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		<title>February 2012 Visa Bulletin (EB Numbers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>January 2012 Visa Bulletin (EB Numbers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 21:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment- Based All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 1st C C C C C 2nd C 01JAN09 01JAN09 C C 3rd 01FEB06 15OCT04 08AUG02 01FEB06 01FEB06 Other Workers 01FEB06 22APR03 01AUG02 01FEB06 01FEB06 4th C C C C C Certain Religious Workers C C C C C 5th Targeted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=466&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on USCIS Mailing I-797 Approval Notices</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been informed by USCIS through AILA that attorneys have started receiving I-797 approval notices and that petitioners will be receiving courtesy copies of the approval notices.  As of yesterday, our office started receiving original I-797 approval notices.  A welcome sign again after that temporary fiasco of &#8220;switch&#8221; in the process couple of months [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=462&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>December 2011 Visa Bulletin (EB Numbers)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<title>Blanket L Visa Applications Only at U.S. Consulate Chennai, India from Dec 1, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Consulate General in Chennai states that starting December 1, it will be the U.S. Mission to India&#8217;s sole blanket L category visa acceptance and processing center (&#8220;blanket&#8221; L visas are issued to managers, executives, or specialized knowledge professionals transferring within their company).  Companies throughout India will be requested to send blanket L applicants exclusively to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=456&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>H-1B U.S. Masters Cap Reached</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced that as of October 21, 2011, it has received sufficient number of petitions in the H-1B U.S. Masters cap of 20,000 for the fiscal year 2012.  The USCIS also announced that it has received 46,200 petitions in the H-1B regular cap of 65,000.  Thus, it will continue [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=451&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Reverses the Failed Policy on Handling of I-797 Receipt and Approval Notices</title>
		<link>http://krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/uscis-reverses-the-failed-policy-on-handling-of-i-797-receipt-and-approval-notices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pursuant to the blog post from October 2 (below) about the troublesome USCIS policy of mailing the original receipts and approval notices to the clients directly, given the intense criticism of the policy from various corners, on October 20th the USCIS announced that it is reversing its new policy.  In about six weeks, i.e. around December 1st, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=448&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ICE Deported Nearly 400,000 Individuals in the Past One Year</title>
		<link>http://krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/ice-deported-nearly-400000-individuals-in-the-past-one-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John  Morton today announced the agency&#8217;s fiscal year 2011 year-end removal numbers.  In fiscal year 2011, ICE&#8217;s Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations removed  396,906 individuals — the largest number in the agency&#8217;s history. Of these,  nearly 55 percent or 216,698 of the people removed were convicted of felonies  or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=445&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>November 2011 Visa Bulletin</title>
		<link>http://krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com/2011/10/07/november-2011-visa-bulletin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment-based Immigrant Visa numbers: Employment- Based All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 1st C C C C C 2nd C 01NOV07 01NOV07 C C 3rd 22DEC05 22AUG04 22JUL02 22DEC05 22DEC05 Other Workers* 15NOV05 22APR03 15JUN02 15NOV05 15NOV05 4th C C C C C Certain Religious Workers C C C [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=443&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Policy Change with regard to Handling I-797 Receipt and Approval Notices</title>
		<link>http://krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/uscis-policy-change-with-regard-to-handling-i-797-receipt-and-approval-notices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Krishna Palagummi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past three weeks, the USCIS has been mailing the original I-797 receipt and/or approval notices to the applicants and/or petitioners directly.  Precisely, since September 12, 2011, the USCIS began mailing the I-797 notices directly the applicants and/or petitioners and was only mailing a courtesy copy to our office.  This was basically a reversal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=krishnapalagummi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10489816&amp;post=439&amp;subd=krishnapalagummi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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