<p>Does anybody know if permanent residents are allowed into RSI? It seems so cool...thanks...</p>
<p>It is usually a much better idea to ask the people who run the program rather than someone else. <a href="http://www.cee.org/rsi/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cee.org/rsi/</a></p>
<p>even internationals are allowed to apply...PR's are obviously allowed...</p>
<p>I don't think that Puerto Ricans are considered international, neither are applicants from Guam. These places are both U.S. Territories.</p>
<p>Well, the internationals have to apply with an international status, something I can't do since I live in the US. I was wondering, since there's a box on the domestic application that asks for your "immigration status if not citizen," but I've heard some mixed responses about permanent residents.</p>
<p>Which is precisely why I suggested emailing CEE directly. I remember a discussion about this last year and the application itself seemed to say citizen in one place and permanent resident in another.</p>
<p>Yes--I just tried looking through the RSI 05 and 06 discussion forums and couldn't figure out a clear answer. Go ahead and e-mail or call CEE directly; Maite is really nice and will be able to answer this sort of question. It's definitely not the sort of thing you want to trust us on and then later realize that the actual answer is different :)</p>
<p>Just for clarification, if you apply as an international student you apply through your own country--selection procedures vary among the countries that participate. So although, as vampiro mentioned, RSI does take international students, they are not considered in the same pool as the domestic students; CEE has more of an "okay, send us n students and some money" deal with the countries that participate.</p>
<p>I am a student interested in the RSI program. However, while I was
looking through the site, it said that domestic applicants must be US
citizens. Will permanent residence count? I have lived in the United
States for over 11 years, and RSI looks like something I would really
like to apply to.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>Thanks for your interest. You must be a US citizen to apply to RSI in the
US. We are now closed for 2006.</p>
<p>Best of luck,</p>
<p>Maite</p>
<p>:(
I wonder why they put the "immigration status if not citizen" on the application then.</p>
<p>better still give em a call....it makes for good 2 way convo...so u can explain better and get an accurate response...because it would really be idiotic if internationals were allowed to come to RSI and PR's were'nt allowed</p>
<p>The "immigration status if not citizen" really is a pretty puzzling addition to the form... I'm sorry that that was the response, but I've heard of other people who were told the same thing, so I assume they mean it.</p>
<p>vampiro--although it seems pretty crazy that internationals but not pr's are allowed, they're not all being considered in the same pool. RSI admits roughly 50 domestic students (who, apparently, have to be citizens) and also some international students from specific countries. The countries participating vary from year to year, and have to provide most if not all of the funding to cover the students they send.</p>
<p>//edit: there /is/ always the possibility of applying through a country where you /do/ have citizenship, but this is tricky.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure (by which I mean 99%) that several individuals in '05 from the domestic pool were permanent residents.</p>