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		<title>Appeals Court holds that employer not responsible for visa fees and expenses</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/156</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:33:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the convoluted world of H-1B non-agricultural temporary worker processing, this case stood out as a good example of the seamier side of hiring foreign workers.  In Castellanos-Contreras, et al v. Decatur Hotels, LLC, Fifth Circuit case #07-30942 (July 21, 2009), the court ruled on a complaint filed by Castellanos-Contreras and two others that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHS and DOL step up audits of H-1B and Labor Cert Sponsors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Fueled by the $500.00 per case “H-1B Fraud Fee” paid by employers for every new H-1B application for a new employee, the DHS has instituted significant additional review programs of H-1B employer sponsors.  According to the DHS, over 600 employers nationwide are being audited.  The Office of Fraud Detention and National Security estimated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Administration Policy: Enforcement before Reform</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/150</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking recently, Janet Napolitano, President Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security indicated that without question the administration’s policy was going to be that of expanding immigration enforcement, especially against businesses.  This comes on the heels of another declaration that H-1B visa sponsors are being audited in much larger numbers, thanks to the additional $500.00 H-1B [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigrants Don’t Take Away U.S. Jobs!</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/131</link>
		<comments>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/131#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common myth explored]]></description>
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		<title>Restrictions on visa issuance</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/50</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of State, in response to the 9-11 attacks,  promulgated an interim rule which became effective on April 1, 2002. A close  examination of the rule is very important in order to protect individuals who  apply for a visa to reenter the United States.
In brief, keeping with its desire to ensure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/26</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the closing days of Congress in Fall 2004, the H-1B Visa Reform Act of  2004 (&#8221;Act&#8221;)was included in the Fiscal Omnibus Appropriations bill (H.R. 4818).  The Act was signed into law by the President on December 8, 2004. It is  therefore officially law. At the same time, Congress also passed another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The H-1 &#8220;Work Visa&#8221; Application Process</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/25</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The H-1 Work Visa is a temporary permit for an alien to work in  the United States. The work Visa is the first stage in obtaining permission for  an alien to live and work in the U.S.A., the second stage being the labor  certification process which is described in a separate document. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New H-1B Laws</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/23</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 04:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under the Immigration Act of 1990, the United States Congress allotted 65,000 H-  1b Visas per fiscal year. A fiscal year (FY) begins October 1st through  September 30th of the following year. Therefore, FY 1998 would begin October 1,  1997, and continue through September 30, 1998. For the first time since the [...]]]></description>
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