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>From: [email-masked] (Rupert Zhu)
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Subject: Passport Problem:  General Information  (G-5)
Keywords: US INS Statistics of Student Visa Issued to Mainland Students
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Date: 12 Feb 89 19:03:11 GMT
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================= Information from Xiaoping Yuan's Friend ====================

The message delivered here are for your information, correction, supplement
and comment.  Read all posting on the series to get entire information.

For the LISTING OF COMPLETE COLLECTION of the series, see <<Passport Problem,
Q & A: A Few Word From The Author (G-3)>> posted on 26th of January 1989.

The following table shows the numbers of various kinds of visa issued in 
mainland China to PRC students and their family members in past years.
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    Year     1983       1984        1985          1986         1987
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    J-1                             2507          3069         3272

    J-2      <100        318        2030          2022 

    F-1                             3001          5038         5235

    F-2      <100         94         244           559                    
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A Few Observations:
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1) As of Dec. 1988, the total number of mainland students in the US is about
   23,000 which is the second largest foreign student body in the US.  The 
   number of Taiwan students count about 24,000 -- the largest foreign
   student body in the US.

2) In 1988, the number of F-1 visa issued to mainland students was drastically
   decreased (no data reported) while J-1 number greatly increased.

3) Among mainland J-1 students, 54% were sponsored by mainland government in 
   1979 but only 17% in 1985;  18% were US-school-sponsored in 1979 and 57% in
   1985.  The sponsorship provided by mainland government is usually for the 
   first year of study of the J-1 students.  After the first year, most 
   mainland J-1 students are on the assistantship provided by US schools. 

4) There are six US embassy and consulates in mainland, which locate in 
   Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuhan (to be opened).  
   They usually work about 240 days per year in mainland.   Analyzing the
   data for 1987, we get a simple inequality  5235/(240*5) < 5.  This means
   that in average, each US consulate in China actually issued not more than
   five F-1 visas each working day.

5) The percentage of F-1 applicants, who were issued F-1 visa in mainland, is
   less than 5% in 1988.

6) Many mainland students have their parents come to US on the B visa, they
   are not included in the J-2's.

7) The data in the table does not include the similar visas issued outside
   mainland China.

The following table illustrates the number of green card issued to mainland
J-1/F-1 students and Taiwan  F-1 students from 1983 through 1987.
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Year        1983      1984      1985       1986      1987        Total
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Mainland     
 J-1's       43        20        50         53        64          230         

 F-1's      1163       607       739        825       744        4078

Taiwan F-1's                                        (1983--1987) 7648
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>From this table, it may be concluded that the mainland F-1's "played" not too
bad in comparison with Taiwan F-1's, considering that mainland did not open its 
door to outside world until 1979.

As for mainland J-1's, there were forty-six "lucky dogs" in average each year 
who got green card.  Media reported that Chen Yun's daughter and Liu
Shao-Qi's daughter are among these lucky dogs.  It is also believed that
a significant portion of these lucky dogs are the offsprings of mainland
ranking officials.

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Coming-up Information:   Passport Problem
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
General Information: G-*, US visa definition from A through P

Case Discussions   : Q-*, From J-2 to F-1;  Change J-1 to F-1 outside US
                     Q-*, Change J-1 to F-1 within US
                     Q-*, Prepare documents for applying for waiver of 
                          two-year rule.
                     Q-*, Can we stay in US with our ABC if we are on 
                          J-visa?

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