From saint@admsec.wwu.edu Tue Nov 10 09:58:02 1998 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id JAA35798 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:58:01 -0800 Received: from blackhole.admcs.wwu.edu (blackhole.admcs.wwu.edu [140.160.248.20]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with SMTP id JAA07162 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:58:01 -0800 Received: from uis.admsec.wwu.edu (gaea.admsec.wwu.edu [140.160.249.20]) by blackhole.admcs.wwu.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) with ESMTP id IAA01307 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:52:59 -0800 Received: from localhost (saint@localhost) by uis.admsec.wwu.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id JAA27701 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:59:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 09:59:22 -0800 (PST) From: "Joseph M. St.Hilaire" To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: Re: Refugee Status In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ***Vicki: I haven't seen any responses to your question, but it is probably due to the fact that you provided a better answer than any of us could and further, that we are all ignoring the question because none of us want to be faced with complex refugee cases. In other words, better you than me. I have had a few refugee cases and I dealt with them the way you are: it appears that they can get resident status immediately. Then by the time they can get the green card they've served their 12 months. I believe that law was written at the height of the wave of refugees from Vietnam when it was felt that those people should be accorded most of the privileges of residents when they landed here. Joe St.Hilaire Western On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Vicki Wheeler wrote: > Well, you haven't heard from me in a while... > > I'm looking for clarification on "refugee status". If a student possesses > an I-94 dated March 1997 and stamped with refugee status, as well as a > driver's license and vehicle registration issued at approximately the same > time, and can provide the additional documentation required (lease > agreement, financial resources), is that student eligible for resident > status? > > Explanations in the Residency Handbook confuse me. Example: on page 29 it > states, "The classification of "refugee" is currently considered equivalent > to "asylum" by INS. An individual coming to the United States as a refugee > on parole status may then earn a permanent resident status classification. > The question that arises is whether he/she now has to complete the > twelve-month durational requirement. The answer is no, since the > immigration card would still show, by virtue of having an "RE" or an "AS" > designation, that he/she originally came under the refugee or asylee > category." This suggests to me that the student is indeed eligible for > resident status. > > There are two other specific references made about refugees: one in Appendix > 7 discusses the PRUCOL designation, which again suggests to me that the > student can establish permanent residency; while the other, contained in > Appendix A-2, REC.ID 3854, Memo Date: 07-26-94, specifically states, "For > this individual to qualify for regular tuition, he/she must change his/her > classification to one of those contained in RCW 28B.15.012 and thus receive > the "green card." > > My student does not have a green card, nor has she applied for one. My > understanding is that she does not need one because of her refugee status. > I believe she has adequately established her Washington state residency. Am > I misinterpreting or misunderstanding the wording in the handbook? > > I look forward to your sage advice and much needed assistance. > > > Vicki Wheeler > Bellevue Community College > 3000 Landerholm Circle SE > Bellevue, WA 98007-6484 > (425) 641-2205 > vwheeler@bcc.ctc.edu > .