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		<title>Update on FY 2009 H-1B Processing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 01:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services continues to work on Fiscal Year 2009 H-1B petitions.  The Vermont and California Service Centers were to have finished premium processing cases that were chosen in the lottery by the end of last week, but it is not yet clear whether that goal was reached.   Filing receipts for non-premium processing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Announces a Proposal to Increase Periods of Stay for TN Professional Workers From Canada or Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to increase the maximum amount of time a Trade-NAFTA (TN) professional worker from Canada or Mexico can remain in the United States before seeking readmission or obtaining an extension of stay. The proposal will extend the maximum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS to Allow Change of Status Requests for F-1 Students with Pending H-1B Petitions</title>
		<link>http://www.askstudent.com/international-student/uscis-to-allow-change-of-status-requests-for-f-1-students-with-pending-h-1b-petitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[H-1B petitions filed on behalf of F-1 students can be upgraded to request a change of status so that students can take advantage of a new rule that extends their F-1 stay through their approved H-1B employment start date.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will allow an H-1B petition filed on behalf of an F-1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enough Petitions Received to Exhaust 2008 H-1B Cap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ENOUGH PETITIONS RECEIVED TO EXHAUST 2008 H-1B CAP:  LOTTERIES ARE THE NEXT STEP
Today U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a notice indicating that it has already received enough H-1B petitions to exhaust both the 65,000 H-1B quota and the 20,000 exemption from the quota for graduates of U.S. universities with a master’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biometrics Now Required for Permanent Resident Reentry Permits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Policy Requires Applicants to be Fingerprinted before Departing the United States
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Permanent residents applying for reentry permits in order to travel back to the United States after a long absence must now appear for a biometrics appointment at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office before departing the United States. The new agency policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H-1B Reminder: Plan for Timely Filing on April 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:49:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cap Cases Should Be Filed on April 2 Only in Unavoidable Circumstances
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H-1B filings for employment in Fiscal Year 2009 should be delivered to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Tuesday, April 1.  Though cases that are received by the agency on April 2 could be eligible for the H-1B cap selection lottery, filing on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standard H-1B Cap Expected to Be Met on April 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Similar to last year, the filing season for standard H-1B cap numbers is expected to end shortly after it begins on April 1, when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin to accept petitions for H-1B employment in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Though the pool of H-1B numbers for holders of U.S. advanced degrees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing for FY 2008 H-1B Filings</title>
		<link>http://www.askstudent.com/international-student/preparing-for-fy-2008-h-1b-filings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin to accept advance filings of H-1B cases for employment in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 on April 2, 2007, the first business day of the filing season.  It is expected that FY 2008 H-1B numbers will be very rapidly used – perhaps within the opening week of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Notification of Increase in Filing Fee</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The division of United Stated Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently published a final rule in the Federal Register regarding significant increases to filing fee. The new fees take effect on July 30, 2007.
For the forms most frequently used by international students and scholars, the new fees are:
1. I-129 application or renewal of H-1B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Requirements for Adjustment of Status – I-485:</title>
		<link>http://www.askstudent.com/international-student/requirements-for-adjustment-of-status-%e2%80%93-i-485/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Hicks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.    Original Forms I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status of self and his derivative spouse, if any and child/ren if any.
2.    Original Forms G-325A Biographic Information.
3.    Original Forms I-765 Application for Employment Authorization of adult applicants.
4.    Original Forms I-131 Application for a Travel Document.
5.    Form I-134 Affidavit of Support from Principal Applicant [...]]]></description>
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