Saturday, October 01, 2005

Crackdown planned on student visa abuse


Crackdown planned on student visa abuse
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 5, 2005 learned. The pilot programme is part of government moves to crack down on people gaining entry to the UK via a student visa. According

US student visa process made easier - LeBaron; Linden University
Arab Times, Kuwait - Sep 20, 2005 KUWAIT (KUNA): The US Embassy has made many adjustments over the past year in its consular section in order to ease the process of obtaining student visas, and

Universities' student visa lobby
BBC News, UK - Sep 27, 2005 Universities in the United Kingdom are lobbying the government to help them recruit more overseas students. Competition for overseas

Deported twice in nine days from Britain
Malay Mail, Malaysia - Sep 28, 2005 This time around, after examining her travel documents, the officer said she had come without a student visa and denied her entry.

Immigration and Terrorism: Beyond the 9/11 Report
FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Sep 30, 2005 Khan. Aafia Siddiqui (discussed below in student visa section) helped secure for Paracha a post office box in Khan s name. Paracha

300 foreign students wrongly deported


300 foreign students wrongly deported
The Age - Sep 16 12:05 AM
As many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an immigration department form containing incorrect information.

Crackdown planned on student visa abuse
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 05 5:03 AM
Education: Universities asked to inform Home Office when overseas students granted visas fail to take up places at university.

Malay Mail Online
Malay Mail - Sep 28 8:54 PM
A 23-year-old student was detained, treated like an illegal immigrant and deported twice in nine days from London s Heathrow Airport. "I felt humiliated by the way the Immigration officers treated me," said Sumitra Kaur Penesar who was clearly exhausted by the whole affair.

Battered M. Soccer Finds a Way
The Harvard Crimson - Sep 28 10:37 PM
With several players sidelined with season-ending injures and a returning starter stuck in England trying to get his student visa, the Harvard mens soccer team seemed destined for a difficult year.

Bomb threat in Tauranga
Stuff - Sep 15 10:18 AM
BIG GUNS: Armed Offenders Squad members attend the incident in Tauranga where a man was threatening to blow himself up. He was also demanding to speak to Prime Minister Helen Clark.

UNO's swimmers regroup after Katrina


UNO's swimmers regroup after Katrina
Lufkin Daily News - Sep 20 9:54 PM
DECATUR, Ga. Swimmers at the University of New Orleans were waiting to take routine EKG tests when the doctor announced that the medical staff was evacuating. That sent their heart rates soaring.

Officials: Student visa abuse uncommon
The State News - Sep 20 9:07 PM
A national system tracking abuse of international student visas recently reported thousands of violations, but MSU officials said the problem isn't here.

HIV sufferers can be refused visa: court
AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Sep 29 1:03 AM
People infected with HIV can be refused a visa into Australia regardless of their circumstances, the Federal Court has ruled.

Fed Govt mistakenly cancels 8,000 student visas
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Sep 16 2:15 AM
Eleanor Hall hosts The World Today's lunch hour of current affairs, with background and debate from Australia and the world. Monday to Friday, 12:10pm, ABC Local Radio and Radio National.

Malay Mail Online
Malay Mail - Sep 28 8:54 PM
A 23-year-old student was detained, treated like an illegal immigrant and deported twice in nine days from London s Heathrow Airport. "I felt humiliated by the way the Immigration officers treated me," said Sumitra Kaur Penesar who was clearly exhausted by the whole affair.

Education Fair set to kick off on October 1


Education Fair set to kick off on October 1
eTaiwanNews.com - will also be able to join seminars on new student visa policies, with AIT representatives on hand; colleges in the

Dad pleads to be given time to pay
Marlborough Express - A Bangladeshi family is worried they could be deported from New Zealand because they can't pay a $37,500 hospital bill for their three-year-old son who had a stroke. father, Ashraf Uddin Khokon, who is in New Zealand on a student visa, has paid $2500 of the $37,500 medical bill to the

Battle is over, Gadhafi's son says of feud with Canadian officials
Globe and Mail - Gadhafi was denied a student visa because of Libya's role in the bombing in 1988 of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed all

Officials: Student visa abuse uncommon
State News - USLocalNews TheStateNewsisviewableonallplatforms,butyourbrowsermaynotsupportrecognizedwebstandards.Findoutmore.WednesdaySeptember21,

The United States holds a better life, opportunities for many
News Leader - received a business visa, Anna Northam of England holds a student visa, Juan Cruz of Mexico began his travels to the U.S

Friday, September 30, 2005

Students slip past visa check


Students slip past visa check
DetNews.com, MI - Sep 18, 2005 Before the system was launched in 2003, the student visa program was badly organized and widely exploited. At least one of the September

Deported student wants British High Commission to explain
Malay Mail, Malaysia - 21 hours ago water. After getting a new passport, she left for London on Tuesday but again she was deported for failing to obtain a student visa.

Officials: Student visa abuse uncommon
The State News, MI - Sep 20, 2005 following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - because one of the hijackers entered the United States on a student visa. In compliance

Universities' student visa lobby
BBC News, UK - Sep 27, 2005 Universities in the United Kingdom are lobbying the government to help them recruit more overseas students. Competition for overseas

HIV man denied visa
The Age (subscription), Australia - Sep 29, 2005 A ZAMBIAN man infected with HIV was ruled ineligible for a student visa by the full court of the Federal Court yesterday. The man

Systematic abuse
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 26, 2005 study. The main defendant in the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers trial came to the UK on a student visa, the court heard last week.

U.S. to deport Hamas member


U.S. to deport Hamas member
Kansas City Star - Sep 08 5:41 PM
PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - A 28-year-old Palestinian convicted in Israel of membership in the terrorist organization Hamas was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday by a federal judge in Philadelphia.

Atta known to Pentagon before 9/11
Sun-Sentinel - Sep 28 6:14 AM
WASHINGTON -- Four years after the nation's deadliest terror attack, evidence is accumulating that a super-secret Pentagon intelligence unit identified the organizer of the Sept. 11 hijackings, Mohamed Atta, as an Al Qaeda operative months before he entered the U.S.

300 foreign students wrongly deported
The Age - Sep 16 12:05 AM
As many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an immigration department form containing incorrect information.

Student visa to work visa: The Journey
Rediff.com - Sep 14 7:14 AM
How to get a work visa once you finish your studies in the US.

Health board refuses to back down child heart bill
The New Zealand Herald - Sep 28 6:10 PM
Fourteen and half years is too long to wait for full payment of a non-resident child's heart disease treatment, the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) says.

Convert your F-1 student visa to H-IB work visa


Convert your F-1 student visa to H-IB work visa
India Abroad, India - Sep 14, 2005 Congratulations! You now have a degree from a premier educational institution in the United States of America. You've pondered over

Crackdown planned on student visa abuse
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 5, 2005 learned. The pilot programme is part of government moves to crack down on people gaining entry to the UK via a student visa. According

Deported student wants British High Commission to explain
Malay Mail, Malaysia - 17 hours ago water. After getting a new passport, she left for London on Tuesday but again she was deported for failing to obtain a student visa.

Serrano is dealt another setback
Pioneer Press, MN - 12 hours ago 5 or face deportation. Serrano may have one final chance: applying in person for a student visa at the US Embassy in Mexico City.

News briefs from San Diego County
San Jose Mercury News, United States - 22 hours ago phony identification card. He first entered the United States on a student visa in 1978, authorities said. Authorities say Farhbaksh

Suspected bomber has political message


Suspected bomber has political message
NZCity - denied one.She says he was angry that his student visa was cancelled, and that despite writing to immigration, NZQA and

'FedEx bandit' suspect pleads not guilty
SignOn San Diego - He first entered the United States on a student visa in 1978, authorities said

The United States holds a better life, opportunities for many
News Leader - received a business visa, Anna Northam of England holds a student visa, Juan Cruz of Mexico began his travels to the U.S

Officials: Student visa abuse uncommon
State News - USLocalNews TheStateNewsisviewableonallplatforms,butyourbrowsermaynotsupportrecognizedwebstandards.Findoutmore.WednesdaySeptember21,

Family burdened by medical bills
NZCity - His father is on a student visa, and drives a taxi part time.

Internat'l students discover visas for U.S. study tougher to receive
U-Wire.com - By Krystal Loewe The Daily Iowan (U. the summer of 2004 when she re-applied for a student visa to study in the United States cumbersome process to attain a student visa, as exemplified by Carotenuto's experience

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Battered M. Soccer Finds a Way


Battered M. Soccer Finds a Way
Harvard Crimson, MA - 19 hours ago With several players sidelined with season-ending injures and a returning starter stuck in England trying to get his student visa, the Harvard men s soccer

Britain to crack down on student visa abusers
GG2.net, UK - Sep 6, 2005 TO CRACK down on student visa abusers, the British government has asked its Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they

Health board refuses to back down on child's bill
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 17 hours ago However, Shihab's father Ashraf Uddin Khokon was on a student visa, so the Fahim family was "non-eligible" and had to pay for acute care within a year.

Bangladeshi struggles with medical debt
TVNZ, New Zealand - 16 hours ago suffered a stroke. Ashraf is in New Zealand on a student visa from Bangladesh and is two years into a homeopathic course. As a non

HIV man denied visa
The Age (subscription), Australia - 12 hours ago A ZAMBIAN man infected with HIV was ruled ineligible for a student visa by the full court of the Federal Court yesterday. The man

UK to crack down on student visa abusers


UK to crack down on student visa abusers
Times of India, India - Sep 6, 2005 LONDON: To crack down on student visa abusers, British government has asked Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they

Student Visa Problems Persist
American Institute of Physics - 9 hours ago Visa problems continue for foreign students attempting to enter physics departments at US universities. A new survey conducted by

Britain to crack down on student visa abusers
Press Trust of India, India - Sep 5, 2005 London, Sept 6 (PTI) To crack down on student visa abusers, British government has asked Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a

Systematic abuse
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 26, 2005 study. The main defendant in the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers trial came to the UK on a student visa, the court heard last week.

Britain to crack down on student visa abusers
GG2.net, UK - Sep 6, 2005 TO CRACK down on student visa abusers, the British government has asked its Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they

Britain to crack down on student visa abusers


Britain to crack down on student visa abusers
ExpressIndia.com - London, September 6: To crack down on student visa abusers, British government has asked universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they have been granted a visa to study in the country. to work out patterns of student visa abuse and take appropriate action

The British are coming
News Leader - I love Staunton.'Being a student at Mary Baldwin College provides Northam access to a student visa. But once her studies are done she has one year to work in the U.S.,

Opportunity for students
The Hindu - to attract students from the host country. The student visa regime has been liberalised so as to make the passage

Alleged Robber 'FedEx Bandit' Arrested
SanDiego.com - on a student visa, but stayed after the permit expired, authorities said.

Health board refuses to back down on child's bill
The New Zealand Herald - Shihab, who is 3 years old, with his father Ashraf Uddin Khokon. However, Shihab's father Ashraf Uddin Khokon was on a student visa, so the Fahim family was 'non-eligible' and had to

'FedEx bandit' suspect pleads not guilty
SignOn San Diego - He first entered the United States on a student visa in 1978, authorities said

Education Fair set to kick off on October 1


Education Fair set to kick off on October 1
eTaiwanNews.com - will also be able to join seminars on new student visa policies, with AIT representatives on hand; colleges in the

Opportunity for students
The Hindu - to attract students from the host country. The student visa regime has been liberalised so as to make the passage

Police snag prolific bank robbery suspect Cell phone left behind, linked to 'FedEx bandit'
SignOn San Diego - He is an Iranian national who first entered the United States on a student visa in 1978, authorities said

American citizenship to cost more
ExpressIndia.com - Houston, September 27: If you are applying for United States citizenship or planning to apply for any other immigration benefits, be ready to pay more from October 26. A few tips 07.09.05Britain to crack down on student visa abusers 06.09.05Australia may toughen citizenship rules 27.08

Donald MacLeod: Systematic abuse
Guardian Unlimited - It has also stimulated a massive British education bazaar where offerings range from the glittering qualifications of elite universities to classes in small backstreet offices. main defendant in the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers trial came to the UK on a student visa, the court heard last week.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Suspected bomber has political message


Suspected bomber has political message
NZCity - denied one.She says he was angry that his student visa was cancelled, and that despite writing to immigration, NZQA and

Students wrongly detained, deported
The Australian - AS many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an Immigration Department form containing incorrect information. A department spokesman said the student visa cancellations, covering the period May 2001 to this year, had been reversed

Systematic abuse
Guardian Unlimited - Any 3bn business is going to have its rogue elements and education is no exception. The main defendant in the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers trial came to the UK on a student visa, the court heard last week

Want to work abroad? A few tips
ExpressIndia.com - this story also readBritain to crack down on student visa abusers 06.09.05Australia may toughen citizenship rules 27

Valid excuse
Guardian Unlimited - Manav Kapoor, 23, has been studying in the UK for the past seven years. When his student visa was about to expire in October last year, he came up with a plan I got an 18-month student visa to come and study.

Battle is over, Gadhafi's son says of feud with Canadian officials
Globe and Mail - Gadhafi was denied a student visa because of Libya's role in the bombing in 1988 of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed all

Battle is over, Gadhafi's son says of feud with Canadian officials


Battle is over, Gadhafi's son says of feud with Canadian officials
Globe and Mail - Gadhafi was denied a student visa because of Libya's role in the bombing in 1988 of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed all

Student denied entry into Britain
thestar.com.my - PENANG: A Malaysian who was on the way to Dublin, Ireland, to further her studies was deported from London's Heathrow airport twice in nine days. The immigration official said I should have a student visa to study in Ireland but I had checked with the Irish High

Mandy's boyfriend in, Duncan Fletcher out
Daily Mail - languages student who came to Britain in 1996 on a student visa, has lived with Mr Mandelson for much of that time

Fabled Danger?
REASON Online - Later this month, Washington may witness one of the most intriguing hearings in history. friend from Cairo who was studying in Florida to ask if he needed to apply for a student visa before coming to the U.S

The United States holds a better life, opportunities for many
News Leader - received a business visa, Anna Northam of England holds a student visa, Juan Cruz of Mexico began his travels to the U.S

Atta known to Pentagon before 9/11


Atta known to Pentagon before 9/11
Sun-Sentinel - Sep 28 6:14 AM
WASHINGTON -- Four years after the nation's deadliest terror attack, evidence is accumulating that a super-secret Pentagon intelligence unit identified the organizer of the Sept. 11 hijackings, Mohamed Atta, as an Al Qaeda operative months before he entered the U.S.

Fed Govt mistakenly cancels 8,000 student visas
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Sep 16 2:15 AM
Eleanor Hall hosts The World Today's lunch hour of current affairs, with background and debate from Australia and the world. Monday to Friday, 12:10pm, ABC Local Radio and Radio National.

Suspected bomber has political message
NZCity - Sep 14 10:38 PM
There was an urgency about the man threatening to explode a bomb in central Tauranga, according to a women who kept him calm while she waited for police to arrive.

Judge halts Hollywood restaurant manager's deportation because of possible torture
Sun-Sentinel - Sep 08 6:12 AM
HOLLYWOOD -- An Egyptian restaurant manager, arrested when his name turned up on a terrorist watch list, won't be deported because a judge said media reports about his case could get him tortured if he was sent back to his native country.

Put friendly face on tighter borders
The Christian Science Monitor - Sep 06 3:10 PM
The US must walk a fine line when welcoming visitors it wants and keeping terrorists out.

300 foreign students wrongly deported


300 foreign students wrongly deported
The Age - Sep 16 12:05 AM
As many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an immigration department form containing incorrect information.

UNO's swimmers regroup after Katrina
The Western Star - Sep 20 2:45 PM
DECATUR, Ga. Swimmers at the University of New Orleans were waiting to take routine EKG tests when the doctor announced that the medical staff was evacuating. That sent their heart rates soaring.

Put friendly face on tighter borders
The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Sep 07 1:00 AM
Mohammad Elzhabi must have seemed an ordinary student when he presented himself to US immigration officials in 1984. A Lebanese citizen, he came on a student visa, and in Houston he paid an American woman to marry him. This enabled him to get the permanent residence status that permitted him to move in and out of the US.

Put friendly face on tighter borders
The Christian Science Monitor - Sep 06 3:10 PM
The US must walk a fine line when welcoming visitors it wants and keeping terrorists out.

Atta known to Pentagon before 9/11
Chicago Tribune - Sep 28 4:07 AM
WASHINGTON -- Four years after the nation's deadliest terror attack, evidence is accumulating that a super-secret Pentagon intelligence unit identified the organizer of the Sept. 11 hijackings, Mohamed Atta, as an Al Qaeda operative months before he entered the U.S.

300 foreign students wrongly deported
AAP via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News - Sep 15 12:37 PM
As many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an immigration department form containing wrong information.

Students slip past visa check


Students slip past visa check
DetNews.com, MI - Sep 18, 2005 Before the system was launched in 2003, the student visa program was badly organized and widely exploited. At least one of the September

UK to crack down on student visa abusers
Times of India, India - Sep 6, 2005 LONDON: To crack down on student visa abusers, British government has asked Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they

Convert your F-1 student visa to H-IB work visa
India Abroad, India - Sep 14, 2005 Congratulations! You now have a degree from a premier educational institution in the United States of America. You've pondered over

Studying in the US? Get a work visa
India Abroad, India - Sep 14, 2005 When you finish your Bachelor's/ graduate degree, your time as an F-1 (F-1 is a student visa) foreign student will also come to an end.

Atta known to Pentagon before 9/11
Newsday, NY - 6 hours ago Pa.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, at a hearing last week whether Atta, who lived for 15 months in Florida under a temporary student visa, was a

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Money for sex


Money for sex
Fiji Times, Fiji - 9 hours ago Prostitution in Fiji is now professional, with a great involvement of Asians who initially came into the country on a student visa.

Getting a visa without the graft
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 26, 2005 Radhieka Pandeya: "I am doing this as a journalistic exercise to test gossip that it is possible to extend your student visa in some colleges without much study

UK to crack down on student visa abusers
Times of India, India - Sep 6, 2005 LONDON: To crack down on student visa abusers, British government has asked Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they

Admissions Group Adopts New Ethics Code and Weighs Host of
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - Sep 26, 2005 They said they had been unable to help their international students because of the federal government's strict student-visa requirements (The Chronicle

Crackdown planned on student visa abuse
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 5, 2005 learned. The pilot programme is part of government moves to crack down on people gaining entry to the UK via a student visa. According

U.S. to deport Hamas member


U.S. to deport Hamas member
Macon Telegraph - Sep 08 5:51 PM
PHILADELPHIA - (KRT) - A 28-year-old Palestinian convicted in Israel of membership in the terrorist organization Hamas was sentenced to a year in prison Thursday by a federal judge in Philadelphia.

Web Talk
Times Herald - Sep 22 12:12 AM
NORRISTOWN - Three men familiar with the "Able Danger" data-mining operation shut down in 2001 by the Defense Department, were warned by the Pentagon against testifying Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the secret program.

Palestinian sentenced to prison on visa violation
phillyburbs.com - Sep 09 7:09 AM
PHILADELPHIA - A Palestinian convicted in Israel of membership in the terrorist organization Hamas was sentenced by a federal judge to a year in prison on a visa violation.

JournalNews
Journal-News - Sep 20 9:04 PM
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Judge nixes attempt to deport Egyptian
Miami Herald - Sep 08 1:35 AM
A Hollywood restaurant owner, whose life was turned upside down after being labeled a ''terrorist suspect'' by U.S. authorities, won his first victory in immigration court to clear his name and remain in the country.

A Total Of 8,000 Students Wrongly Cancelled
Bernama - Sep 16 3:05 AM
MELBOURNE, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- The Australian Immigration Department has been forced to reinstate the visas of 8,000 students, including Malaysians, after forms which recorded the students' academic performances were found to be flawed.

Systematic abuse


Systematic abuse
Guardian Unlimited - Any 3bn business is going to have its rogue elements and education is no exception. The main defendant in the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers trial came to the UK on a student visa, the court heard last week

Opportunity for students
The Hindu - to attract students from the host country. The student visa regime has been liberalised so as to make the passage

American citizenship to cost more
ExpressIndia.com - Houston, September 27: If you are applying for United States citizenship or planning to apply for any other immigration benefits, be ready to pay more from October 26. A few tips 07.09.05Britain to crack down on student visa abusers 06.09.05Australia may toughen citizenship rules 27.08

Getting a visa without the graft
Guardian Unlimited - Radhieka Pandeya had heard rumours that foreign students could extend their stay in the UK by pretending to attend a course of study. He knows why I'm here. My student visa is expiring soon and I want to get it extended is possible to extend your student visa in some colleges without much

Visas for U.S. study tougher to receive
Daily Iowan - UI graduate student and Fabiana Carotenuto of Brazil, now a teaching assistant in Portuguese, didn't expect to be bombarded with questions in the summer of 2004 when she re-applied for a student visa to study in the United States. cumbersome process to attain a student visa, as exemplified by Carotenuto's experience

Bundy Campus Offers Free ESL Classes
Surf Santa Monica - people who sign up for the Bundy classes will not have to provide proof of residency such as a student visa to enroll

Education Fair set to kick off on October 1


Education Fair set to kick off on October 1
eTaiwanNews.com - will also be able to join seminars on new student visa policies, with AIT representatives on hand; colleges in the

Immigrant Song
Westword - Zayas came here in 1998 on a student visa and attended Ames Community College in Greeley

Suspected bomber has political message
NZCity - denied one.She says he was angry that his student visa was cancelled, and that despite writing to immigration, NZQA and

Put friendly face on tighter borders
Christian Science Monitor - By John Hughes SALT LAKE CITY Mohammad Elzhabi must have seemed an ordinary student when he presented himself to US immigration officials in 1984. A Lebanese citizen, he came on a student visa, and in Houston he paid an American woman to marry him

The United States holds a better life, opportunities for many
News Leader - received a business visa, Anna Northam of England holds a student visa, Juan Cruz of Mexico began his travels to the U.S

Unis woo British leftovers
The Australian - AUSTRALIAN universities are offering lucrative scholarships to thousands of British students who have failed to secure a place at home. pay a year's fees upfront to qualify for a place and a student visa. The University of Newcastle, in NSW, has up to five

Britain to crack down on student visa abusers


Britain to crack down on student visa abusers
GG2.net, UK - Sep 6, 2005 TO CRACK down on student visa abusers, the British government has asked its Universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they

Getting a visa without the graft
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours ago Radhieka Pandeya: "I am doing this as a journalistic exercise to test gossip that it is possible to extend your student visa in some colleges without much study

Crackdown planned on student visa abuse
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - Sep 5, 2005 learned. The pilot programme is part of government moves to crack down on people gaining entry to the UK via a student visa. According

Mired in red tape, they play by the rules at their peril
WorldNetDaily, OR - Sep 26, 2005 government authorities. He then applied for a student visa, through the US Embassy in Jakarta, which ultimately granted his request. At

Radhieka Pandeya
EducationGuardian.co.uk, UK - 13 hours ago Manav Kapoor, 23, has been studying in the UK for the past seven years. When his student visa was about to expire in October last year, he came up with a plan.

Monday, September 26, 2005

Immigrant Song


Immigrant Song
Westword - Zayas came here in 1998 on a student visa and attended Ames Community College in Greeley

U.S. to deport Hamas member
Belleville.com - Idais entered the United States on a student visa but never attended college

Britain to crack down on student visa abusers
ExpressIndia.com - London, September 6: To crack down on student visa abusers, British government has asked universities to inform it when overseas students fail to take up a place after they have been granted a visa to study in the country. to work out patterns of student visa abuse and take appropriate action

Students wrongly detained, deported
The Australian - AS many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an Immigration Department form containing incorrect information. A department spokesman said the student visa cancellations, covering the period May 2001 to this year, had been reversed

Medical school students in UK intern crisis
Starbroek News - clinical rotation which rendered her in violation of her student visa. The students, totalling eight in all, have been

Donald MacLeod: Systematic abuse
Guardian Unlimited - It has also stimulated a massive British education bazaar where offerings range from the glittering qualifications of elite universities to classes in small backstreet offices. main defendant in the Morecambe Bay cockle-pickers trial came to the UK on a student visa, the court heard last week.

Student visa to work visa: The Journey


Student visa to work visa: The Journey
Rediff.com - Sep 14 7:14 AM
How to get a work visa once you finish your studies in the US.

UNO's swimmers regroup after Katrina
The Western Star - Sep 20 1:30 PM
DECATUR, Ga. Swimmers at the University of New Orleans were waiting to take routine EKG tests when the doctor announced that the medical staff was evacuating. That sent their heart rates soaring.

Crackdown planned on student visa abuse
Guardian Unlimited - Sep 05 4:57 AM
Universities are being asked to inform the Home Office when overseas students fail to take up a place at university after they've been granted a visa to study in the UK, EducationGuardian.co.uk has learned.

Australasian universities bid for British students
The New Zealand Herald - Aug 30 10:24 AM
New Zealand and Australian universities are pitching for British students who have missed out on a place at UK universities, the Times newspaper reports in London.

Top News
WCCO 4 - Sep 07 11:55 AM
(AP) Bloomington, Minn. A Mexican immigrant who was found living at Apple Valley High School last winter must leave the country, an immigration judge ordered on Wednesday.

Mandy's boyfriend in, Duncan Fletcher out


Mandy's boyfriend in, Duncan Fletcher out
Daily Mail - languages student who came to Britain in 1996 on a student visa, has lived with Mr Mandelson for much of that time

Suspected bomber has political message
NZCity - denied one.She says he was angry that his student visa was cancelled, and that despite writing to immigration, NZQA and

The United States holds a better life, opportunities for many
News Leader - received a business visa, Anna Northam of England holds a student visa, Juan Cruz of Mexico began his travels to the U.S

Opportunity for students
The Hindu - to attract students from the host country. The student visa regime has been liberalised so as to make the passage

Bundy Campus Offers Free ESL Classes
Surf Santa Monica - people who sign up for the Bundy classes will not have to provide proof of residency such as a student visa to enroll

UNO's swimmers regroup after Katrina


UNO's swimmers regroup after Katrina
Daily Sentinel - Sep 20 9:00 AM
DECATUR, Ga. Swimmers at the University of New Orleans were waiting to take routine EKG tests when the doctor announced that the medical staff was evacuating. That sent their heart rates soaring.

Suspected bomber has political message
NZCity - Sep 14 10:38 PM
There was an urgency about the man threatening to explode a bomb in central Tauranga, according to a women who kept him calm while she waited for police to arrive.

Bomb threat in Tauranga
Stuff - Sep 15 10:18 AM
BIG GUNS: Armed Offenders Squad members attend the incident in Tauranga where a man was threatening to blow himself up. He was also demanding to speak to Prime Minister Helen Clark.

Palestinian sentenced to prison on visa violation
phillyburbs.com - Sep 09 7:09 AM
PHILADELPHIA - A Palestinian convicted in Israel of membership in the terrorist organization Hamas was sentenced by a federal judge to a year in prison on a visa violation.

Nats outraged bomb hoaxer deported
Stuff - Sep 22 6:21 PM
National's law and order spokesman Tony Ryall say he is outraged that the man at the centre of a bomb scare that paralysed central Tauranga has been deported without further punishment.

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Judge halts Egyptian's deportation because of possible torture


Judge halts Egyptian's deportation because of possible torture
AP via Florida Times-Union - Ebaid, who came to the United States 21 years ago on a student visa, has since been held at the Krome Detention Center

Killer guarded US embassy
The Sun - born Pech, 30, helped protect their diplomatic mission there before moving to Britain on a student visa two years ago

Want to work abroad? A few tips
ExpressIndia.com - this story also readBritain to crack down on student visa abusers 06.09.05Australia may toughen citizenship rules 27

The United States holds a better life, opportunities for many
News Leader - received a business visa, Anna Northam of England holds a student visa, Juan Cruz of Mexico began his travels to the U.S

Battle is over, Gadhafi's son says of feud with Canadian officials
Globe and Mail - Gadhafi was denied a student visa because of Libya's role in the bombing in 1988 of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed all

Students wrongly detained, deported
The Australian - AS many as 300 foreign students may have been wrongly held in detention then deported because of an Immigration Department form containing incorrect information. A department spokesman said the student visa cancellations, covering the period May 2001 to this year, had been reversed