Dear CND Reader: Thank you for your message, your question(s) will be answered/discussed in news/announcements/info carried in CND-US. However, it's possible that the similar question(s) have been asked by other reader(s) and it HAS BEEN/WILL BE answered in CND-US (please follow and read the related news/announcements/info carefully). Back Issues of CND-US CSPA Information Exchange Package and lots of other related info are in cnd.org pub/InfoBase/CSPA (note: InfoBase). Other passport/visa/legal/tax related info may be found in cnd.org pub/InfoBase/packages/qanda or pub/cnd-us In either case, you'll be able to find answer in CND-US back issue(s) or future issue(s). See Enclosure No.3 of this message for the index to back issues of CND Q&A (It's updated on March 1, 1991). Sometimes, an answer to a question is embedded into another related question. Also, please pay enough attention to those references listed in each Q&A where lots of useful info can be found. For the general questions regarding the new US Immgration Law coming into effect on October 1, 1991 and the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992, please see CND-US back issues between June, 1991 and NOW. Also, for the new U.S. IA Regulations on J-1, please read April 1993's CND-US packages (and the packages afetr that date) that contain the info. For back issues of CND-US, CND-US VISA Packages, CND-US Job/Visa/Tax Series and CND-US Q&A (those are four different CND-US services on the SAME mailing list), Or, please see the Enclosure No.2 of this message for the procedure to retrieve (via bitnet listserv or by internet ftp) CND Q&A back issues from different networks/computer systems. The answers to MOST questions can be found in those packages. 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Please contact cnd-help@cnd.help for further assistance. 2) Via bitnet listserv: Dear Q&A Column Readers: Now we have completed an index file for Q&A series articles so that you refer to it for specific question, without the need to retrieve the whole package. To get the index file, send a mail to listserv@kentvm.bitnet with ONLY the following content in the mail body (not the subject line): GET QANDA INDEX After receiving the QANDA INDEX, you can find the file which contains the answer to your specific question, for example, it is QANDA D, then send another mail to the listserv@kentvm with the following content in the mail body: GET QANDA D The advantage for doing so is to save the e-mail traffic. LISTSERV puts an upper limit to the volumn of archived information that you are allowed to retrieve each day. If you get the whole package, your limit will be reached and you have to wait the next day to try to get any more information from the same site. For your convinience, I am enclosing the instructions for retrieving the whole package as below. Gang Xu for CND, US Section ------------------------------------------------------------------- Q&A Back Issues Achived in Package The back issues of the Q&A Column, written by Mr. Bo Xiong, are now available in package form. To retrieve them, you just need to send a mail with only the following content: GET QANDA PACKAGE to: LISTSERV@KENTVM.BITNET You can use interactive message too, as shown by the following examples: For IBM/CMS system, type: tell listserv at kentvm get qanda package while for VAX/VMS system, type: send listserv@kentvm get qanda package ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enclosure No.3 An Index to CND Q&A on Visa/Job/Legal Matters (Updated on February 3, 1991) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >From: CND Q&A Column Editor Bo Xiong CND Q&A No.1 (84 lines) ----------------------- I. Applying for US PR while Working Overseas II. Asking for US Consul's Name in Shanghai III. Want to Marry Her Fiance in China without Going Back CND Q&A No.2 (75 lines) ----------------------- I. Attending School while Being A H-1 Worker II. Chinese Couple Divorcing in Foreign Country CND Q&A No.3 (100 lines) ------------------------ I. "Duty-free Goods Card" No Longer Valid II. Is A Valid PRC Passport Required to Re-enter US ? III. Some Job Requiring US Citizenship CND Q&A No.4 (112 lines) ------------------------ Three CND Readers Asking about PRC Exit Permit and US Advance Parole CND Q&A No.5 (110 lines) ------------------------ I. More Question about "Duty-free Goods" II. Applying for US H-1 Visa from UK III. Immigrating to US through Investment ? CND Q&A No.6 (115 lines) ------------------------ Three Readers Asked about H-1/H-4/PR Application CND Q&A No.7 (135 lines) ------------------------ I. Tips for Applying for Waiver of Two-Year-Rule II. Changing Status after "Falling out of Status" III. Are There Any Organizations Helping PRCers in US? CND Q&A No.8 (80 lines) ----------------------- I. Change Public Affair Passport to Private One II. Do I Need A Lawyer When Applying for PR? III. Work Permit Lost CND Q&A No.9 (70 lines) ----------------------- I. Chinese Citizens with Greencard Visit PRC II. Visit Home after Switching from J-1 to F-1 III. Where to Apply for A Hong Kong Visa? CND Q&A No.10 (70 lines) ------------------------ I. Switching from B-1/B-2 to F-1/H-1 II. F-2er Aplying for Advance Parole CND Q&A No.11 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. About Advance Parole II. Foreign Reentry Visa and PRC Exit Permit III. Employer Refuses to Sponsor H-1 CND Q&A No.12 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. F-1er/H-1er Inviting Parents to Visit US II. J-1er Holds AEC III. J-1er Looking for Job CND Q&A No.13 (70 lines) ------------------------ Re-entered US on New J-1 Status CND Q&A No.14 (70 lines) ------------------------ More about Re-entered US on New J-1 Status CND Q&A No.15 (90 lines) ------------------------ I. Parents Staying in US with America-Born-Chinese Baby II. America-Born-Chinese Baby Entering PRC CND Q&A No.16 (70 lines) ------------------------ I. Looking for Job in and Immigrating to Canada II. Mainland Students Visiting Taiwan III. Mainlanders Apply for Taiwan Passport CND Q&A No.17 (85 lines) ------------------------ I. Getting Waiver of Two-Year-Rule ONLY II. F-2er Applying for Work Permit III. Wife Was Denied US Visa IV. Switching from J-1 Scholar to J-1 Student CND Q&A No.18 (85 lines) ------------------------ I. H-2er Applying for PR II. F-1er Self-employed III. Mainland Chinese Working in US High Tech Company IV. H-4er Inviting Parents to Visit CND Q&A No.19 (105 lines) ------------------------- I. Can Advance Parole Holders Get out of PRC? II. US PR Bearing PRC Public Affair Passport CND Q&A No.20 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. H-1er Getting Spouse into US II. H-1 Working & Studying in the Same School III. US PR and J-1 Parents Coming Here AFTER 04/11/90 CND Q&A No.21 (105 lines) ------------------------- I. How to Get Birth Certificate for PR Application II. J-1ers Owe PRC Government Money CND Q&A No.22 (105 lines) ------------------------- I. Applied for US PR under Political Asylum II. How H-1 Time Is Counted? III. How Long PRCer Have to Wait for 3rd Preference CND Q&A No.23 (80 lines) ------------------------ I. Standard PRC Birth and No-Criminal-Offense Certificate II. More about Using US Advance Parole to Apply for PRC Exit Permit CND Q&A No.24 (125 lines) ------------------------- I. Ex J-1er with Canadian PR Applying for Two-Year-Waiver from US INS? II. Canadian PR Working in the US III. Canadian PR Attending US School without Valid PRC Passport CND Q&A No.25 (150 lines) ------------------------- I. Re-apply for Work Permit after switching from J-2 to F-2 II. Got New J-1 after Switching School III. More about "Applying for Waiver of Two-Year Rule" ONLY IV. Can One Get Marriage Certificate from Both Gov'ts? V. Waiting for PR after Marrying An American VI. What's H-1A and H-1B? VII. Advance Notification CND Q&A No.26 (180 lines) ------------------------- I. PRC Educational Counsel Answered CND Q&A Editor's Questions on the US Advance Parole and PRC Exit Permit II. More about Getting A Foreign Marriage Certification Attachment: The Procedure for Students to Apply for PRC Exit Permit During Their Temporary Home Visit CND Q&A No.27 (85 lines) ------------------------ I. How to Do Tax after Change of Status II. PRCer Paying Tax on Off-Campus Income III. Tax Problem after Moving to Canada IV. Getting Marriage Certification in the US CND Q&A No.28 (65 lines) ------------------------ I. More about Tax Exemption for PRCers in the US CND Q&A No.29 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. Further Info on the Waiver of Two-year Rule for PRC J-1ers CND Q&A No.30 (95 lines) ------------------------ I. H-1 Time and Info about New US Immigration Law II. PRC H-1er Getting PSB-issued Passport Renewed CND Q&A No.31 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. Home-visiting Student Came Back with Her ABC Baby CND Q&A No.32 (80 lines) ------------------------ I. The Procedure to Apply for US Advance Parole II. Asking Info about US Consuls in China CND Q&A No.33 (90 lines) ------------------------ I. Can H-1er Change Job? II. H-1er Applying for AEC after Changing Job III. Will I Be Classified into Third or Sixth Preference? CND Q&A No.34 (60 lines) ------------------------ I. PRCers in EDD Status Travel Overseas II. PRCers with US PR & without PRC Passport Visit PRC CND Q&A No.35 (50 lines) ------------------------ I. Applying Foreign Visa in US without US I-94 II. Apply Renewal of F-1 Visa in Tawain CND Q&A No.36 (65 lines) ------------------------ I. Canadian PR Applies US PR II. PRC J-1er Came from Japan after April 11, 1990 III. Is PRC Passport Required to Be Naturatlized in Another Country? CND Q&A No.37 (60 lines) ------------------------ I. PRC Passport Holder Who Was Not Born in PRC Avails of Bush'es Order II. How to Correct One's Own Birth Date III. How to Change One's Own Name Lawfully CND Q&A No.38 (90 lines) ------------------------ I. Practical Training Time and Working under Bush's Order II. New Visa Status for F-1er Who Got A Job III. F-1er Training/Working in Japan and Reentering US on H-1? IV. Apply US PR while Working in Alien-owned Companies in the US CND Q&A No.39 (85 lines) ------------------------ I. What to Do If B-2 Expired? What If A B-2er Has Work Permit II. J-1er Got Two-year Waiver and Works Overseas III. PRC Retiree Staying in the US Got Annuity Suspended CND Q&A No.40 (80 lines) ------------------------ I. F-2 and Work Permit II. J-2er Entering US after 04-11-90 To Change to F-2 and Work III. F-1er Working on & out of Campus IV. F-2er Entering US after 04-11-90 Applies Work Permit/H-1 V. F-2er Applying for Social Security Number CND Q&A No.41 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. Is J-1 Time Counted toward 9 Months Time for Practical Training? II. RA Applying Work Permit III. B-1er Works in the US? IV. Under What Conditions A H-4er Can Work? CND Q&A No.42 (100 lines) ------------------------- I. Will Advance Parole Affect PR Application Later On? II. Tuition Waiver in Canada III. Child on J-2 Attending High School IV. PR Petitioners Maintaining Priority Date/AEC under New Law CND Q&A No.43 (85 lines) ------------------------ I. Shipping Goods to China II. F-1er Claiming Unemployment Insurance III. Tips for Applying F-1 from the Place Other Than One's Home Country CND Q&A No.44 (65 lines) ------------------------ I. Chef in China Applies US PR II. F-2er Divoced in the US III. F-2er/J-2er Applies PR via 6th Preference after Divoced CND Q&A No.45 (75 lines) ------------------------ I. Who Can Help PRC J-1ers Not Covered By Bush's Order? II. Former PRC J-1ers Now Singapore PR Emigrate to US CND Q&A No.46 (80 lines) ------------------------ I. What Types of Visa Status Are Available for Post-doctor? II. Post-doctor Applies for US PR III. Correction on Ex-PRC J-1ers Getting US PR (CND Q&A No.36 & No.45) CND Q&A No.47 (70 lines) ------------------------ I. Ph.D./Post-docotr vs Master in PR Application II. Ph.D. vs Master in Job Hunting III. Post-doctor Position in Canada vs Industrial Job Offer in US -------------------------------------------------------------------------------