribute their knowledge and expertise to the
motherland and strengthen their academic relations with corresponding
institutions and colleagues at home.

Based upon applicants' academic merits and their commitment to the purpose
of the project, WCCS will choose candidates for the need of qualified
teaching/ research personnel in China, preferably those invited by their
home or associated institutions. Through an application procedure,
participants of the project will be selected in the following three domains:

       1. Economics, business, law and jurisprudence;
       2. Other fields of Social sciences such as international studies,
          sociology, political science, and journalism;
       3. Fields of humanities, such as history, philosophy, and literature.

Procedure: To assure a smooth sailing of the project, a selecting process
has been set with the assistance of an advisory board. At least one adviser
with Ph.D degree/assistant professor status will be assigned to each
discipline. The application procedure is as follows:

1. After a "warming-up period" started already to set up an operational
base, distribute information among CSS communities in the United States,
contact our academic counterparts in China, and let applicants to approach
Chinese host institutions, the project will be conducted in two consecutive
years from September -1993 to August-1995. While an applicant may choose any
time during the period, he/she must spend at least two months for giving
lectures or providing other teaching/research assistance focused on one or
two subjects, with the work load close to that of one course in American
universities.

2. Applicants must have a master or a higher degree, a valid passport, and a
legal status in the United States. While WCCS will provide advice and
necessary assistance to participants, it is mainly their own responsibility
to arrange the trip.

3. For those who decide to join the project, they need first notify WCCS.
Each of them should make a detailed proposal (in both English and Chinese)
of their teaching/research plan (including subject, syllabus, schedule,
requirement, and expected host institution) and send it (along with their
resume) to WCCS for record. They should then use the proposal to contact
their home or associated institution(s). A formal acceptance with an
invitation letter from a Chinese institution and a qualified proposal are
the prerequisite for WCCS to consider. Those applicants who will attend more
than one institutions during their trip in China will be favorably
considered.

4. Each participant will be reimbursed for their international round- trip
travel cost from the United State to China (as soon as they have bought the
tickets). They will also get an allowance for preparing textbooks or reading
materials being used in China, which will then be contributed to the
specific institution that the participant attends. Within one month after
his/her trip, each participant must submit to WCCS a detailed narrative
report (in English) about their mission and an evaluation by his/her host
institution (s) for getting an additional trip subsidy.

5. The host Chinese institution(s) is expected to provide some subsidies to
cover our grantee's cost in China. While WCCC will provide necessary assis-
tance and advice, it is mainly for those host institutions and applicants to
decide whether and what subsidies will be appropriate.

6. Based upon a fair competition and through above mentioned selecting
process, WCCS will announce its decision of fellowship, three times a year
in September, December, and April for the each following semester.

For application and further information, please contact: Teaching & Research
Fellowship Washington Center for China Studies (WCCS) 1129 20th St. NW,
Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: 202-296-8071 Fax: 202-296-8072 E-Mail:
[email-masked]

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4. Jobs Openings (4 items) ...............................................96
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Source: AEIC NR# 2029

1. From: [email-masked]

GRADUATE STUDENT/RESEARCHASSISTANT position is available immediately in
Dr. Hellekant's lab in the Department of Animal Health and Biomedical
Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison. The qualified candidate will be
supported by Wisconsin State Education Fund inssured as RA and absolutely no
risk to lose it if he(she) meets the minimum requirment of Grad School and
the department.

The qualified candidate should be one who has a biochem, molecular biology
or bio-chemistry background and wish to work in the field of protein
expression in yeast. Microbiological knowledge is a plus and may substitute
the biochem background. Interested candidate is advised to contact Mr.Ding
Ming <[email-masked]>, [Tel. (608) 265-3544 Fax: (608) 262-7420]
for further information.
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2. From: Wang Zheng <[email-masked]>

POST-DOCTOR POSITION: Working for "Information Support & Consultants (ISC)"
company, doing research in Peking University, Beijing, for about 2 years. In
addition to your own research, the primary mission includes to set up an
agency in Beijing for ISC.

Benefits:
   1. salary: 250 (RMB)/mo
   2. one bedroom apartment
   3. up to 20,000 (RMB) research fee and $2000 miscellaneous fee available
   4. plus business commissions from ISC

Requirements:
   1. GIS, remote sensing, geography, and/or related fields
   2. held a Ph.D. degree
   3. must be a Chinese
   4. US/Canada PR or will get PR soon
   5. prefer active person who intends to go into business in the future

Contact:  Wang Zheng, ISC
          P.O. Box 11656, Blacksburg, VA 24062-1656
          Tel: (703) 951-3263  Fax: (703) 951-8910
          Email: agengs24@vtvm1

- Send resume to above address.
- Deadline for Application: August 31, 1993.
- Call (703) 951-3263 for detail information.
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3. From: William Skinner <[email-masked]>

Position: GIS Operator/Analyst

Job specifications: Fulltime position working in the Anthropology Department
and Vizualization Lab at the Univ. of California, Davis. Beginning date: 1
August to 1 October 1993. Salary $36k-$45k plus benefits, depending on
qualifications and experience.

Qualifications: Strong background in GIS (ARC/INFO and/or Intergraph MGE)
and spatial analysis. Experience with ORACLE, scanning, plotting, data
management, and computer cartography. Desired but not required: S-plus
programming, competence in SQL, social science background, reading knowledge
of Chinese, Japanese or French.

Job description: The Project involves ecological and spatial analysis of
particular regions in 19th-century France, 19th-century Japan, and 20th-
century China. Vectorized transport networks, administrative units, and
cities/towns. Large datasets for administrative units keyed to polygons,
large datasets for central places keyed to points, and attribute data keyed
to arcs will be used to complete a spatial analysis in accordance with a
hierarchical model, and to test specific hypotheses within that framework.
The initial task is to create relational databases (in ORACLE from SAS or
EXCEL files) that key tabular and attribute data to features of the vector-
ized maps. The major ongoing activity is spatial analysis in cooperation
with the PI. Specific tasks include preparation of new vectorized databases
from paper maps, special programming as needed, plotting on various output
devices, designing and preparation of output maps, and management and
documentation of GIS datafiles.

Application: Send cover letter and professional resume to: Professor G.
William Skinner, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Davis CA
95616. Phone: 916/752-8685 Fax: 916-752-8885 E-mail:
[email-masked]
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4. From: [email-masked]

The Institute of Physics invites applications for several faculty positions
starting Autumn 1993. Preference will be given to candidates with strong
research credentials in condensed matter physics, atmoic, molecular and
optical physics and high energy physics. The successful candidates are
expected to initiate and lead a vigorus research program, to supervise
graduate students, to teach physics at all levels and to maintain a
team-work atomsphere in the Institute.

Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of
research plan, and three letters of reference to : Prof. T. F. Jiang Search
Committee, Institute of Physics National Chiao Tung University 1001 Ta Hsueh
Road, Hsinchu 30050, TAIWAN

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5. SUNY at Buffalo CSSC's Open Letter to IFCSS Concerning Late-Comers ... 75
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>From: Jian Hu <[email-masked]> Date:  Wed, 28 Jul 1993

Here is the second version of our open letter to IFCSS officers. This letter
was written a little bit earlier to the posting of IFCSS's 2nd open letter.
We welcome IFCSS's open letter, although it comes too late. However, we still
think it is necessary to send ours to the public. This is for three purposes:
1) to show our concerns over our fellow LC students' interests, and the
related IFCSS's behavior; 2) to express our opinions over current IFCSS
crisis; 3) to practice our right within IFCSS as a democratic exercise.

We hope our effort will cast a thread of rational light into LCs' current
discussion; We hope our effort will remind IFCSS officers of their
responsibility in dealing with the problem currently existing.

We love IFCSS.

CSSC of SUNYAB

(Abbreviations in the letter: LC = Late-Comer; EC = Earlier-Comer; LAD =
 Late-Arrival Dependent; GC = Green Card PR = Permanent Resident)

The letter:

Dear IFCSS Officers:

With great concern, we notice that the anger toward IFCSS HQ among Late-Comers
becomes stronger and stronger. There are two possible causes for this tendency
being heated up as we see. 1) the "unfairness" experienced by the LCs; 2) that
IFCSS HQ has been ignoring LCs' demanding.

A. The "unfairness" derives from the following aspects, as we see:

a) the fact that most LCs were the paricipants in Beijing and other cities in
1989 pro-demo. movement. They contributed a lot and suffered a lot.
b) the potential threaten from the GC-hold ECs in prospective job market
competition.
c) the understandings of CSPA among LCs, which could be different from the
ECs' and IFCSS official interpretation and then lead to LCs' distrust to IFCSS.
d) the possible PR quota conflict between LADs and LCs according to the
principles published by INS on 7/1.

B. Lacking of appropriate response from IFCSS HQ shows that it ignores LCs'
demanding. The demands are of two parts: a) demand of not being hurt, which
is related to the operation of CSPA, or other possible compensations suggested
by some LCs; b) demand of being served equally by IFCSS as it claims. This
ignoring has already arose the doubt among LCs toward IFCSS HQ's sincerity and
credit in solving the problem believed to be related to LCs' interests.

Both these "unfairness" and "ignoring" will cause IFCSS's split, even death.
If the "unfairness" reflects certain degree of benefit difference (or,
"conflict", as some LCs would like to use) due to CSPA implementation, a
historical event which sadly separate Chinese into two,  ignoring LCs'
demanding would lead to the confrontation between IFCSS and its grass-roots.
IFCSS HQ should communicate with its people, otherwise, people would throw it
away in the same way as people throw away dictatorship.

We believe IFCSS HQ should LISTEN to the LCs' voice, and do something. If you
do not agree with some LCs' understanding of CSPA and the requests, you are
responsible to find some alternatives acceptable to most LCs. Otherwise, IFCSS
would loss these people.

We believe, in this crisis, IFCSS HQ is absolutely responsible for any possible
outcome. LCs are of much less responsible in this case. It is IFCSS's
leadership, and its interaction with LCs' behavior which is INFLUENCED BY the
leadership, that are determining IFCSS's destiny. Good leadership will calm
down an angry volcano. Bad leadership will sink an unsinkable ship.

It is the time when the IFCSS leadership is tested.

We are watching.  We are waiting.  We are expecting.

We still hope IFCSS is eligible and capable of uniting the Chinese in USA.

Chinese Students and Scholars Club of SUNY at Buffalo

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6. An Unauthoritative Analysis: When May Late-Arriving CSPA Dependents
   File PR Applicantion Under E-3 Category and When Will They Get PR .... 90
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[Editor's Note: The discussion below is for your REFERENCE ONLY, please
                consult your immigration lawyer before you make any decision
                on relevant matter. CND and the author assume no resposibility
                for the correctness and accurateness of the analysis. ]

Q: From: Mulong Yu <[email-masked]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993
   Source: ccnl

   People with LADs are eager to know following information.  Please give
you suggestion and comments.

   i) What is the main ideas of IFCSS's new release about LADs?  This release
is very confusing and difficult to figure out what should LADs do.

  ii) What should LADs write in the Form 485 Part Two, which is the reason
to apply GC?  CSPA applicants were able to put CSPA-principal in the block h.
Should LADs also put something like CSPA-accompanying to join in the block h?
Or, is this OK to choose block a which is the immediately available visa
number?

   iii) Is passport Ok to substitute birth certificate in the LAD's
application? IFCSS did not put any effort on this issue, instead of
passing information from INS to our CSS.

    iv) Is interview required for LAD's application?  We have seen lots of
Discussion before.

--- --- ---

A: From: ****@****.edu  July 29, 1993

i) If you read though the INS CSPA Interim Regulation, INS Q&A and Analysis
   published in CND-US CSPA Info Exchange Packages in June and July, 1993,
   and read carefully the IFCSS New Releases in July about LAD's, as well as
   the INS Form I-485 General Instruction, you will conclude by yourself
   that LAD's may apply in August, 1993 because:

   1) PRC's visa number for Employment-based 3rd category (E-3) will become
      CURRENT in August, 1993;
   2) Principal's PR application is pending and his/her visa number/priority
      date is ALSO CURRENT per the CSPA per se (though priority date has yet
      been given).

   Based on above 1) and 2), starting on the first working day of August,
   1993, LAD's should be able to apply for PR based on following/accompanying
   to join procedure under the E-3 category as the IFCSS indicated.

   For the same reason, if a CSPA applicant family members are abroad, he/she
   should be able to go local INS to request and file Form I-824 for his/her
   family member under E-3, see July 27's CND-US for details.

   I do not have the time to get into detail discussion, nor further questions
   will be answered, jult like the IFCSS HQ declines to answer any questions
   in this (LAD's) regard.

   Please be remined that there is no harm, nor penlty, to LAD's possible
   future application in any category, if the LAD's simply file application
   in August, 1993.  LAD's may simply go to LOCAL INS office as the IFCSS NR
   suggested (of course with FULL set of application documents), if the INS
   local office accepts it, fine, if not, then take it back and heed the sign.

   Of course, LAD's may also file PR application under PR Alien's family
   member 2nd (A-2) category, but will not discuss it here because the PRC
   A-2 is now in serious backlog, i.e., not much advantage to take of.

ii) See my Check List for LAD's Filing PR in this issue of CND-US.

iii) ALL documents must meet the requirements for REGULAR immigration
     procedure, this is DIFFERENT from the loosened INS requirements for
     CSPA applicants.

iv) Yes, the LAD applicants will need to be interviewed by the INS since
    they apply for PR under NORMAL procedure.

    That means, if the local INS does accept their application in August,
    they will be scheduled for an interview on receipt of the application.
    This interview time VARIES from state from state.  In New York City and
    some other east area, it could take upto 12 months for the LAD to have
    his/her interview, in Midwest (e.g., Chicago), it takes about 3 months
    the day one files I-485.

    Therefore, the satisfaction of 1) and 2) in above i) only gives the LAD
    applicant an interview date and priority date (the same as the principal
    applicant, instead of PR!), and on the day of interview, if the LAD passes
    the interview, AND IF the PRC E-3 visa number is STILL CURRENT (or his/her
    priority date is before the cutoff date if there is a backlog), the LAD
    will likely get appproval of PR the same day.  Otherwise, the LAD has to
    wait for QUOTA though he/she passes the interview, i.e., NO PR is granted.

    However, once a LAD files I-485 or is interviewed, he/she will be allowed
    to stay and work in the U.S. temporarily while waiting for PR, check with
    your local INS office for the procedure and forms IF INS TAKEs the LAD's
    application, this situation is much better than Voluntary Departure.

    For more discussion, please see my article published in July 16's CND-US:
    "An Unauthoritative Analysis on "Visa Number Current" in August for
    China's Employment 3rd Preference vs Late-Arrival Dependents."

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7. A Check List for Filing Form I-485 under Employment-Based 3rd
   Category for Late-Arriving CSPA Dependents (Following-To-Join) ....... 95
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Compiled by: *****@****.edu, July 29, 1993

[Editor's Note: This list is compiled by a volunteer based on information
                currently available on implementation of CSPA and INS Codes.
                CND assumes no guarantee on the completeness and/or
                correctness of this list.
                Please consult your immigration lawyers for detail info.
                Please check your application package against the official
                INS requirements before you send it out]

Please note that all the eligible late-arriving CSPA dependents will apply
for U.S. permanent resident through NORMAL procedure.  Your application
should be mailed or delivered in person to your LOCAL INS office.

ALL documents must meet the requirements for REGULAR immigration procedure,
this is DIFFERENT from the loosened INS requirements for CSPA applicants.

READ FORM I-485 GENERAL INSTRUCTION CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY for any other
documents possibly required but not mentioned below.

0. ---  A copy of the principal CSPA applicant's Receipt Notice (Form I-797)
        or INS Approval Notice if the CSPA principal's application has been
        approved.  This is an important evidence of your eligibility.

1. ___  Form I-485 (Application to Register P.R.), completed and signed;

        Each person will fill in his/her own form I-485 (and G-325A etc).
        Check block "b" in I-485 Part 2; Check "no" in Part 12 Question 12
        and add a note "Under CSPA, U.S. Public Law No. 102-404, along with
        principal", if you were a J-1/J-2 (See July 27's CND-US for more info).

2. ___  Form I-693 (Medical Exam), sealed in an envelope addressed to the
        INS;

3. ___  Form G-325A (Biographic Information), completed and signed in your
        native language;

4. ___  FD-258 Fingerprint Card (put your A #, if any, in OCA or MNU space);

5. ___  Two (2) ADIT photos. Put your name and A#/SS# on the back of photos;

[NOTE: for 4 and 5, some local INS required 2 and 4 copies respectively, just
       send in whatever are required by your local INS);

6. ___  I-134 (Financial Affidavit), completed;

7. ___  Letter from your (or principal's) employer on official letterhead,
        stating the position and salary;

8. ___  Bank letter, stating the account number, current balance, and
        amount deposited during the past year (banks often cannot furnish
        this info, they usually list average balance of year-to-date instead);

[NOTE: Either one of No.'s 6, 7 and 8 or all of them, may suffice for I-134,
       depending on your situation.]

9. ___ Copy of BOTH SIDES of your last I-94;

10. ___ A check for the amount of $120 (for each person over 14 years old)
        or $95 (for each child less than 14 years old), payable to U.S. INS.

11. ___ Copy of birth certificate or other equivalent document testifying
        to your date of birth. If original is in Chinese, have it translated
        by a qualified person and have the person sign a notarized letter
        per General Instruction for Form I-485;

12. --- Evidence of your relationship to the pricinpal, (see Form I-485
        Instructions under "Initial Evidence - Evidence of eligibility based
        on your being the spouse of another adjustment applicant...");

13. ___ Form 9003 (IRS Additional Questions), completed;

[The following are not absolutely necessary per the INS requirements]

14. ___ Copy of your old and current IAP-66, I-20 and H-1B forms, and
        old I-94 forms;

15. ___ Copy of the letter of waiver of your two-year foreign residence
        you received when you changed status from J-1 to another, if any;

KEEP A COMPLETE EXTRA PHOTOCOPY OF EVERYTHING YOU EVER SEND OR GIVE TO INS
IN A SAFE PLACE.

In addition, you may want to prepare the following:
Originals of all submitted documents, past year's Federal Income Tax return,
if filed, or W-2 form from employer, INS may request them, therefore copies
need not to be certified.  (This is applicable if you were even paid for
your work in the U.S.)

For more detail information on how to fill out INS forms, how to prepare
required documents etc., see CND-US CSPA Info Exchange Packages back issues
and CND-US CSPA Info carried in July, 1993 issues.  They are available by
anonymous ftp from CND.ORG (IP#: 132.249.229.100) in directory
pub/InfoBase/CSPA.

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