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	<title>Ivener &#038; Fullmer Online Newsletter</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>H-1B Roundup: Cap Reached, Random Selection Completed; Some Applications &#8216;Wait-Listed&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/h-1b-roundup-cap-reached-random-selection-completed-some-applications-wait-listed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 8, 2008, that it had received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year (FY) 2009. USCIS announced a preliminary number of nearly 163,000 H-1B petitions received during the filing period ending on April 7, 2008. More than 31,200 of those petitions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHS Issues Interim Rule on Optional Practical Training for F-1 Students</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/dhs-issues-interim-rule-on-optional-practical-training-for-f-1-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Practical Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an interim final rule, effective April 8, 2008, that extends the maximum period of optional practical training (OPT) from 12 months to 29 months for F-1 students who have completed a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree and accept employment with employers enrolled in U.S. Citizenship and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Revises I-765 To Add F-1 Eligibility Codes</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/uscis-revises-i-765-to-add-f-1-eligibility-codes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on April 24, 2008, that it has revised the Application for Employment Authorization (Form I-765) to include additional eligibility codes under the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s interim final rule regarding Optional Practical Training (OPT), published on April 8, 2008. The rule modifies the conditions and duration of OPT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOS Issues Annual Guidance on Students and Exchange Visitors</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/dos-issues-annual-guidance-on-students-and-exchange-visitors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of State has released a cable sent to the field on March 11, 2008, regarding student (F and M) and exchange visitor (J) nonimmigrant visa issues. Among other things, the cable notes that first-time visa applicants may be the highest priority when scheduling appointments, and repeat applicants may be scheduled on a lower-priority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Releases Processing Times for Naturalization Applications Filed During Summer 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/uscis-releases-processing-times-for-naturalization-applications-filed-during-summer-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Naturalization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the projected times for local offices to complete processing of citizenship applications filed during the summer of 2007. Projected processing times at the end of September 2008 range from a high of 14.7 months for Washington, D.C., to a low of 5 months for Helena, Montana.
Last July, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHS Proposes Biometric Airport and Seaport Exit Procedures</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/dhs-proposes-biometric-airport-and-seaport-exit-procedures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biometrics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a rule on April 22, 2008, that would establish biometric exit procedures at all U.S air and sea ports of departure. The majority of non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents, except for Canadians, are already required to submit digital fingerprints and a digital photograph for admission into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ICE Arrests Hundreds of Workers</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/ice-arrests-hundreds-of-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested hundreds of undocumented workers, including more than 300 workers at Pilgrim&#8217;s Pride poultry plants in five states who are suspected of committing identity theft and other criminal violations to obtain their jobs. 
ICE special agents also detained 45 undocumented workers at 10 sites and arrested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DHS Signs Visa Waiver Agreement With Korea</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/dhs-signs-visa-waiver-agreement-with-korea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/dhs-signs-visa-waiver-agreement-with-korea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 18, 2008, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff signed a Visa Waiver Program (VWP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yu Myung-hwan. The security enhancements outlined in the agreement &#8220;put[ ] Korea on the path toward visa-free travel to the U.S., and potential designation as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Holding Series of Immigration Hearings</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/house-holding-series-of-immigration-hearings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/house-holding-series-of-immigration-hearings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hearings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Cal.), announced that an oversight hearing held April 16, 2008, on the H-2B program was the first in a series of immigration hearings to be held by the subcommittee and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expensive Virtual Border Fence To Be Replaced</title>
		<link>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/expensive-virtual-border-fence-to-be-replaced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.usworkvisa.com/news/2008/05/04/expensive-virtual-border-fence-to-be-replaced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 03:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just two months after Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff accepted the Boeing Co.&#8217;s completed $20 million virtual fence along portions of the border with Mexico, the agency announced it will replace the Arizona-Mexico virtual fence with new radios, cameras, towers, and computer software. Customs and Border Protection officials recently acknowledged that the &#8220;Project 28&#8243; [...]]]></description>
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