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	<title>theVISAGeek™</title>
	
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	<description>Immigration law for the rest of us</description>
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		<title>Immigrant “Entrepreneurs in Residence”:  A Patch For Reverse Brain Drain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration Director seeks to reassure the entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley Members of Silicon Valley&#8217;s startup community met with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas this week for what the agency billed as a summit to officially launch its unusual &#8220;Entrepreneurs in Residence&#8221; program. The event held on the campus of the NASA Ames&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/entrepreneurs/immigrant-entrepreneurs-in-residence-a-patch-for-reverse-brain-drain" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Form I-9 Voluntary Audit:  Be Prepared for dreaded ICE visit and more</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I-9 Compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Be prepared for a visit from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with a voluntary Form I-9 audit The usual scenario for a voluntary I-9 audit is when an employer frantically calls our office in the face of a mandatory ICE audit with only a few days to spare before the company’s I-9 forms must be&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/i-9-compliance/form-i-9-voluntary-audit-be-prepared-for-dreaded-ice-visit-and-more" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>RFE and Denial Rates Soaring for Work Visas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Based Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy Developments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intra-company Transfers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soaring denial and RFE rates for L-1 and H-1B petitions are hurting U.S. business We knew it but no-one official was acknowledging it. Finally, a recent study from the National Foundation for American Policy  - a non-partisan public policy research organized based in Virginia, released data showing that USCIS has dramatically increased denials of L-1&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/work-permits/rfe-and-denial-rates-soaring-for-work-visas" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>E-1/E-2 visa holders admissible for two years AT EACH ENTRY</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/e-1e-2-visa-holders-admissible-for-two-years-at-each-entry</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/e-1e-2-visa-holders-admissible-for-two-years-at-each-entry#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Based Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy Developments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent &#8220;practice pointer&#8221; (1) from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Liaison Committee highlights a critical issue for E-1 and E-2 visa holders.  A foreign national applying for admission to the United States with an un-expired E-1 (Treaty Trader) visa or E-2 (Treaty Investor) visa should be admitted for a&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/e-1e-2-visa-holders-admissible-for-two-years-at-each-entry" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lose-Lose strategies diminish U.S. competitiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/immigration-policy-development/lose-lose-strategies-diminish-u-s-competitiveness</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevisageek.com/immigration-policy-development/lose-lose-strategies-diminish-u-s-competitiveness#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy Developments]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ill-conceived, short-sighted U.S. immigration policy mixed with university and college policies to recruit full-paying foreign students over qualified in-state students diminishes our human capital The New York Times reported recently on an increasing trend at U.S. colleges and universities to recruit foreign students who can pay full tuition in the hope of mitigating budget shortfalls.&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/immigration-policy-development/lose-lose-strategies-diminish-u-s-competitiveness" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Non-immigrant visa interview: Waivers expanded</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/waivers/non-immigrant-visa-interview-waivers-expanded</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevisageek.com/waivers/non-immigrant-visa-interview-waivers-expanded#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Consular Processing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy Developments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Department expands waiver of some non-immigrant visa applicant interviews In an effort to manage an increasing workload with less resources, the U.S. Department of State has added a large number of nonimmigrant visa applicants to the list of those for whom interviews may be waived. The program became effective on January 19, 2012 and&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/waivers/non-immigrant-visa-interview-waivers-expanded" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Global Entry Program Now Available</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/immigration-policy-development/global-entry-program-now-available</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy Developments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourist Visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CBP has begun processing applications for the Global Entry Program for expedited entry clearance Global Entry is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that allows expedited clearance for pre-approved, low-risk travelers upon arrival in the United States. Though intended for frequent international travelers, there is no minimum number of trips necessary to qualify&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/immigration-policy-development/global-entry-program-now-available" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>E-2 Visa Option:  A Missed Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/e-2-visa-option-a-missed-opportunity</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/e-2-visa-option-a-missed-opportunity#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Start-ups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer Based Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. misses out on foreign entrepreneurs &#8211; need to expand E-2 investor visa option for non-immigrant business investors As Pam Prather points out in her excellent piece in a recent issue of Immigration Daily despite the fact that 29.5% of new business in 2010 can be attributed to immigrant entrepreneurs, the E-2 visa, which is a&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/e-2-visa-option-a-missed-opportunity" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retaining Highly Skilled Immigrants Gaining Policy Traction</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/work-permits/retaining-highly-skilled-immigrants-gaining-policy-traction</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Based Immigration Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 31, 2012, USCIS announced several DHS reforms to attract the best and the brightest in furtherance of President Obama’s commitment “to make the U.S. more attractive to highly skilled foreign students and workers, thereby improving the competitiveness of U.S. companies int he world market and stimulating job creations.” Expand eligibility for 17-month extension&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/work-permits/retaining-highly-skilled-immigrants-gaining-policy-traction" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Continued Battle over Kazarian for the “Extraordinary” and the “Outstanding”</title>
		<link>http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/continued-battle-over-kazarian-for-the-extraordinary-and-the-outstanding</link>
		<comments>http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/continued-battle-over-kazarian-for-the-extraordinary-and-the-outstanding#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ann L. Lipson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employer Based Immigration Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration Policy Developments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NIW/EB-1/Outstanding Researchers and Professionals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USCIS not buying arguments from the immigration bar On January 18, USCIS held an open meeting to discuss immigrant petitions based on extraordinary or outstanding achievements. The issue, of course, is the addition of the new USCIS “merits determination” based on the “totality of the circumstances” which USCIS claims is mandated by the 9th Circuit’s&#8230; <a href="http://www.thevisageek.com/employer-based-immigration-law/continued-battle-over-kazarian-for-the-extraordinary-and-the-outstanding" rel="nofollow"><span class="blue">read more</span></a>]]></description>
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