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State and Local Lawyer: Laws could make foreign student visas scarce By Olivier Uyttebrouck Stuff Writer [The maze of paperwork and wait- t lists foreign students must deal h to live and work in this country H growing ever more complex, re- Bictive and time-consuming, an im- ■gration lawyer said Friday at ■xasA&M. HDallas attorney Samuel M. Tid- ■ll warned foreign students that lj“niassive proposed changes” in im- flMgration laws and an increasingly Hstile attitude on the part of immi- Hation officials will make it harder |fo) aliens to get work permission ■d permanent residem \. ■If passed by Congress, the legis lation would take effect late this year iqlearly next year, Tidwell said. ■Among other things, the new law Huld make it harder to get the cov- eu 1 H-l temporary visa, which al lots a foreign professional to work and attend school, Tidwell said. Jn the past, the courts have glinted the H-l visa to professionals in a wide variety of fields, he said. But the proposed legislation nar rowly defines the term "prolessio: nal." listing 10 specialized fields such as engineering, mathematics and the physical sciences that a student must pursue to he eligible for the H-I. Fven for aliens in the approved fields, the proposed law would with hold the 11-1 from am individual who couldn't present proof of the following qualifications: • Five veai s of professional expe rience: • Achievement recognized by ex perts in the field: • Published works: • An oiler of employment with a prestigious linn or acceptance into an accredited graduate program. Licensing is another criterion the Immigration and Naturalization Service is using to bar aliens from getting the 11-1 visa, Tidwell said. Beginning about a year and a half ago. INS begitn requiring that aliens be licensed in such fields its veteri- narv medicine, pharmacy, architec ture and civil and electrical engi neering, he said. 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What 1 doe 1 thei to cut the of educational In Advance College Bowl registration to continue through Friday By Catherine Vincent Reporter I College Bowl at Texas A&M will begin its eighth veat of n iv ia |tom (laments this fall with A&M [hoping to field another regional diampionship team. College Bowl is a group of stu dents sponsored bv the .Assoc ia tion of College Unions Interna tional w h o c o m p e t e i n itournaments, answering cjiies- tions on such topics as current events, literature, science and en tertainment. "The tournament is like the old quiz shows of the ’bOs,” says B.J. O’Rourke, c hairman of College Bowl. The questions, authenticated by T ime magazine for validity an- daccuracy, at e a little harder than Trivial Pursuit, O’Rourke says. Points are awarded according to the difficulty of the question. Tournaments are held at 6 p.m. every Wednesday from Oct. 1 through the finals on Nov. 20. The winning team from A&M will compete in the regional finals at North Texas State University in February. Last year the A&M team won regionals and placed fifth nationally. Registration forms are avail able in 201 Memorial Student Center through Friday. Feel At Home With Moody's New NIV Bible *THE NAME YOU CAN TRUST A OF- MOODY ffsiBriTuTE reg. $29. 95 Sale $24.’ 5 | SCRIPTURE HAVEN, Inc: CHRISTIAN SUPPLY 4301 Carter Creek, Bryan 846-0788 Post Oak Mall, College Station 764-1069 TAMU SUMMER ‘87 STUDY ABROAD there is a Cod and come from d have life and g on momenta!) yourself into death. ■ sending his son, led this love tou Si ied for us so dial it for theoned' 11 has over us. Clinf n have eternal lil e ' s and the kingof ing you will he , in length. Tliew 1111 ^ ul length, hut dlKl h letter must he sl r■ her of the wi lier LIBERAL ARTS BUSINESS BRITAIN nmcMT ITALY 0RIENT MEETING SEPTEMBER 23 206 RUDDER 2 p.m. an unlicensed alien can get an H-l visa, but only for a year, he said. By then, the individual must have a li cense or lose the visa. INS also is making it harder for a private company to hire an alien, he said. A company that wants to hire an alien must prove that it could not hire a qualified American for the job. On-campus employment is granted to foreign students without INS approval, Tidwell said. But most types of temporary visas don’t allow students to be employed off campus. Besides the added restrictions on H-l visas, the waiting list for perma nent residency visas is growing, Tid well said. Tidwell estimates that a foreign professional applying for a perma nent residence visa today is in for a 10-year wait. T he easiest way to gain perma nent residency is to marry an Ameri can citizen, Tidwell said. But since the INS is aware of this, there are special obstacles for people who want to get a green card via mar riage. The INS estimates that 30 percent to 50 percent of all petitions filed based on marriage are fraudulent, he said. And INS has special methods for detecting phony marriages, he said. “They (the INS) will separate the husband and wife and ask a series of questions — what color is the toilet paper in the bathroom, which side of the bed do you sleep in, when was the last time your husband fixed you dinner,” Tidwell said. It will sometimes go so far as to make surprise bed checks on the couple, he said. “They’ll come out at 6 o’clock in the morning . . . knock on the door, look and see if hubby and wife are there, look in the closet and see if her shoes are there, his shoes are there, talk to the neighbors,” he said. Under the proposed legislation, bed-check investigations would be scaled down, Tidwell said. Instead, an alien married to a U.S. citizen would be granted a two-year provi sional visa. At the end of the two years, the couple would have to prove they were still married. Guess who called me last night— Your Mother! She Asked if you had been Photographed for the Aggieland. What could I say? 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