In Siah Mooi Guat, another argument the applicant raised was that she had a legitimate expectation to continue to reside in Singapore until the expiry of her re-entry permit.
Even if there is no absolute bar to a parent's application, immigration officers can still deny it for "discretionary" reasons -- in other words, if something about the applicant raises concerns about her continued presence in the United States.
The widespread approach of studying technology life cycles by measuring patent activity indices, especially patent applications, raises a practical problem: it requires the survey of all applications and applicants on a technological field.
Their ability to pluck the very best students from an ever-deepening pool of eligible applicants has raised standards, not lowered them.
The steep drop in applicants has raised concerns in the Police Department about its ability to attract and retain officers for the 40,000-member force, and its prospects of diversifying ranks.
Indeed, the growing number of departures and the dwindling number of applicants have raised this question: Is a department that expanded to meet a growing crime problem about to backslide in both size and supervisory experience, leaving the city more vulnerable?
NIEHS grantees and applicants have raised concerns over a restructuring at the CSR that brought about changes including the elimination of two study sections dealing mainly with toxicology.
But in 2010, the university began reaching out to applicants whose essays raised gay themes.
When past research using hypothetical candidates revealed anti-female bias in hiring of assistant professors in the female-dominated field of psychology, or in hiring of staff lab managers, the criticism that faculty did not have meetings with the applicants was never raised.
As MMI becomes more widely used it is likely that commercial coaching will become more prevalent, which may negatively impact lower socioeconomic applicants; a concern raised by our assessors.
