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Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1987/University Daily Kansan
KU's reputation attracts students from around world
Foreigners find legal detours on road to employment Enrollment figures show increase in foreign students
By BRAD ADDINGTON Special to the Kansan
Special to the Kansan
Raffy Haddad is different from most foreign KU students in that he has an all-American job: he delivers pizzas.
However, Haddad, like many foreign students, has had overcome several legal hurdles before he got a job in the United States.
Haddad has an "FI" visa, which allowed him to get a work permit last spring. However, most foreign students at KU have student visas that allow them to work only on campus, said Pat Willer, assistant director of KU's foreign student services.
Haddad, 22, is from Lebanon. He attended St. Joseph University in Beirut before coming to the United States, and he attended Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., before coming to KU in the spring of 1985. He graduated this summer with a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering.
Although Haddad has more employment opportunities than most foreign students, he said achieving current status involved a long process.
Haddad lived in the United States for one year before he was allowed to apply for the work permit. Then he waited six months until his request finally was rejected. Undaunted, he applied again, and he received permission to work off campus last March. He has been delivering pizzas since then.
However, Haddad's job search has not been easy. Most aerospace engineering jobs require security clearance. In order to gain security clearance, one must be a citizen or, at least, a permanent resident. Haddad is neither.
Cynthia Weolk, director of legal services for students, said permanent residency status provides foreign students with the opportunities that they want.
Woelk said permanent residents can work most jobs, except those that require security clearance, attend the university of one's choice with no restriction on the number of hours taken and receive federal financial aid. A foreigner with a regular student visa usually cannot do these things.
Woelk said foreign students are usually granted permanent residency status for job-related or family-related reasons.
People granted residency status for job-related reasons are usually "people we want in our economy because their skills are so valuable to us," Woelk said. Foreigners must reside in the country for five years before attaining permanent residency status for job-related reasons.
Jo Hardesty, a staff attorney at legal services, said a person could have certain family-related reasons that would allow them to become a permanent resident in less than five years. Permanent residency status is more readily granted to offspring,
spouses and siblings of citizens, and to unmarried offspring and spouses of permanent residents.
"Marriage to a U.S. citizen is the best way to become a permanent resident." Woelk said.
She said that at one time foreigners could obtain permanent residency status upon getting married to a U.S. resident or citizen. As of November 1986, foreign students must be married for two years before they can obtain permanent residency status. This discourages foreigners from getting married for purely occupational purposes. Woelk said.
Once foreigners achieve permanent residency status, they must wait five years to become eligible for citizenship.
Haddad has been in the country for only four years. He has no relatives here, and he is not married.
"The reason that I came to KU is because of the high standards that the aerospace engineering department has." he said.
He said while job hunting in Canada, company representatives told him they highly regarded KU's engineering department.
"In Canada, it's easier to get residency status," Haddad said. "If things don't work out there, I'm going to stay here and go to grad school."
He said he would probably study mathematics so that he could become eligible for many jobs that do not require security clearance.
Students from 100 different countries add an international flavor to the Lawrence KU campus.
By CARLA PATINO
Staff writer
They came from everywhere, from Singapore to Nicaragua.
The spring 1987 enrollment figures indicated that 1,723 foreign students were enrolled at KU.
Foreign student office records indicate that 373 of the foreign students were from East and South Asian countries, 826 were from countries in the Far East and 253 students came from Central and Latin American countries.
Charles Stansifer, co-director of the Center of Latin American Studies, said he was glad to see foreign students come to KU.
"Generally speaking, the more the merrier," said Stansifer, who has worked with foreign students about 24 years.
"KU is more than a thousand miles away from any international border, therefore we have to work harder to provide an international view. But with students from Malaysia, Taiwan or from wherever they are, we are bound to discuss issues that wouldn't be discussed otherwise."
Patricia Willer, assistant director of foreign student services, said that the strength of KU's academic programs attracted foreign students to come to Lawrence.
"KU has been very active in international education since the early 1950s," she said. "Good academic programs in the schools of engineering and pharmacy, among others, attract many students."
James Stinson, assistant director of admissions, said many foreign students came to the United States because they admired the U.S. lifestyle and educational system.
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