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...holds a visa common to many of the students who fled to the United States after the Chinese government in June cracked down on the protests in Tiananmen Square. Under the visa's requirements, bearers must return to China when their visas expire and live there for two years before they can apply...
...students found jobs after graduation, theycould change their visa status to "H" and remainin the United States, Wang said. Otherwise, theyhad to return to China for two years beforeapplying for new visas or permanent residentstatus, he said...
...visa holders, "it's fairly easy for the[hiring] company to change your visa to 'H.' Butvery few companies are willing to pay the highprice that is needed to hire lawyers to change the'J' visa to an 'H,'" said Wang...
Both Pelosi's proposed legislation and Bush'sorder change all "J" visa holders to "F" status
...months after the 1968 Soviet invasion ended the Prague Spring of intellectual freedom in his homeland, Czech playwright Vaclav Havel joined many of his countrymen lining up at the U.S. embassy in quest of a visa. Like most of those in the queue, he had something to flee from: the hard-line new government wanted him out and had banned his works from production or publication. Unlike most of the others, Havel had someplace to go: three of his plays had won acclaim in the West, and he had been offered both a job at New York City's prestigious...