Ask the aliya experts
Jerusalem Post - A student visa (which is what you should apply for) is valid for a year, so if you could begin the conversion process up to 2 months after completing the ulpan, it should be doable (you will need to apply for a visa for the second year, while you are

Thwarted Al Qaeda in Iraq Plot Would Have Smuggled Terrorists Into
FOX News - letter from Usama bin Laden ’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri to Zarqawi calling on him to strike Americans rather than Iraqi Shiites and to expand his attacks beyond Iraq. In light of that correspondence, American officials said the latest student visa plot

National Visas - The service you need when you need it done!
pressbox.co.uk - Whether you want to process a working visa, student visa, tourist visa and etc., this site features all of these in their services, and all the requirement and prerequisites are listed on the site in a concise and instructive aspects. So if you want

Immigration Law as Anti-Terrorism Tool
Washington Post - That was the complaint of one of her clients, Ibrahim Abdullah, who was charged last year with violating his student visa by holding a job. The arrest was part of an investigation by the local terrorism task force. Law enforcement officials, speaking

Education dilemma for illegals
Deseret News - Donnelson suggested the students would be better off returning to their home country and applying for a student visa or other form of legal re-entry. Anne says she has already considered that option. “But it is so hard to get a visa. You

A Q&A with Catheryn Cotten
Duke University - Catheryn Cotten is a nationally respected authority on foreign student visa issues. The director of Duke’s International Office, she has played - even before 9/11 — a prominent role in how higher education has administered student visas. In a recent

Judge Orders Deportation Of Student Suspect 
NBC 10 Providence - Feb 13 3:55 PM
A judge in Boston on Tuesday ordered the deportation of a foreign national who raised suspicions at a trucking school in Smithfield. The Rhode Island State Police and the FBI call Mohammad Mullawala a central figure in an antiterrorism investigation.Save

After US, most Indians head for Aussie universities 
The Times of India - Feb 08 1:26 PM
Southern continent is now much sought after by students. While 27,661 students applied for an Australian student visa in 2005-’06, only 16,227 applied for a British student visa.Save

State Briefly 
The Daily Texan - Jan 31 2:33 AM
WASHINGTON - If her party called, Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison says she’d agree to be its nominee for vice president. But, please don’t call, the Texas native said Tuesday.Save

CHILLING PLOT FOR 9/11 II 
New York Post - Jan 23 2:27 AM
Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq planned to sneak into the United States with student visas and carry out a devastating new round of 9/11-style attacks, it was disclosed last night. Details of the frightening copycat plot were discovered in documents…Save

Houston bug man’s Olympic tale packs special wallop 
Waco Tribune-Herald - Feb 06 10:16 PM
By Tim WoodsSave

US education expo date for students
Gulf Daily News - STUDENTS thinking of pursuing their education in the US are being invited to attend the 2007 Gulf Countries Expo at the Sheraton Hotel, Manama. The 10th annual exhibition will be held on February 25, starting at 4pm with the student visa seminar

A Q&A with Catheryn Cotten
Duke University - Catheryn Cotten is a nationally respected authority on foreign student visa issues. The director of Duke’s International Office, she has played - even before 9/11 — a prominent role in how higher education has administered student visas. In a recent

Tornardo plows across area; thousands left without power
New Orleans Times-Picayune - A powerful early-morning storm spawned at least one tornado that skipped across the New Orleans area Tuesday, destroying homes and a hotel in Westwego before crossing the Mississippi River and slamming the Carrollton and Gentilly areas, killing an

Education Abroad
Sify - Once the letter of acceptance is issued by the University, the student should apply for the F-1 student visa. Normally, US Universities operate on an academic year of 9 months- from September to June. Applying to Universities in Canada, USA, UK and

Australia Visa Services. Free Online Australian Immigration Assessment
24-7PressRelease.com - Student Visa Over 100,000 international students enter Australia every year. Australia has a reputation for having some of the worlds leading education institutions. Apply to travel to Australia as a student today. Working Holiday Visa Work in

Ask the aliya experts
Jerusalem Post - A student visa (which is what you should apply for) is valid for a year, so if you could begin the conversion process up to 2 months after completing the ulpan, it should be doable (you will need to apply for a visa for the second year, while you are

Cozy dialogue in Nicaragua could further distance Dominican-China ties
Domican Today - Name me one Taiwanese who came to DR on a student visa ,graduated and opened a business in the DR. One Frank only ,one! Also Frank please read any issue of Foreign Policy and you will learn why the PRC is the powerhouse and Taiwan is nowhere

‘On Vacation for 30 years — Ginnie Springs celebrates milestone
High Springs Herald - It is common to enter on a student visa or a tourist visa and then disappear. But before disappearing, they get a temporary driver s license. The license is good for less than six months. After six months, they make sure to obey all traffic laws and

Still No Habeas Rights for You
Baltimore Chronicle - Salmons presented his arguments in the case of Ali al-Marri, a citizen of Qatar who was arrested in Peoria, Illinois, in 2001 while studying on a student visa. The administration asserted that Marri was an al-Qaeda sleeper cell agent, declared

Yale Reportedly Rejects Ex-Taliban Student
Inside Higher Ed - Overall, I think that the US embassy should, in no way; whatsoever, should have issued this individual an F-1 or J-1 student visa to come to the United States. It is rather disappointing to see that such individuals do end up getting clearances to

Repeal of tuition break for immigrants advances
Deseret News - However, if they return to their home country to apply for a student visa, they’d have to affirm that they don’t intend to immigrate. However, Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay, questioned the message the repeal would send, given that the

American Truckers - Moving Forward Against Terrorism
Family Security Matters - It s now no surprise that the suspected would-be trucker/terrorist sits in prison on a variety of charges, including immigration violations. Having arrived in the United States on a student visa, Mullawala forgot to perform one important

Thwarted Al Qaeda in Iraq Plot Would Have Smuggled Terrorists Into
FOX News - letter from Usama bin Laden ’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri to Zarqawi calling on him to strike Americans rather than Iraqi Shiites and to expand his attacks beyond Iraq. In light of that correspondence, American officials said the latest student visa plot

CHILLING PLOT FOR 9/11 II
New York Post - After Sept. 11, the loose U.S. student visa policy faced heavy criticism because foreign students were not monitored once inside America. Under new policy, universities must report when foreign students miss classes repeatedly or fail to arrive. The

United States
Human Rights Watch - A Qatari who had been living in the US on a student visa, he was charged in 2002 with credit card fraud, but just weeks before his trial the US administration declared him an enemy combatant, and sent him to a military brig in South Carolina

Nine Egyptian students in U.S. custody
CNN - Federal authorities began thoroughly tracking international students after learning that one of the 9/11 hijackers was in the country on an expired student visa. The students unaccounted for have been identified as: Mohamed Saleh Ahmed Maray, 20

Brides Wanted
Tribune - Ahluwalia Sikh parents Looking for UK born/settled beautiful match for Cleanshaven boy 27 yrs. on Student VISA, working in London, good job, good command in English, Height 6′- “, fair colour, sharp features, B.Com., MBA (London). 0172-2210856

Investigation of would-be truck driver widens
Providence Journal - Mullawala has been held at the Suffolk County Detention Center in Boston since Dec. 5, on a civil immigration charge of violating his student visa. The investigation now involves the Rhode Island State Police Fusion Center (a

New Terror Threats Arise From War In Iraq Al Qaeda in Iraq Planned
Best Syndication - Although there are new reporting guidelines for the student visa program, the President is determined to make the program more accessible to students from the Middle East . Assistant Secretary of State under George Bush, Dina Powell, said that the

The ethics charges against District Attorney Mike Nifong are a rarity.
Slate - A native of Qatar here on a student visa, he was picked up after Sept. 11 and, if the government is to be believed, his phone records and computer files show connections to the planners and financiers of 9/11 as well as plans for future chemical

Junior Forum Member
HispanicBusiness.com - Among the proposals is a new student visa (F-4) that leads to a green card for foreign nationals pursuing advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at U.S. colleges. Another proposal would expand employment-based immigrant

‘Net sting results in an arrest; Egyptian student tells authorities his computer hacked 
Benton Courier - Jan 26 12:03 PM
Saline County Sheriff’s Department authorities have made another arrest in the department’s continuing Internet sting operation. Mohamed Fahmi Helmi, 29, a student from Egypt, was arrested Thursday on two Class C felony counts of Internet stalking of a minor.Save

ID law could mean more hurdles, longer waits at MVD offices 
Tucson Citizen - Jan 11 2:41 PM
Arizona and other states are still waiting for details on a looming federal identification requirement for driver’s licenses, but early indications are that it could pose new hurdles for the publicSave

Hospital, doctor, church team up to help El Salvador student 
Macomb Daily - Jan 19 9:57 PM
When she came to Michigan in November, El Salvador native Beatriz Moran was facing a medical crisis. When she leaves today she goes with new hope thanks to a physician at Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center.Save

Numbers Game 
The Temple News - Jan 29 8:13 PM
There’s no better way to define an educational institution than by the students who walk through its doors. Or those who don’t, perhaps. For as many students Temple accepts yearly, nearly half of those very applicants are rejected, according to a recent “USA Today” study.Save

Markets (Jan 17) 
The Hindu - Jan 17 12:27 PM
Media meet in Coimbatore Kural, “the informed voice of the citizens of Coimbatore'’, is organising a meeting to debate on the issues concerning the media on January 19. Mr B.K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman, Kural, said since Independence, the …Save

Pakistani tied to terror plot convicted in Houston: gun charge 
NewsChannel 10 Amarillo - Jan 30 3:07 PM
HOUSTON A Pakistani student accused of having ties to a terrorist plot to aid the Taliban has been convicted today in Houston on a gun related…Save

Test of Bush’s terror-fighting authority heads to higher court 
The Christian Science Monitor - Jan 30 2:42 PM
Before the federal appeals judges: What rights does a noncitizen legal resident have when the government names him an enemy combatant? Save

State briefs 
The Monterey County Herald - Jan 09 3:10 AM
Aman convicted of attacking more than a dozen men and women in robberies and rapes in Orange County parks was sentenced Monday to 103 years to life in prison.Save

The forgotten combatant 
The Post and Courier - Jan 28 4:10 AM
In the early evening of Sept. 14, 2001, Greg Metz, an officer with the Peoria Police Department in Illinois, spotted a maroon Mitsubishi making a left turn without signaling.Save

Illegal Aliens and Their Impact on U.S. Taxpayers 
Sierra Times - Jan 24 2:31 AM
Did you know that hundreds of thousands of babies born in America every year to illegal aliens automatically become citizens at the moment of their birth?Save

US President Geroge Bush is wrong DuPont does not need to import cheap scientists from India there are plenty of … 
India Daily - Jan 24 1:14 PM
US president George Bush spoke at Dupont in Delaware. While a lot he said about clean coal technologies and alternative fuel is correct, his statement on H1B temporary professional immigrant workers is wrong. It is wrong for America, American citizens and the whole world.Save

Markets (Jan 17) 
The Hindu - Jan 17 12:27 PM
Media meet in Coimbatore Kural, “the informed voice of the citizens of Coimbatore'’, is organising a meeting to debate on the issues concerning the media on January 19. Mr B.K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman, Kural, said since Independence, the …Save

Pakistani tied to terror plot convicted in Houston: gun charge 
KXAN 36 Austin - Jan 30 3:11 PM
HOUSTON A Pakistani student accused of having ties to a terrorist plot to aid the Taliban has been convicted today in Houston on a gun related charge.Save

Rolly: Huntsmans adopt; boy orphaned 
The Salt Lake Tribune - Jan 05 2:20 AM
Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. enjoyed a mountain of publicity when he and his wife, Mary Kaye, saved a 13-month-old orphan from a life of poverty by going to India and adopting her last month. But nothing was said by Utah officials when a 12-year-old American citizen of Indian descent was basically orphaned in Utah when his parents were forced to leave the country after his father’s 16-year-long …Save

El Paracaidista helps new immigrants navigate Miami 
Miami Herald - Jan 07 2:00 AM
In her early years in Miami, Ira Guevara watched many of her friends and acquaintences suffer the misfortunes that befall so many recently arrived immigrants. One hired an immigration lawyer who turned out to be a fraud. Another bought a used car, only to watch it break down weeks later. Others bought ‘’health insurance,'’ only to find out it was useless.Save

DVD case goes to grand jury 
The Kentucky Post - Jan 23 9:47 AM
Three men charged with selling thousands of counterfeit DVDs will face a grand jury after a federal judge-magistrate said he heard enough evidence to move the case forward.Save

Markets (Jan 17) 
The Hindu - Jan 17 12:27 PM
Media meet in Coimbatore Kural, “the informed voice of the citizens of Coimbatore'’, is organising a meeting to debate on the issues concerning the media on January 19. Mr B.K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar, Chairman, Kural, said since Independence, the …Save

Repeal of tuition break for immigrants advances 
Deseret Morning News - Jan 19 11:30 PM
The tearful plea of an undocumented immigrant college student failed to sway a House committee that Friday backed repealing the law that allows him to pay in-state tuition at the University of Utah.Save

Taxpayers footing bill for illegal immigrant’s defense 
Knoxville News Sentinel - Jan 23 9:29 PM
Taxpayers, check those wallets. If they seem a little light, consider the legal bills for a Mexican citizen’s fight to get out of jail pending a Knoxville drug charge to which he pleaded guilty Tuesday.Save

Would-be truckers hearing continued 
The Providence Journal - Jan 09 7:50 PM
BOSTON Mohammed Yousuf Mullawala, an Indian national whose arrest in Rhode Island last month sparked a national antiterrorism investigation, yesterday tried to tell a federal immigration judge not to believe everything printed about him.Save

Terrorism suspect speaks out from federal prison 
The Providence Journal - Jan 12 2:59 PM
Mohammed Yousuf Mullawala, whose arrest in Rhode Island last month has spawned a national anti-terrorism investigation, today denied that he is a terrorist.Save

Uni language claims ‘extraordinary’ 
Tenterfield Star - Jan 28 10:03 PM
Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop has labelled as extraordinary a demographer’s claim that one in three overseas students obtain an Australian university degree despite poor English language skills.Save