International outrage over the ruling led the Dominican government to pass a law last year that allows people born to undocumented foreign parents, whose birth was never registered in the Dominican Republic, to request residency permits as foreigners.
Legal recognition may lead to increased hope for family reunion in these newly recognized refugees (i.e. refugees in the Netherlands may request residency status for their spouses upon receiving their own refugee status) resulting in an increased motivation for the treatment and more favourable treatment outcomes.
A6 Hong Kong Fire Arrests The police arrested 15 immigrants in connection with a fire set in a city immigration tower by mainland immigrants whose requests for residency permits had been denied.
According to the government, Senegalese nationals filed the highest number of residency applications, with 6,600 requests, followed closely by Syrians, who submitted 5,250 applications.
"Your request for residency, permission to work, permission to study, citizenship or asylum has been received".
Sweden's immigration authority has rejected a request for residency by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a potential setback in his efforts to gain protection from Swedish press freedom laws.
He, his wife, Zady, and their 3-year-old daughter, Beatriz -- are awaiting a response from federal officials to a request for residency.
The Homeland Security, Justice and State Departments are working to create special waivers so the green card applications can be transferred to immigration courts, where most requests for permanent residency are likely to be granted.
Moreover, America had approved his request for permanent residency back in 1995, and put him on a waiting list.
One becomes acutely aware of this shortage, as a residency program director, given the many requests for new general surgeons (GS).
