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...first case, decided Feb. 9, involves Shawqi Ahmad Omar, 45, a Jordanian who became a U.S. citizen in 1986. Omar came to the U.S. on a student visa in 1979. He married his American wife in 1983, then served in the Minnesota National Guard for about 11 months. In 1995 he moved to Jordan with his wife and their five children...
Surrounded by a dozen international students hoping to secure temporary worker visas before they graduate, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 last night proposed a five-step plan in hopes of remedying the situation. International seniors who have accepted job offers in the U.S. can only begin working after graduation with an H-1B visa. But Harvard’s academic calendar has left many seniors unable to file the necessary paperwork before federal deadlines. Gross said at the dinner meeting last night that Harvard is working with representatives in Washington...
...real problem, of course, is the visa system, which ought to raise the annual limit. The H-1B program brings valuable expertise to U.S. industry and helps retain skilled workers educated in American institutions. Under current immigration rules, America risks educating some of the world’s brightest students and best talent, only to watch them take their skills elsewhere after graduation...
...recently informed the Undergraduate Council (UC) of a five-step plan to address the problem, calling for the Records and Requirements Office to work with the Registrar on a degree audit during the spring semester, in an attempt to determine which international seniors will be eligible for a visa provided they complete their final semester successfully. He also hopes that the Registrar will notify professors teaching affected students so that grades can be submitted as soon as possible and have signed letters on hand to be sent to appropriate immigration offices as soon as degree requirements have been successfully...
...laudable start, it seems that the administration’s proposal will does not help those students whose final exam falls on the last day of exam period. The UC has proposed a more aggressive plan, calling on Harvard’s administration to allow those seeking H-1B visas alternative means of getting final grades early, such as substituting final papers for exams or giving affected students early exams. If professors were willing to cooperate, given the unforgiving visa system, and submit internationals’ grades early, it would do a great service to students who might otherwise...