11.   How do I get a visa and gain U.S. resident status?

12.   In English and Spanish, speakers and protesters at the downtown rally demanded fair treatment of all people regardless of their resident status.

13.   In contrast to Clinton, Giuliani said he supported legislation granting Elian permanent resident status.

14.   Instead of seeking asylum in the United States, as other Cuban defectors had, Fernandez and Hernandez gained resident status in the Dominican Republic.

15.   More than two-thirds of these graduates stay in the United States, most already armed with permanent resident status by the time they receive their doctorates.

16.   Often, temporary workers use the visas as a step toward gaining permanent resident status.

17.   Some judicial experts contend that foreigners normally do not have privacy rights unless they have earned permanent resident status, which the terrorism suspects had not.

18.   Song has permanent resident status in the United States and was scheduled to become an American citizen in September.

19.   Supporters of legislation to extend permanent resident status to Caribbean and Central American immigrants Tuesday urged congressional leaders to take up the bill this year.

20.   The arrangement allows him to maintain his legal resident status in the United States.