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	<title>Kosins Law Office Blog &#38; News&#187; Immigration</title>
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	<description>Representing Japanese clients with US visa and immigration matters since 1986</description>
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		<title>California pastor charged in US student visa conspiracy</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/california-pastor-charged-in-us-student-visa-conspiracy/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/california-pastor-charged-in-us-student-visa-conspiracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US Immigration News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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A Korea-born pastor who owns and operates a religious school in Fullerton, Calif., is expected to make his initial appearance in federal court Wednesday to answer to charges that he used the school as a front for an elaborate student visa fraud scheme, going so far as to hand out phony diplomas and stage graduation [...]


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<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/proposed-us-visa-application-fee-increase/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Proposed US Visa Application Fee Increase $140'>Proposed US Visa Application Fee Increase $140</a></li>
<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/guam-cnmi-visa-waiver-program-is-not-likely-to-delay/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program Not Likely To Delay'>Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program Not Likely To Delay</a></li>
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		<title>NAFSA Report: US Visa and Immigration Policy Recommendations</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/nafsa-report-visa-and-immigration-policy-recommendations/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/nafsa-report-visa-and-immigration-policy-recommendations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAFSA Association of International Educators released a report urging for a reform in US immigration and visa policy regarding international students and migrant workers.
The report titled &#8220;A Visa and Immigration Policy for the Brain-Circulation Era: Adjusting to What Happened in the World While We Were Making Other Plans&#8221; makes recommendations in the following areas:

Visa Reform [...]


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<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/proposed-us-visa-application-fee-increase/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Proposed US Visa Application Fee Increase $140'>Proposed US Visa Application Fee Increase $140</a></li>
<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/immigration-overhaul-bill-unveiled-in-house-latimes-com/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Immigration overhaul bill unveiled in House &#8212; latimes.com'>Immigration overhaul bill unveiled in House &#8212; latimes.com</a></li>
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		<title>Boxing champ Edwin Valero needs a U.S. work visa</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-visa-trouble-boxing-champ-edwin-valero/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/us-visa-trouble-boxing-champ-edwin-valero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US Visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[work visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After the current WBC lightweight boxing champion Edwin Valero had been denied a work visa back in September, 2009, he finally fought away from the United States in Venezuela on Saturday, December 19.
Spanish-language magazine Boxeo Mundial recently reported that Valero believed his U.S. visa denial was related to his sympathy with President Hugo Chávez, a fierce critic [...]


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		<title>Would you fork out RM1,200 (USD350) for a visa?</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/would-you-fork-out-rm1200-usd350-for-a-visa/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/would-you-fork-out-rm1200-usd350-for-a-visa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US Immigration News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaysia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[visa fee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
It came as a shock last week to discover that Malaysians may have to pay RM1,200 (Ringgit Malaysia) for a visa to Britain. Sunday Star lists some of the other countries that impose the visa rule.
 
The United States:
To travel to the US, you have to pay a non-refundable visa fee of US$131 (fixed at RM460 equivalent) [...]


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<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/guam-cnmi-visa-waiver-program-is-not-likely-to-delay/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program Not Likely To Delay'>Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program Not Likely To Delay</a></li>
<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/us-immigration-qa/j-2-visa-and-esta-denied/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Q&#038;A with Marcus Kosins: J-2 visa and ESTA denied'>Q&#038;A with Marcus Kosins: J-2 visa and ESTA denied</a></li>
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		<title>Robert Downey Jr. with Letterman: detained in Japan (video)</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/robert-downey-with-david-letterman-detained-in-japan-video/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/general/robert-downey-with-david-letterman-detained-in-japan-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Downey Jr.: &#8220;I probably should have seen there was a sign that said &#8216;No Felons Allowed&#8217;. That was in English and Japanese, and I haven&#8217;t had that expunged yet. You can actually get things expunged, but I&#8217;ve been pretty busy. I was detained, I was interrogated. God, it was a blast.&#8221; When Letterman asked, [...]


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		<title>Proposed US Visa Application Fee Increase $140</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/proposed-us-visa-application-fee-increase/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/proposed-us-visa-application-fee-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US Immigration News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application fee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fee structure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
On December 14, 2009, the Department of State published a proposed rule to increase the nonimmigrant visa application processing fees. The proposed rule also establishes a tiered structure with separate fees for different visa categories. The Department is proposing the increase to cover the increasing cost of processing nonimmigrant visas. This increase applies to nonimmigrant [...]


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<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/us-immigration-qa/qa-lost-esta-application-number/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Q&#038;A: Lost ESTA application number'>Q&#038;A: Lost ESTA application number</a></li>
<li><a href='http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/california-pastor-charged-in-us-student-visa-conspiracy/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: California pastor charged in US student visa conspiracy'>California pastor charged in US student visa conspiracy</a></li>
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		<title>Immigration overhaul bill unveiled in House &#8212; latimes.com</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/immigration-overhaul-bill-unveiled-in-house-latimes-com/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/immigration-overhaul-bill-unveiled-in-house-latimes-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US Immigration News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democratic congressional lawmakers introduced a comprehensive bill Tuesday that, among other provisions, would offer a path to legalization for the country&#8217;s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.
Gutierrez, one of 87 House Democrats sponsoring the 700-page bill, said it was based on months of discussions with community organizations, unions and other groups around the country in hopes [...]


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		<title>Japan Police Nails Chinese Woman with Fingerprint Transplants</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/global-immigration/japan-police-nails-chinese-woman-with-fingerprint-transplants/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/global-immigration/japan-police-nails-chinese-woman-with-fingerprint-transplants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biometric identification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fingerprint check]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration control]]></category>

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Japanese police arrested a young Chinese woman who had been previously deported but sneaked back into the country. Lin Rong, 27, had been deported to China in March 2007 for working as a hostess at a bar in Akasaka, Tokyo, after her visa had expired. Police said she paid roughly $1,500 for a plastic surgery [...]


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		<title>Статус пароль на въезд в Сайпан для российских граждан</title>
		<link>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/parole-status-for-russians-to-enter-cnmi/</link>
		<comments>http://usvisa.jp/blog/news/parole-status-for-russians-to-enter-cnmi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elijah V. Fayerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[US Immigration News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Департамент Национальной Безопасности США объявил, что после 28 ноября 2009 года китайские и российские граждане смогут получить так называемый &#8220;статус пароль&#8221; на посещение Содружества Северных Марианских Островов (ССМО) для целей ведения бизнеса и для туризма. Заявки на данный статус будут рассматриваться на индивидуальной основе Федеральным агенством Таможенной и Пограничной Охраны США. Переходный период, во время [...]


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