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	<title>California Social Security Lawyer Blog &#187; Immigration and Nationality Law</title>
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	<description>Published by Geri Kahn, San Francisco Bay Area Social Security Disability Attorney</description>
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		<title>Update on immigration issues for Social Security practitioners</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/02/27/update-on-immigration-issues-for-social-security-practitioners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 06:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I gave a presentation along with my colleague, David Wright, at a conference of Social Security practitioners.   The conference was geared towards experienced practitioners who practice in the 9th Circuit (California, Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona, Washington and Oregon.)  Both David and I practice immigration law and Social Security disability law so we spoke about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=338&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can someone who has TPS receive SSDI for a disability?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a question as to whether a person can collect SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) if he or she has the immigration status of  Temporary Protected Status (&#8220;TPS&#8221;) and becomes disabled.  At first I did not think so because TPS is a temporary status.   Generally speaking, non-immigrants are not able to collect [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=298&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hangin&#8217; out at the Social Security field office</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/02/07/hangin-out-at-the-social-security-field-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week was a long week.  It seemed long perhaps because I made two trips to two different Social Security field offices,  one in San Francisco and one in Walnut Creek.   This was two too many.   The offices were over-crowded and I experienced long waits.  I try to avoid going to the field [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=280&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No-match rule turns the Social Security Agency into a law enforcement agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 08:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The validity of the no-match rule as a means to catch illegal immigrants continues to be litigated in the California northern district (San Francisco) federal court.  As background, beginning in 1994, the Social Security Administration (&#8220;SSA&#8221; ) started ending out &#8220;no match&#8221; letters to employers  and/or employees when they found a discrepancy between a Social Security number (&#8220;SSN&#8221;) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=216&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco will issue municipal identification cards to all residents regardless of immigration status</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2008/10/15/san-francisco-will-issue-municipal-identification-cards-to-all-residents-regardless-of-immigration-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A San Francisco Superior court Judge ruled yesterday that the City of San Francisco may proceed with its plan to issue municipal identification cards to all residents, regardless of legal status.  The ruling held that the plan does not violate any state or federal statutes. Opponents of the plan had sued the city claiming that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=86&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fraud in the H-1B process</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2008/10/10/fraud-in-the-h-1b-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A H-1B visa is a visa is a visa which permits a worker in a professional occupation to work for an employer in the United States.  It is a temporary visa and only 65,000 are issued in a year.  There are far more applicants than there are visas.  The H-1B visa is quite controversial because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=84&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five tips to prepare for your green card interview</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2008/10/05/five-tips-to-prepare-for-your-green-card-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post will give you some practical tips for preparing for your green card interview.  This advice applies to people who are applying for a green card based upon marriage to an American citizen although some of the tips may be used by anyone preparing for a green card interview. It should go without saying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=79&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spouses and children of members of the U.S. Armed forces may complete naturalization abroad</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2008/10/04/spouses-and-children-of-members-of-the-us-armed-forces-may-complete-naturalization-abroad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 2, 2008, USCIS released fact sheets on the procedures for spouses and children of members of the U.S. Armed forces to apply for naturalization abroad.  While spouses and children must still comply with the laws relating to eligibility for naturalization, they may now apply for it abroad.  According to the new USCIS guidance, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=73&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Attorney General Vacates Matter of A-T-</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2008/09/27/us-attorney-general-vacates-matter-of-a-t/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a refreshing decision, on September 22, 2008, the U.S. Attorney General vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals&#8217; (&#8220;BIA&#8221;) decision in Matter of A-T- , 24 I&#38;N Dec. 296 (BIA 2007).  The Board held in Matter of A-T- that a woman from Mali who had been subjected to female genital mutilation in the past no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=66&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>House passes &#8220;SSI extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2008/09/22/house-passes-ssi-extension-for-elderly-and-disabled-refugees-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is currently our law that asylees and refugees may receive SSI disability for a period of seven years.  If they do not become citizens in seven years, they will be cut off of SSI.  There have been many instances of people losing SSI, through no fault of their own, because they were not yet [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&amp;blog=4467256&amp;post=62&amp;subd=tovah45&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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