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http://ow.ly/w7SPq The Fifth Circuit denied the petition for review, finding that INA §245(i) does not overcome inadmissibility under INA §212(a)(6)(C)(i) for fraudulent entry.

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http://ow.ly/w7Stp On April 28, 2014, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B petitions subject to the FY2015 cap, including H-1B petitions for individuals who have earned a U.S. master’s degree or higher.

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http://ow.ly/w7BOe The Eleventh Circuit found the petitioners did not show that the IJ and BIA erred in giving little or no weight to an unauthenticated 2006 “official document” from the Birth Control Office when denying the forced sterilization asylum case.

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http://ow.ly/w5Rsw Is Due Process going down?

DHS’s increased use of the expedited removal process, in which the deportee never sees a judge, but the removal remains on his or her permanent record.

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http://ow.ly/vROzx The Fourth Circuit gave deference to the BIA decision in Camarillo and found that service of the notice to appear (NTA) terminated physical presence by triggering the stop-time rule, notwithstanding the fact that the NTA was missing the hearing date and time and contained incorrect charges that were later amended.

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http://ow.ly/vMA3D Try an O-1. USCIS announced today that it has received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year (FY) 2015. USCIS has also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions filed under the U. S. advanced degree exemption.

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http://ow.ly/vGF9P The State Department announced that the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines is closed for all routine American Citizen Services from November 13, 2013 through November 15, 2013, in order to assist with Typhoon Yolanda recovery efforts.

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http://ow.ly/vGErT The AAO sustained the appeal of an I-140 EB-1C multinational executive/managerial petition, rejecting the adjudicator’s imposition of a requirement that the petitioner be a direct party to contracts or a direct provider of goods and services to an unaffiliated third party in order to have been “doing business.”

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http://ow.ly/vGE1B As of April 4, 2014, USCIS receipted 20,326 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 H-2B cap for the second half of FY2014. This count includes 15,824 approved and 4,502 pending beneficiaries.

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