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                               (US Regional)

                         Thursday, February 24, 1994

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1. News and Info Briefs (5 Items) ....................................... 40
2. Further Discussions on Tax Form 8843 ................................. 62
3. Frequently Asked Questions About U.S. Visas .......................... 32
4. Immigrant Children's School Performance Declines to U.S. Levels ...... 30
5. Chinese Business Woman Establishes Scholarship for Fellow Workers .... 66
6. Job Openings (3 Items) ............................................... 33
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1. News and Info Briefs (5 Items) ....................................... 40
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Information obtained from the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee confirms
that Mr. Shi Heping, IFCSS's vice president is scheduled to testify before
the Trade Subcommittee of the House Ways and Means Committee at a hearing
concerning China's MFN renewal on Thursday, February 24, 1994, a message in
SCC says. According to the IFCSS HQ Weekly Journal, the HQ staff has been
working with the House Ways and Means Committee on an opportunity to present
the IFCSS views at the congressional hearing since February 15, 1994.
(From: Junwei W. Hou, <jwh3@po.CWRU.Edu>; Source: SCC. From: IFCSS HQ)
                              ___   ___   ___

Starting from February 21, 1994, the MIT radio station FM 88.1 WMBR
(Cambridge) will broadcast Chinese pop music on every Monday night from
11:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. It includes songs in Mandarin, Taiwanese, and
Cantonese. (From: Yi-Fen Irene Chen <yifen@athena.mit.edu>; Source: SCC)
                              ___   ___   ___

The alumni association of Dalian University of Technology (DUT) (former
Dalian Institute of Technology) welcome all the friends who have ever
worked, studied, visited in DUT to join us. For general information,
please contact Kequan Ding (ding@math.ias.edu) at Princeton, U.S.
(From: Kequan Ding <ding@math.ias.edu>, 02/22/94)
                              ___   ___   ___

The Research Society of Science and Technology of Ancient Ceramics
(RSSTAC), Shanghai Institute of Ceramics and Chinese Academy of Sciences are
pleased announce that the 1995 International Symposium on Ancient Ceramics
(ISAC'95) will be held on October 31--November 4, 1995, in Shanghai, China.
Please contact Professor Sun Jing, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, 1295 Dingxi Rd., Shanghai 200050, China, Telex 33309
ASSIC CN, Fax 86212513903, Tel 862512990, for submitting papers and
participation symposium. (From: <Fangl@fpms.fpms.ac.be>, 02/21/94)
                              ___   ___   ___

FLY Stock Cooperative was born a year ago. The "co-op" idea was originally
developed by a few friends in Madison, Wisconsin, and later attracted
participants from midwest states. We are now willing to provide services for
our Chinese community nationwide, including stock market analysis, news
letters or seminar (in Madison). For further information, please contact the
Chair, Mr. Ivan Yang at (608) 231-2436 (voice/fax) or email to
<fyang@calshp.cals.wisc.edu>. (From: Hu ZhiLiang <hu@calshp.cals.wisc.edu>)

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2. Further Discussions on Tax Form 8843 ................................. 62
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_From: Ronald N. Serota
Source: NAFSA, 02/22/94
Forwarded by: Bo Xiong

As you may recall, the 12th paragraph of update No. 248 reads as follows:
"Failure to file Form 8843 could result in the filer being considered a
U.S. resident for tax purposes, making the individual's worldwide income
subject to U.S. taxation".  This relates to the possibility that an F,
J or M visa holder who would otherwise be treated as an "exempt individual"
for purposes of the substantial presence test (IRC section 7701(b)) would
lose non-resident tax status.  As a resident, the person would report
world-wide income and would be subject to resident tax benefits (and
liabilities-e.g. FICA in some instances).

SUMMARY

End result of failure to file Form 8843: U.S. government wins either way.
If the failure to file Form 8843 results in a detriment to the U.S. govern-
ment, by regulation, the government may disregard the failure to file the
tax statement.  Thus, the U.S. government is protected from suffering any
tax detriment.  For example, in instances where F, J or M visa holders fail
to file Form 8843, and as a result claim tax resident status based on this
factor alone, the government is able to disregard the filing of Form 1040
(1040A or 1040EZ) when it results in lower tax revenue.  Taxes would be
computed using Form 1040NR in this case, and additional tax penalties and
interest may be assessed.

BACKGROUND

The proposed regulations pertaining to the definition of resident/non-
resident aliens contained inconsistent information regarding the penalties
for failure to file the infamous F/J/M tax statement.  For some reason
foreign students and trainees (etc.) were included and then excluded from
the penalty provision.  Contained within the final tax regulations is the
clarification below:

"...the Secretary or his or her delegate may in their sole discretion, when
it is in the best interest of the government to do so and based on all the
facts and circumstances, disregard the individual's failure to file the
statement..". Treasury Department Regulation section 301.7701(b)-8(e).

Content of Form 8843 and the vast number of substitute versions.

Form 8843 (does anyone volunteer to type it out and transmit on Inter-L?)
appears to request information from all foreign students that is beyond
that contemplated by the authors of the Treasury Department regulations.
Dozens of variations of substitute Forms 8843 exist thoughout the country.
Each variation may have its own merits.

As a CPA, I cannot go on Inter-L and instruct readers how to complete
appropriate tax forms. However, contained within the 1993 Tax Return
Workshops for Non-immigrants produced by Ronald Serota Communications
Inc., viewers of the video tapes are advised to take into consideration
the Treasury Department's version found in Regulation section 301.7701(b)-
8(b)(2) AS CORRECTED in the Federal Register June 26, 1992 p.28612. Thus,
workshop participants are advised to respond to tax questions within Form
8843 that are APPLICABLE to his or her particular facts and circumstances.
Questions that do not apply are responded with "Not Applicable".  Please
note that the word APPLICABLE is in caps since that is the word used by
the Treasury Department authors in the corrections to the regulations.

A discussion of which questions contained within Form 8843 might not be
applicable in a given set of facts and circumstances is beyond the scope
of this communication.  I am sure that once the content of Form 8843 is
made available to the Inter-L readers, many people will contribute their
opinions.

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3. Frequently Asked Questions About U.S. Visas .......................... 32
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_From:   Zeqing Xia <zqx@siesta.wustl.edu> 2/23/94
         B.G. Mahesh <mahesh@evb.com> 2/21/94
Source: soc.culture.china, alt.visa.us, alt.answers, news.answers
Abridged by: CND

[CND Editor's Note: This message, together with other 5 parts of the U.S.
                    Visa FAQ package, is now available via anonymous ftp
                    from CND.ORG [IP: 132.249.229.100] in directory
                    ~ftp/pub/InfoBase/packages/qanda. ]

This message is followed by five others, each summarizing a set of
alt.visa.us "frequently asked questions" (FAQs):
    FAQ 2: General questions                     (part2 of 6)
    FAQ 3: H-1B visa                             (part3 of 6)
    FAQ 4: J Visa                                (part4 of 6)
    FAQ 5: K & L Visa                            (part5 of 6)
    FAQ 6: Green Card, GC Lottery  & Citizenship (part6 of 6)

Currently, the alt.visa.us FAQ is maintained by B.G. Mahesh [mahesh@evb.com]

Frequency: This will be posted twice every month [1st and 15th] on
           news.answers, alt.answers and alt.visa.us. This may be posted
           often on alt.visa.us every month.

Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site
rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers. The path for this
faq is /pub/usenet/news.answers/us-visa-faq/part1. To get this FAQ by
E-mail, you should send a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with
        send usenet/news.answers/us-visa-faq/part1
in the body of the message. Make sure you don't have a signature
in body of the message.

To get the entire FAQ by email, you should send a message to
mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with
        send usenet/news.answers/us-visa-faq/*
in the body of the message. Make sure you don't have a signature in body of
the message.

Individuals are encouraged to submit corrections, questions and answers to
mahesh@evb.com directly.  In many answers below, submitters are noted in
parentheses at the beginning of comments.

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4. Immigrant Children's School Performance Declines to U.S. Levels ...... 30
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Source: Dow Jones International News, 02/22/94
_From: Xiao Chen

SAN FRANCISCO -- Immigrant children do better in school than their American
classmates, a new study says.

But their performance declines as they become more Americanized.

The study is key to helping immigrant children advance as the U.S. loses
the manufacturing jobs where their parents used to work, Ruben G. Rumbaut,
a sociology professor at Michigan State University, said Tuesday.

Rumbaut's study showed that foreign-born children who have lived in the
U.S. for 5 to 10 years had a grade point average of 2.58, higher than that
of U.S.-born children of immigrants.

The U.S.-born children of immigrants, who were generally more Americanized,
had a grade point average of only 2.44. The study didn't compare the
immigrant groups with the children of non-immigrants.

The foreign-born children spent an average of 2.59 hours per day doing
homework.

American-born children spent 2.40 hours per day on homework.

Judith Treas, chairman of the sociology department at the University of
California, Irvine, said other studies have found similar effects.

"There does seem to be this extraordinary draw of American culture for
immigrant children, not always with good consequences," she said.

In a new analysis of 1990 census data, Rumbaut found that the number of
immigrants in the U.S. has risen to 19.8 million, an all-time high.

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5. Chinese Business Woman Establishes Scholarship for Fellow Workers .... 66
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Source: San Jose Mercury News, 02/22/94
Written By: Lori Aratani
Forwarded by: A CND Reader

Some people dream of buying a Mercedes. Others dream of traveling around
the world. But Susie Tong's dream was to give something back to the
community that had given so much to her family.

This year she did.

To honor her parents, whose love and appreciation for higher education
have always been a part of her life, Tong established a $24,000-a-year
scholarship fund to give fellow airport workers and their families the
same opportunities given to her and her children.

Today, the 54-year-old Tong is a successful businesswoman at San Francisco
International Airport. Her son and daughter both earned degrees, from the
University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Washington. She
hopes some day to see her grandchildren go to college, as well. But she
has never forgotten the difficult times.

Education has always been an important part of her family's life in China.
Tong's gradnfather had been a highly regarded judge, and her father
attended Harvard University. But when the Communist came to power in China,
the family lost everything. All but the youngest children had to drop out
of school and go to work.

Tong still can remember watching her mother burst into tears, disappointed
that her daughter had been forced to forsake her education and go to work
to support the family.

To this day, Tong still remembers her mother's words.

"She told me how much she regretted bringing me into a world so full of
suffering," she said. "After that I never said anything about having to
drop out."

Tong's father was the most disappointed. He had hoped all nine of his
children would have the opportunity to attend college. When Tong
immigrated to the United States in 1959 with her family, she promised
herself that if she ever became successful, she would help others who
were less fortunate.

"I'm not rich, but I'm comfortable," said the Redwood City resident. "This
country helped me do so well and helped my children. I just want to give
something back."

At the time her son and daughter were in college, Tong was a single parent
working several jobs to put them through school. Without scholarships, she
said, they wouldn't have been able to complete their studies.

The Mr. and Mrs. Sze Lee Memorial Scholarship Fund will be administered
through the Peninsula Community Foundation. Beginning this year, $2,000
scholarships will be awarded each year beginning this fall to 12 employees
or dependents of employees of companies that do business at the San
Francisco International Airport.

Applicants must show proof of employment of three or more years and be
residents of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Other than a year long course in English at an adult school, Tong has
never been back to school. For 29 years she has worked at the airport,
first as a cocktail waitress, then as the airport's first female
bartender and now as the owner of the Golden Gate Bar and Snack Bar.
But when she retires, resuming her education is high on her list.

The Peninsula Community Foundation, a non-profit corporation, was
established in 1964 to provide grants to worthy charitable causes.
The foundation provides annual awards of about $4 million to more
than 450 community organizations between Mountain View and Daly City.

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6. Job Openings (3 Items) ............................................... 33
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Intel Corporation has openings for two electron microscopists at it's
expanding Semiconductor Lab near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first
opening is for TEM area manager. The applicant should have a Ph.D. in
Materials Science or equivalent, with extensive practical experience
in electron microscopy, and excellent communications skills. The second
position is for a TEM lab technician. The applicant should have
extensive experience at TEM specimen preparation including precision
cross-sectioning, polishing, dimpling, ion milling, TEM operation,
photographic processing and printing, and report writing. Please contact:
John Mardinly, Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., SC2-24
Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119, (408) 765-2346, JMARDINLY@MATTEC.INTEL.COM
(From: <gary@alex.ucsd.edu>, 02/22/94)
                              ___   ___   ___

An junior level opening is available at California-based Engineering
and Technology center of Universal Electronic Inc. for a software
engineer with 2-3 years experience in C and C++ programming languages
and relational database design/implementation. Assembly language and/or
embedded microprocessor development experience a plus. Please send
resume to Universal Electronic Inc., Attn: Steve Huang, 1560 S. Sinclair,
Anaheim, CA 92806, Fax 714-939-1064, Steve@ofa.com.
(From: Steve Huang <STEVE@ofa.com>, 02/22/94)
                              ___   ___   ___

Large Singapore branch MNC is looking for Customer Support Engineer with
specialised experience in floppy disk drives and cd-roms. Customers in this
case are large quantity OEM-type  clients. Bachelor degree in Electronics
Engineering or  similar required for non-citizens. Those with required
experience *only*  PLEASE, fax or send yr resume to: Geraldine, Accel IT (S)
Pte Ltd, 648 Geylang Road, Singapore 1438. Fax: +65-7492467. R&D email:
accel@solomon.technet.sg. For faxed resumes please limit to 3-5 pages max.
PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE NO ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS OPEN. YOU MUST HAVE AT
LEAST TWO (2) YEARS RELEVANT INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE.
(Source: soc.culture.china Newsgroup, 2/23/94)

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