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		<title>Notario fraud</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A sad reality of the American immigration process is that immigrants are sometimes taken advantage of.  One common way that this happens is when immigrants put their immigration status and their lives in the hands of unqualified people who are not licensed to practice law.  These unlicensed predators are commonly known as “notarios” in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2012/02/07/notario-fraud/</link>
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		<title>Your rights under E-verify</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Georgia and throughout the United States some employers are required to use the E-verify program (Check out this blog post for more information on E-verify requirements imposed by Georgia’s new immigration law ).  Here’s a link to a useful video from USCIS regarding your E-verify rights:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFUe_Fkvtzk.]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2012/01/03/your-rights-under-e-verify/</link>
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		<title>US Supreme Court to hear immigration arguments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments regarding Arizona’s immigration law.  The court’s decision will have an effect on immigration laws passed in other states including Georgia.  Here is a link to an article from msnbc which has the basics of what’s at stake.  http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9389268-high-court-to-look-at-state-immigration-laws]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/12/12/us-supreme-court-to-hear-immigration-arguments/</link>
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		<title>H-1B cap reached</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USCIS issued a press release on November 23, 2011 stating that as of November 22, 2011 all 65,000 H-1B petitions for the fiscal year have been used up.  Only eight days earlier they issued a press release saying 56,300 had been used up!  I’m skeptical that 8,700 petitions were filed within eight days.  The inaccurate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/11/28/h-1b-cap-reached/</link>
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		<title>H-1B count as of November 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of November 14, 2011, all 20,000 H-1B Masters Exempt H-1B visas have been taken.  In addition, USCIS is reporting that 56,300 of the 65,000 regular cap H-1Bs have been taken.  At this rate the remaining H-1Bs for the year should be used up within the next month or two.  If you were planning on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/11/18/h-1b-count-as-of-november-2011/</link>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s deportation record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has proven itself an unlikely stalwart in the removal of illegal immigrants from the United States.  Many who are skeptical of the administration’s immigration policy were surprised to read an October 18, 2011 News Release issued by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement which boasted that it had removed 396,906 individuals from the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/10/25/obamas-deportation-record/</link>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs in Residence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On October 11, 2011 USCIS issued a press release announcing its “Entrepreneurs in Residence” initiative.  “This new innovative initiative will utilize industry expertise to strengthen USCIS policies and practices surrounding immigrant investors, entrepreneurs and workers with specialized skills, knowledge, or abilities.” The initiative appears to be designed to obtain critical feedback from the public and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/10/18/entrepreneurs-in-residence/</link>
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		<title>H-1B filing fees used to train US workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA) requires every H-1B petitioner to pay a training fee of either $750 or $1500 (depending on the size of the petitioner) for each H-1B petition that a petitioner files.  These ACWIA fees are used to train US workers in job areas that petitioners traditionally use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/10/10/where-do-acwia-training-fees-go/</link>
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		<title>Diversity Visa Program begins October 4, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year the US government conducts a lottery offering permanent resident status to 50,000 individuals from countries that are underrepresented in the United States.  The program is known as the Diversity Visa program and applications are accepted in October.  The State Department has announced that it will begin accepting applications for the 2013 Diversity Visa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/09/26/diversity-visa-program-begins-october-4-2011/</link>
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		<title>H-1B cap count as of September 9, 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[USCIS announced last week that 32,200 H-1B filings have been approved or received by USCIS.  In addition, 16,700 of 20,000 available H-1B Master’s Exemption filings have also been approved or received by USCIS.  Once the 20,000 Master’s Exemption filings have been reached any future Master’s petitions will be counted against the Regular H-1B cap of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://usavisaimmigration.com/2011/09/15/h-1b-cap-count-as-of-september-9-2011-2/</link>
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