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Many members of the Class of 2007 effectively received deportation orders and lost their post-graduation jobs last week when it was announced that the supply of a key type of work visa had dried up in a single day—months before all but a handful of Harvard students could apply. The federal policy of cutting off educated and productive workers from overseas isn’t only unfair to those across the world who want a share in the American dream—it’s a bad policy for those of us who already live...
While the rest of the Class of 2007 coasts through a post-thesis spring, the senior class’s international students have yet another hurdle to overcome before graduation: obtaining work visas. Despite the College’s efforts to expedite the application process for its students, only a handful of seniors were able to submit their petitions in time to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which announced Tuesday that its 2008 fiscal year quota for H-1B visas had already been filled. USCIS began accepting applications on April 2 and had already received approximately 150,000 applications...
...using their cell phones as financial instruments," says analyst Entner. To take that next step, phone makers must embed a chip capable of near-field communication (NFC) that will work with special readers in stores, exactly like the contact-less credit and debit cards that are now available. Both Visa and MasterCard have trials under way, but have yet to announce plans for a national rollout...
...Tome and Principe, population 193,000. The first hint that these two rocks just above the Equator off the west coast of Africa were going to be a laid-back sort of place came when, following some bad advice from a travel agent, I arrived at immigration without a visa. Elsewhere that might have meant detention, prison, or at least a large bribe. In this former Portuguese colony, a smiling middle-aged immigration officer in singlet and braided hair told me in a motherly sort of way that, you know, I really was supposed to have a visa, but forget...
...guest workers arrived last spring with the hope of saving enough money to start a business, buy a home or support extended family. They left behind spouses and children and, in most cases, spent $3000 to $5000 each on recruitment, visa and travel fees. "If I got the 40 hours a week at $6 per hour promised in my contract, I knew I could pay back my debt, send money home and save for the future," says one worker from the Dominican Republic, who also requested anonymity...