It will allow them. if otherwise eligible. to change status within nonimmigrant categories and to apply for permanent resident status if they qualify. The administrations authorization of an automatic 1year extension of deferred enforced departure [DED] status created a catch22. Should a student accept DED status. he or she would be ineligible for visa adjustment or application for permanent resident status. This bill corrects that oversight. It also slightly broadens the criteria of eligibility for the J1 visa waiver. Under my proposal. the criteria for the foreign residency waiver would extend to those Chinese students who may have allowed their J1 status to lapse or expire. Many of the Chinese students who have allowed their J1 visa to lapse have since married someone in this country. Some Chinese students have also changed their nonimmigrant status since arriving in this country. but are still subject to the 2year foreign residency requirement. My bill does not create a new category of immigrants. or provide Chinese students special status. Chinese students I have talked to simply want the opportunity to remain in this country until they are able to return without facing the prospect of arrest and imprisonment. These students want to return to their country.
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