From vwheeler@bcc.ctc.edu Thu Feb 11 15:46:42 1999 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.2+UW99.01/8.9.2+UW99.01) with ESMTP id PAA18774 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:46:41 -0800 Received: from cascade.bcc.ctc.edu (email1.bcc.ctc.edu [168.156.32.121]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id PAA30017 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:46:40 -0800 Received: by cascade.bcc.ctc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <1R9LYLXM>; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:46:42 -0800 Message-ID: From: Vicki Wheeler To: "'residency@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: asylee,refugee,political asylum Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 15:46:40 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Thank you, Virjean!!! So that we are all on the same page, then... Will you all be granting resident status after 12 months to refugees, providing they have all substantiating documents, even though they do not have and have not applied for green cards?? > ---------- > From: Virjean Edwards[SMTP:vedwards@u.washington.edu] > Reply To: residency@u.washington.edu > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 3:28 PM > To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide > Subject: asylee,refugee,political asylum > > Hi All > > I finally got in touch with Brent Shore and I think I understand what he > said. How's that for confidence! > > Refugee: These people are granted refugee status outside the USA, they get > a residency waiver for tuition purposes in their first year. They are > eligible to apply for resident alien status after living in the US for one > year, but there are only 10,000 spots available per year for this status > so many have to wait longer. They can apply for residency-for-tuition > purposes after the first year--permanent residence card not required as > long as they the have the approved refugee status. > > Asylee: These people are granted refugee status in the US! Their status > is the same as the refugee, the difference is that the refugee is approved > outside the US and the asylee gets approval while living in the US. He > considers asylees the same as refugess once they are approved for asylum. > No green card is required for them to get residency for tuition purposes, > provided they have approved asylum and they have lived here the 12 months, > etc.. > > Apparently, if someone says that s/he was initially a refugee and s/he now > has a Green Card, you can tell on the back of the card (not sure which > corner)if the person was previously a refugee because'RE' will be printed > there. Or if s/he was granted asylum, 'AS' will be printed on the back. > > I had a student say that if he had a Green Card and his Port of Entry was > Washington, then he was automatically a resident. Nix that one! Brent > said they do the time like everyone else. > > I hope this helps! Have a sunny long weekend! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Virjean H. Edwards University of Washington > Assistant Registrar Office of the Registrar > Residency Officer 264 Schmitz Hall, Box 355850 > (206)543-3290 Seattle WA 98195-5850 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > .