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http://www.ilw.com/immigdaily/digest/2005,1214.shtm
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Sections 8001 and 8002 of S. 1932, the Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005, will soon be set for conference committee. Well informed projections suggest that some form of the Senate bill will prevail in conference over the unwelcome House version. The Senate bill, when enacted, would increase the availability of employment-based immigrant visa numbers, allow submission of I-485 adjustment of status applications even if a visa number is not yet available, recapture a limited number of H-1B visas, and impose new $750 fees (which only the employer may pay) on L-1 initial petitions, blanket L-1 visa applications and the initial extension of status. S. 1932 tasks USCIS with developing procedures to deal with the added torrent of new filings, and to allocate scarce H-1B visa numbers and track filing fees for the newly recaptured visas. The new law would also expand the authority of the DOL to investigate employer compliance with the new restrictions on source of payment for L-1 filing fees. By December 20, the conference committee work, with approved amendments, is expected to be done. Passage of the conference version of S. 1932 by the full Congress would then be a virtual certainty (the exact vehicle may be another bill such as H.R. 4241, the house counterpart of S. 1932, but the substantive points above would still stand).