Subject: IFCSS News Release

From: [email-masked] (Yonghong Li)
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 12:06:43 CDT

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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 5065    October 1, 1993
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005
         Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018
                Email: [email-masked]

                      IFCSS REPORT ON CSPA
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Dear CSPA applicants,

The IFCSS HQ has just obtained the news from the US State
Department and INS that all the visa numbers were used up by
September 30. There are approximated 42,000 cases which were
approved under CSPA (The detailed number was not available until
next week). So most of the CSPA applicants should have already
received their approval notice or will receive it in the next few
days. For those CSPA applicants who have not filed or filed late,
the INS will continue to prove their applications using visa
numbers that become immediately available on October 1.

This weekend is the holiday weekend for our Chinese community. It
is the time to celebrate and for families and friends to get
together. The IFCSS wish you the happiest holiday time, and the
best for your new future.

However, while we celebrate, we should still remember those victims
of the 1989 tragedy, and to support this organization that works
diligently for the interests of all the Chinese students and
scholars in the U.S., and to help those late comers who do not
benefit from the CSPA. The IFCSS is in dire financial difficulty,
and many of our programs are unable to carry out due to such
shortage.

Thus the IFCSS HQ courteously asks you personally to donate $20 to
our organization. We are aware of the financial difficulties that
many of you have encountered in this country. But we can only rely
upon you for the livelihood of this organization. Your contribution
will be extremely important: half of your contribution will go to
the June 4th victims; and the other half will help cover the cost
of IFCSS operations.

As the CSPA has adequately exhibited, the existence of the IFCSS is
important to all of us in the CSS community. If you want to help
the June 4th victims, help the IFCSS to overcome its financial
difficulty, and help with our programs that will continue to serve
you and late-coming Chinese students, please write a check payable
to IFCSS, and send it to

     IFCSS
     733 15th Street, N.W.
     Suite 440
     Washington, D.C. 20005

Thank you very much for your help.

Sincerely,

Lin Changsheng
President

Shi Heping
Vice President

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Dear Netters,
	This news is a good sign to our World Quota Issue! Soon many of LAds
will get approved! But There is still a big problems here: Many of us have to wait many years to get their green card. If a temporary green card is OK for you, What about the LADs still in CHINA? (By the way, everyone in my family has a temporary
green card now).
	So, I suggest that everyone in this network stay until we solve the World Quota issue! Do not be selfish! Try your best to help the CSS community 
besides yourself.
	By the way, Do not be frustrated now. The authorities need time to 
response to our petition! CSPA took 4 years! For us, we have been fighting only
3 months!

Y. H. Li