1.   Though her husband had a job, she could not get a residence visa for herself or for two of their three children.

2.   The Dominican government suspended Wednesday all residence visas issued to foreigners in the past three months after finding immigration officials were selling the papers illegally.

3.   They handed in to the Bangladeshi embassy a written list of demands including regular wages, better living conditions and residence visas for recent arrivals.

4.   The expulsions affect Algerians with proper residence visas as well as those without such documents, an Arab diplomat said.