The university obtained its present name and status in 1996.

The two immigrants have obtained permanent resident status and still work for the governor.

Q. What else must an illegal alien do to obtain legal status?

In those instances, it obtains legal status for the people - at least much of the time.

Once having obtained status the student was eligible for appointment to a post.

It is a term that became fixed from games trying to obtain equal status to sports.

Finally, Mexicans who obtained legal status were (thanks to the 1965 reform) able to bring in family members.

Those with a job have an income, can seek better accommodation and usually obtain legal status.

Between 1995 and 1998, 50,000 Haitians obtained temporary legal status.

They also hoped to obtain landmark status for the building.