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	<description>Attorney Farhad Sethna - Tel (330) 384-8000 or (877) 7US-VISA - www.Immigration-America.com</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>E-verify: A Helpful Big Brother?</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/66</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Review and analysis of E-Verify program and procedures
Copyright Farhad Sethna, 2008
Question: should an employer adopt the E-Verify program?

Answer: Briefly, my answer is “no”. Here is why:
1.    The E-Verify program relies on a Social Security Administration database which by the SSA’s own estimate has a 4.1% error rate. Therefore, for every one hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMMIGRATION COURT EXPLAINED: PART III</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/65</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Parts I and II of this series, I wrote of how a case gets to immigration court and subsequently the basics of immigration court including what to expect at an immigration hearing. In Part III of this series, I would like to discuss the avenues for “relief from removal” when your case is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Practical Training? How do I take advantage of this provision of the Immigration Law?</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/60</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practical Training is work authorization issued by the INS, through the International Student Advisor at the foreign student&#8217;s university. There are two kinds of Practical Training: Pre-Completion- which is taken prior to completing the course of studies, and Post Completion - which may be taken only after graduation or completion of all course work in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can an attorney or consultant &#8220;reserve&#8221; or &#8220;buy-up&#8221; a quota of Green Cards?</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/59</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely not! The Green Card is not for sale. No one has a &#8220;quota&#8221; of Green Cards. PR can only be obtained through the applicable legal procedures. If you are offered a Green Card for sale, be advised - it is a forgery, it is bogus, and it has been obtained through improper and probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the basic requirements for obtaining PR through employment? What are the time frames involved?</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/58</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is recommended that you have at least a bachelor&#8217;s degree or equivalent in order to obtain PR through employment. The first stage is to obtain your work visa (H-1; see attached articles); this can take up to ninety days. The second stage is applying for labor certification - here the time frames vary from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the various avenues to obtain lawful permanent residency (PR) in the United States?</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/57</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the most common methods to obtain PR are through immediate family members who are already citizens or PRs, or through employment. The L-1 category may apply in certain circumstances. (see attached articles) Additionally, you may obtain PR through investment, asylum, diversity and legalization programs. The facts of each individual case vary and every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Still Exceptional?:  New INS Standards for Exceptional Ability Aliens</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/56</link>
		<comments>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/56#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The straightforward and reasonable interpretation of &#8220;exceptional&#8221; and the criteria needed for a waiver of labor certification &#8220;in the national interest&#8221; were laid out in the Administrative Appeals Unit decision in the &#8220;Mississippi Phosphate&#8221; case. That clear decision has now been modified by another Administrative Appeals Unit decision, &#8220;in re New York State Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Highly Skilled Immigrants: A Boon to the American Economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/55</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, American universities graduate thousands of bright, eager, and hard working foreign students. These students usually graduate with Masters Degrees or Ph D&#8217;s in the Sciences or Management. Upon graduation, some students choose to return to their homeland. Others however, desire to remain in the United States and seek employment in this country. American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Filing the Labor Certification Application</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/54</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The labor certification is the second stage in obtaining permission for an alien to permanently live and work in the U.S.A. It usually follows the H-Visa stage. The Labor Certification Application process is a complicated one, and it is highly recommended that legal counsel be retained to represent the employer or the alien in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Long and Winding Road&#8230;to Labor Certification</title>
		<link>http://blog.immigration-america.com/archives/53</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Labor certification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To those of you who have watched with dismay as labor certification cases get backlogged both at the local state office and at the federal regional department of labor offices throughout the country, take note: you are not alone, and, it&#8217;s not going to get any better. Labor certification seems to have ground to a [...]]]></description>
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