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		<title>Non-Cap H-1B/I-129 Receipts Appear to be Taking 30+ Days</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/05/01/non-cap-h-1bi-129-receipts-appear-to-be-taking-30-days/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 21:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCSC has apparently indicated that non-cap H-1B and other Form I-129 receipting is taking 30 days or more.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=2064&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Issues Press Release Expressing Dissatisfaction with Portions of the Immigration Reform Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Issues Press Release Expressing Dissatisfaction with Portions of the Immigration Reform Bill Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a press release expressing his dissatisfaction with the &#8220;border triggers&#8221; in the bill.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=2058&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whitehouse Press Release: Statement by the President on Commonsense Immigration Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIA THE WHITE HOUSE The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 16, 2013 This afternoon, Senators Schumer and McCain briefed me on the bipartisan immigration reform bill that they have drafted with their colleagues in the Senate. This bill is clearly a compromise, and no one will get everything they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1987&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Service Announcement: Beware the promises of Notarios &#8211; Immigration Reform Hasn’t Happened Yet.</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/16/public-service-announcement-beware-the-promises-of-notarios-immigration-reform-hasnt-happened-yet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public Service Announcement: Beware the promises of Notarios &#8211; Immigration Reform Hasn’t Happened Yet. AILA has released the Public Service Announcement (.pdf link above) entitled &#8220;Beware the promises of Notarios! Immigration Reform Hasn’t Happened Yet.&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1978&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FY2014 H-1B Cap Update &#8211; 04/16/2013</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/16/fy2014-h-1b-cap-update-04162013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AILA indicates that USCIS has initiated the data entry process for H-1B petitions selected in the lottery. Premium processing cases are being handled first and data entry for those cases should be completed by April 15.  Our firm has been receiving Premium processing notices since last week. Data entry for non-premium processing cases will begin after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1970&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USCIS Cap: Approx. 124,000 H-1B Petitions filed between April 1 and April 5 for approx. 83K Visas Available (incl. Adv. Degree Cap/Reg Cap Minus Singapore/Chile)</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/08/uscis-cap-approx-124000-h-1b-petitions-filed-between-april-1-and-april-5-for-approx-83k-visas-available-incl-adv-degree-capreg-cap-minus-singaporechile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIA USCIS.GOV WASHINGTON—For the first time since 2008, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the statutory H-1B cap of 65,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2014 within the first week of the filing period. USCIS has also received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions filed on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1966&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ENTIRE YEAR&#8217;S H-1B CAP MET ON APRIL 5, 2013, AS USCIS HAD PREDICTED.  THIS IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT INCREASED H-1B NUMBERS URGENTLY NECESSARY</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/07/entire-years-h-1b-cap-met-on-april-5-2013-as-uscis-had-predicted-this-is-clear-evidence-that-increased-h-1b-numbers-urgently-necessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USCIS&#8217; announcement (late last month) that it anticipated the entire year&#8217;s cap would be met in within a week of the cap opening on April 1, 2013 was a self-fulfilling prophecy.  We have learned that the cap is indeed exhausted.  This is undisputed evidence that H-1B visa numbers must be increased in order for this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1951&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fedex appears to be experiencing trouble with the sheer volume of H-1B petitions filed</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/04/fedex-appears-to-be-experiencing-trouble-with-the-sheer-volume-of-h-1b-petitions-filed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ashwin Sharma Several of the Cap Subject H-1B professional worker cases we submitted to USCIS via overnight Fedex from Saturday onward show no tracking information updates. Other sources are also indicating that Fedex is experiencing difficulty handling the sheer volume of H-1B applications filed.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1941&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NBC Newswire and The Associated Press joins Reuters in reporting on possibility that the entire year&#8217;s H-1B Work Visa Quota could be exhausted in a week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NBC Newswire and The Associated Press have added to yesterday&#8217;s Reuter&#8217;s article, for which I was interviewed, reporting on the possibility that the entire year&#8217;s national quota of H-1B Professional Work Visas could be used up in as little as a week&#8217;s time.  The article discusses the recent Republican led attempt to reform immigration for highly skilled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1917&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ashwin Sharma interviewed by Reuters on U.S. demand for skilled worker visas topping quota</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/02/ashwin-sharma-interviewed-by-reuters-on-u-s-demand-for-skilled-worker-visas-topping-quota/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ashwin Sharma interviewed by Reuters on U.S. demand for skilled worker visas topping quota Preliminary paperwork that prospective visa seekers must file with the Department of Labor before applying to USCIS indicates that there is demand for well over 65,000 visas, said Jacksonville, Florida-based lawyer Ashwin Sharma, who handles H-1B visa applications for technology consulting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1913&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CNN&#8217;s Michael Beckerman: Give more visas to foreign-born workers</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/04/02/cnns-michael-beckerman-give-more-visas-to-foreign-born-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN&#8217;s Michael Beckerman: Give more visas to foreign-born workers Michael Beckerman, President and CEO of the Internet Association, shares his thoughts on the state of the H-1B professional visa and why the H-1B quota should be increased.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1901&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dept. of Labor indicates that &#8220;Unusually High Number of Cases Filed&#8221;: Issuing Generic LCA Certification Notices</title>
		<link>http://ashwinsharma.com/2013/03/26/dept-of-labor-indicates-that-unusually-high-number-of-cases-filed-issuing-generic-lca-certification-notices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashwin Sharma Esq.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.ashwinsharma.com, VIA AILA.org More indications of the impending avalanche of H-1B cases set to be filed for the quota which opens April 1, and of the problems caused by DOL&#8217;s iCERT website. According to AILA, The U.S. Department of Labor has been sending the following e-mail to many LCA submitters: “Due to an unusually high [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ashwinsharma.com&#038;blog=39185420&#038;post=1888&#038;subd=wwwdotashwinsharmadotcom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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