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		<title>Stakeholder Engagement &#8211; Transitioning to E-filing for Specific Benefit Request and Standard Form Types</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ March 12, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The USCIS Office of Public Engagement invites you to participate in a  stakeholder engagement to discuss the agency moving toward electronic  filing for specific benefit request and standard form types. This  conversation will focus upon which benefit requests and standard forms  types and which stakeholders might be most suited to transition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/03/stakeholder-engagement-transitioning-to-e-filing-for-specific-benefit-request-and-standard-form-types/</link>
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		<title>Listening Session &#8211; Quarterly Stakeholder Meeting with Director Mayorkas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ March 17, 2010; 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration  Services, cordially invites you to attend his quarterly meeting with  stakeholders

The meeting will be held Wednesday, March 17,  2010 @ 1:30 pm at the Tomich Conference Center, 111  Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC.

There are two  ways to attend this meeting:

In person – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/03/listening-session-quarterly-stakeholder-meeting-with-director-mayorkas/</link>
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		<title>USCIS to Accept H-1B Petitions Beginning April 1, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ April 1, 2010; ] U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today  that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the fiscal year  (FY) 2011 cap on April 1, 2010.  Cases will be considered accepted on  the date that USCIS takes possession of a properly filed petition with  the correct fee; not the date [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/03/uscis-to-accept-h-1b-petitions-beginning-april-1-2010/</link>
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		<title>Collaboration Session #3 &#8211; External Data Interface Standards (EDIS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ March 22, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. April 21, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. May 19, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. June 16, 2010; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The USCIS Office of Public Engagement cordially invites you to the  third collaboration session to discuss External Data Interface Standards  (EDIS), which are the set of technical standards required to  successfully transfer benefit request data from third party systems to  USCIS.  For background information on EDIS and notes from the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/03/collaboration-session-3-external-data-interface-standards-edis/</link>
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		<title>Fiscal Year 2010 Citizenship and Integration Grant Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today the  availability of two different grants designed to help prepare lawful  permanent residents (LPRs) for citizenship and advance integration in  the United States. This year’s program will make nearly $7 million  available for citizenship education in communities across the country.
Read more at USCIS [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/02/fiscal-year-2010-citizenship-and-integration-grant-program/</link>
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		<title>Revised Form I-360 and Filing Locations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced  that it has posted a revised Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or  Special Immigrant (Form I-360).  The new form is dated “12/30/09,” and  due to the changes, no previous versions of the form will be accepted 30  days after publication.
Beginning February 25, 2010, applicants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/02/revised-form-i-360-and-filing-locations/</link>
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		<title>Revised Form I-485 and Filing Locations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  (USCIS) today announced that it has posted a revised Application to  Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Form I-485.  In addition  to a revised form, there are new filing locations.
Beginning February  25, 2010, most applicants must submit Form I-485 to a USCIS Lockbox  facility, depending  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/02/revised-form-i-485-and-filing-locations/</link>
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		<title>Senators introduce the Startup Visa Act in Washington DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar today introduced The  Startup Visa Act in Washington. The full text of the proposed  legislation is here.
This new legislation is also supported by signatures from over  100 US venture capital and angel investors. The Startup Visa Act proposes legislation to modify the existing  EB-5 Visa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/02/senators-introduce-the-startup-visa-act-in-washington-dc/</link>
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		<title>Change of Filing Location for Form I-765</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services  (USCIS) today announced revised filing instructions and addresses for  applicants filing an Application for Employment Authorization (Form  I-765).  The change of filing location is part of an overall effort to  transition the intake of some benefit forms from Service Centers to  USCIS Lockbox facilities.  Centralizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/02/change-of-filing-location-for-form-i-765/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A: Information for Adoptive Parents of Paroled Haitian Orphans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under normal circumstances, a child immigrating to the United States  from Haiti as the adopted orphan child of a U.S. citizen is adopted  before leaving Haiti, and is then admitted to the United States with an  immigrant visa for Lawful Permanent Residence (LPR) status. The adopted  child then acquires citizenship upon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://immitips.com/2010/02/qa-information-for-adoptive-parents-of-paroled-haitian-orphans/</link>
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