Comments on: What’s With All the US Student Visa Rejections? http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 15:33:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jerry http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-169328 Jerry Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:26:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-169328 I had a 19000 dollar scholarship and was rejected at the embassy. Americans with the authority to reject applications are arrogant. I was rejected because I haven't lived in Korea that much. I lost my scholarship and now I don't know what to do with my life. I have to go to college somewhere in Korea and I don't even speak much Korean. I don't understand how Americans can reject someone with perfect qualifications to go to the US. This pretty much ruined my and others' plans for the future I had a 19000 dollar scholarship and was rejected at the embassy. Americans with the authority to reject applications are arrogant. I was rejected because I haven’t lived in Korea that much.
I lost my scholarship and now I don’t know what to do with my life. I have to go to college somewhere in Korea and I don’t even speak much Korean.
I don’t understand how Americans can reject someone with perfect qualifications to go to the US. This pretty much ruined my and others’ plans for the future

]]> By: Janus http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-166374 Janus Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:35:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-166374 If the US has indeed started acting "like a dick" and showing Korea there are actually consequences for expressing unhinged public loathing of America, then I applaud them. If China can do it, so can the United States. If the US has indeed started acting “like a dick” and showing Korea there are actually consequences for expressing unhinged public loathing of America, then I applaud them. If China can do it, so can the United States.

]]> By: Linkd http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165584 Linkd Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:45:08 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165584 Nonsense. If the US had too many bodies in it compared to Canada, we would see such comparative evidence as: Housing shortages, higher unemployment, greater energy intensity per GDP, falling GDP per capita, higher food prices, and declining immigration applications (as applicants become aware that the US is too crowded to accomodate them)... Don't know what measures you're using to mask your desire to limit the number of brown people in your country, but compared to your northern neighbor, there is no evidence I know of that America is running into its population capacity limit. Nonsense.

If the US had too many bodies in it compared to Canada, we would see such comparative evidence as:

Housing shortages, higher unemployment, greater energy intensity per GDP, falling GDP per capita, higher food prices, and declining immigration applications (as applicants become aware that the US is too crowded to accomodate them)…

Don’t know what measures you’re using to mask your desire to limit the number of brown people in your country, but compared to your northern neighbor, there is no evidence I know of that America is running into its population capacity limit.

]]> By: swlee http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165583 swlee Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:43:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165583 The US developed a solution to population pressures a long time, and this practice has been tried and tested both domestically and overseas to wonderful effect. For example, nuking or carpet-bombing Orange County would free up much required agricultural land within a few minutes. I didn't intend to imply sonagi is racist, my apologies. The US developed a solution to population pressures a long time, and this practice has been tried and tested both domestically and overseas to wonderful effect. For example, nuking or carpet-bombing Orange County would free up much required agricultural land within a few minutes.
I didn’t intend to imply sonagi is racist, my apologies.

]]> By: dogbert http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165577 dogbert Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:29:25 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165577 I didn't say anything about race ... I'm talking population pressure. Canada does not yet have to worry about that; the U.S. does. I didn’t say anything about race … I’m talking population pressure. Canada does not yet have to worry about that; the U.S. does.

]]> By: WangKon936 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165574 WangKon936 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:23:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165574 Commentor JohnT is a plain vanilla koreabasher. You poke him and venomous anti-Korean shit comes out. Commentor JohnT is a plain vanilla koreabasher. You poke him and venomous anti-Korean shit comes out.

]]> By: WangKon936 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165572 WangKon936 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:19:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165572 Sonagi strikes me as a universal skeptic (particularly when it comes to Korea and Koreans) rather then a plain vanilla koreabasher. I think people are a bit more more complex than their comments may lead you to believe. Sonagi strikes me as a universal skeptic (particularly when it comes to Korea and Koreans) rather then a plain vanilla koreabasher.

I think people are a bit more more complex than their comments may lead you to believe.

]]> By: swlee http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165570 swlee Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:16:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165570 I don't know about visas for america, but perhaps robert would institute visas for visitors from occidentalism.cum. This blog has adopted too much of the tone of that passive aggressive koreabash blog in recent months thanks to the migration of commenters from that blog such as dogbeat, sonagi and co. I, on the other hand, maintain a positive contribution to this site through my stimulating commentary, and shall endeavor to continue to do so. I don’t know about visas for america, but perhaps robert would institute visas for visitors from occidentalism.cum.
This blog has adopted too much of the tone of that passive aggressive koreabash blog in recent months thanks to the migration of commenters from that blog such as dogbeat, sonagi and co.
I, on the other hand, maintain a positive contribution to this site through my stimulating commentary, and shall endeavor to continue to do so.

]]> By: WangKon936 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165569 WangKon936 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:15:31 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165569 Canadian immigration policy is very practical. If you are educated and have skills, com'on over. Plus, Canadians strike me as people who look and sound like an average American, without the jingoistic rumblings of 2nd ammendment believing Americans. They also seem less threatening to people who are different, which makes me feel a little more comfortable. People are just a lot more chill about issues of race and differences up north. However, I do wonder what Canadian immigration policy would be like if it had a huge southern neighbor that is overwhelming some of your bordering neighborhoods with undereducated, somewhat less orderly group of people. I have seen some pretty decent neighborhoods in Southern California deteriorate because of this. I'm not advocating an immigration policy that many anti-immigration advocates in the U.S. look towards. You have to acknowledge that the cheap labor from our southern neighbors certainly helps our economy. But at the same time, you do have to moderate the population shift and you do need to control the borders. Without control of the borders, you accept the good with the bad. I'd like to have more control of what "bad" comes into the country. I personally favor more border control and providing people from poorer countries a form of "guest worker" status, where they can work in the U.S. for a while and if they are people in good standing with U.S. law enforcement, then you extend their guest worker status. After a period of time being a good worker and not being in trouble with any law, then you can get some sort of permanent status. So on and so forth. Canadian immigration policy is very practical. If you are educated and have skills, com’on over. Plus, Canadians strike me as people who look and sound like an average American, without the jingoistic rumblings of 2nd ammendment believing Americans. They also seem less threatening to people who are different, which makes me feel a little more comfortable. People are just a lot more chill about issues of race and differences up north.

However, I do wonder what Canadian immigration policy would be like if it had a huge southern neighbor that is overwhelming some of your bordering neighborhoods with undereducated, somewhat less orderly group of people. I have seen some pretty decent neighborhoods in Southern California deteriorate because of this.

I’m not advocating an immigration policy that many anti-immigration advocates in the U.S. look towards. You have to acknowledge that the cheap labor from our southern neighbors certainly helps our economy. But at the same time, you do have to moderate the population shift and you do need to control the borders. Without control of the borders, you accept the good with the bad. I’d like to have more control of what “bad” comes into the country. I personally favor more border control and providing people from poorer countries a form of “guest worker” status, where they can work in the U.S. for a while and if they are people in good standing with U.S. law enforcement, then you extend their guest worker status. After a period of time being a good worker and not being in trouble with any law, then you can get some sort of permanent status. So on and so forth.

]]> By: The Goat http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165567 The Goat Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:08:25 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/06/21/whats-with-all-the-us-student-visa-rejections/#comment-165567 So what are the visa rejection rate trends for other nationalities (as alluded to in the comments). Taking the Korea side out of context means a whole great big bunch of fuck all. So what are the visa rejection rate trends for other nationalities (as alluded to in the comments). Taking the Korea side out of context means a whole great big bunch of fuck all.

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