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...paradigm it will remain, for Hav exists only in the mind of Jan Morris. Last Letters from Hav, her first novel, was short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1985. The volume sowed confusion among Morris' fans, many of whom wrote to request directions and ask if a visa were necessary. "Only one single correspondent," she writes in an epilogue to Hav, "an octogenarian lady in Iowa, saw my little book as allegory." The new allegory helpfully reprints the entire 200-odd-page original and proceeds smoothly to its slightly shorter sequel, subtitled Hav of the Myrmidons, a reference...
...unusually high demand for work visas this year and Harvard’s traditionally late graduation date, some international students have failed to obtain the work visas they need to keep their prospective jobs and remain in the United States next year.Three days before her graduation, Monica Rana ’06 thought her future was settled. She had an apartment in New York and a job with Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), an investment banking company. But Rana received a call yesterday morning informing her that the company would probably have to rescind her job offer.Rana, who is from Nepal...
...made its exit. All that is left of Yugoslavia (which changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro three years ago) is a World Cup?bound soccer team and dog-eared passports like mine. But these days I can't even travel to Romania without a lengthy wait for a visa. These were some of the thoughts going through my head as I watched happy Montenegrins celebrating through the night, but my mood was not entirely bleak. After all, this move to independence was not followed by the grotesque terrors of artillery fire and burning villages that sent convoys of refugees...
...plan includes all the security measures of the bill that has already passed the House, and adds a provision for guest worker visas would be good for two years. A limited renewal would be available if the worker studied English and passed an English proficiency class. Federal law already has visa categories A through V. ?The visas will be referred to as ?W Visas,? ? Pence say in his remarks. ?No kidding. I think it is obvious whose support we are trying to garner here...
...workers,? Pence says. ?In a matter of days, the private agencies will match guest workers with jobs, perform a health screening, fingerprint them and provide the appropriate information to the FBI and Homeland Security so that a background check can be performed, and provide the guest worker with a visa granted by the State Department...