From jramaker@oc.ctc.edu Wed Jun 17 17:20:32 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+UW97.05) with ESMTP id RAA27774 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:20:31 -0700 Received: from oc.ctc.edu (oc.ctc.edu [134.39.30.20]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.09) with ESMTP id RAA23808 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:20:31 -0700 Received: from jolram.ctc.edu ([134.39.30.55]) by oc.ctc.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 3.52) with SMTP id AAA18DC for ; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:20:26 -0700 Received: by jolram.ctc.edu with Microsoft Mail id <01BD9A13.C7221E40@jolram.ctc.edu>; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:17:17 -0700 Message-ID: <01BD9A13.C7221E40@jolram.ctc.edu> From: "Jolene Ramaker" To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: RE: Status of non-citizen Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 17:17:15 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable As my resident expert said, "I wouldn't give this guy residency on a = bet!". He went back to Sweden as he was required to do by his entry = visa (because it ran out). Then came back in May and IF he applied for = a green card at that point, you can give him residency one year from the = date on the application. For instance, he may have applied for a = marriage visa and the INS won't issue him a green card until he has been = successfully married for two years. But we can count physical presence = from the date of application for the status. If he is still on one of = the temporary Visa's, he cannot be a resident. *************************************************************************= **** Dr. Jolene Ramaker, Registrar Net: jramaker@oc.ctc.edu Olympic College Phone: 360-792-6050, ext. = 4504 1600 Chester Ave. Voicemail: 360-792-6050, = ext. 1000 Bremerton, WA 98337-1699 Fax: 360-792-2135 *************************************************************************= ***** ---------- From: c:[SMTP:jmine@ctc.ctc.edu] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 2:07 PM To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: Status of non-citizen I have a swedish student who arrived in Washington June 1997 to marry a Bellingham resident (a marriage certificate shows that they married in August). He obtained a WDL in September. The student has an I-94 departure record, with an admit date of June 16, 1997. A date of December 15, 1997 is also stamped on the form which states on the reverse side that "you are authorized to stay in the U.S. only until the date written on this form." Does this grant him "temporary" resident status for only 6 months? Should he have applied for some kind of permanent status after December? To add to the confusion, the student states on his residency questionnaire that he was in Sweden from 12/3/97 to 5/20/98, with a reason of "my wife and I went to Sweden for Christmas and in order to get back to the U.S. I had to reapply for residence again before entering the U.S." Where do I go from here? =20 P.S. Joe St. Hilaire: If you're "listening," the student also states he attended WWU Summer Quarter 1998.=20 --=20 Janelle Miner, Registrar Whatcom Community College jmine@ctc.ctc.edu or (360)676-2170 .