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		<title>Another I-140 Visa Approval</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visa Approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EB3 visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational equivalent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just received notice that another client who had applied for an I-140 Visa has been approved. Great news and we enjoy sharing the good news with each other and all our readers! This person had a particularly difficult situation, and was applying for an EB3 visa.
Sometimes, people just give up hope after receiving an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Credential Evaluations: What is Your Degree Worth?</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/academic-credential-evaluations-what-is-your-degree-worth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 22:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who immigrate to the United States arrive in this country with a wide variety of foreign degrees and other education. They may have completed high school, Bachelor&#8217;s, Master&#8217;s, or even Doctoral degree programs in their home countries. Determining to what level of education each of these foreign degrees is equivalent can be a complicated process. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I-140 Approval for Foreign Credentials Evaluation</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/i-140-approval-for-foreign-credentials-evaluation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/i-140-approval-for-foreign-credentials-evaluation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 06:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3-Year Degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational equivalent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I-140 Visa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week, we were very pleased to hear from another client who had received approval for his I-140 visa. It&#8217;s always wonderful to hear good news from people we have been able to help, and to offer help for someone else who has received an RFE or Denial. This person had received an RFE based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Credential Evaluations: As Makes a Difference</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/academic-credential-evaluations-as-makes-a-difference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/academic-credential-evaluations-as-makes-a-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 19:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A level exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Academic credential evaluations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational equivalency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign credential evaluations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Often, people applying for foreign credential evaluations for their Bachelor or Master Degrees don&#8217;t stop to realize that there is a big difference between A and O. Advanced and Ordinary Level secondary exams, that is. In fact, in many countries, Advanced Level exams are equal to an extra year of college education.
Countries such as Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana, France, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Credential Evaluations for the U.S. Military</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/foreign-credential-evaluations-for-the-us-military/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/foreign-credential-evaluations-for-the-us-military/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April is a busy month for credential evaluation services such as CCI because of the April 1st H1B visa application deadline. This year, it&#8217;s been a little busier even than usual because the H1B visa cap did not fill. This is a reflection of the economic times. As companies are struggling to survive, and laying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Academic Credentials Evaluations Receive I-140 Approval After RFE</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/academic-credentials-evaluations-receive-i-140-approval-after-rfe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/academic-credentials-evaluations-receive-i-140-approval-after-rfe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational equivalent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign credentials evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign degrees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year, the USCIS receives tens of thousands of applications for temporary and permanent visas. Sometimes, qualified workers are turned away or questioned because they don&#8217;t have academic credentials evaluations that show their foreign degrees to be the educational equivalent of a U.S. bachelor&#8217;s degree.
When this happens, the professional must find a foreign credential evaluation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Academic Credentials: Are they Equal to U.S. Degrees?</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/foreign-academic-credentials-are-they-equal-to-us-degrees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/foreign-academic-credentials-are-they-equal-to-us-degrees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[credentials evaluation services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degree equivalency]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you earned academic credentials in another country, you will probably have to have your degree evaluated before getting an education or finding a job in the United States. Several reputable credentials evaluation services, including Career Consulting International, are available.  The prices, as well as the service times, of these agencies vary, so check [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Foreign Credential Evaluations: April&#8217;s Quota</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/free-foreign-credential-evaluations-aprils-quota/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/free-foreign-credential-evaluations-aprils-quota/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:03:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[academic credentials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational evaluations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign credential evaluation agencies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every month, Career Consulting International offers free foreign credential evaluations to the first 50 members of the US Armed Forces who apply. So far this year, though,  the US military has yet to meet this monthly challenge.
Many people seek careers in the military, hoping for opportunities to advance their careers and earn a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Credentials Evaluation Approval: I140 Visa with a 3-year Degree</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/visa-approval/foreign-credentials-evaluation-approval-i140-visa-with-a-3-year-degree/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/visa-approval/foreign-credentials-evaluation-approval-i140-visa-with-a-3-year-degree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Notes from Clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visa Approval]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[3-Year Degree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational equivalency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign credentials evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I140 visa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I140 visas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RFE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just received word from an attorney with whom we work that another of our clients&#8217; I140 visas had been approved as a result of the foreign credentials evaluation through CCI. We were very glad to hear that this client&#8217;s evaluation had been accepted after the RFE had been issued.
The client holds a three-year degree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign Credential Evaluations: The Chartered Accountancy, or CA</title>
		<link>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/foreign-credential-evaluations-the-chartered-accountancy-or-ca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedegreepeople.com/blog/credential-evaluation/foreign-credential-evaluations-the-chartered-accountancy-or-ca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sheila</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credential Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career consulting international]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chartered accountancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational equivalencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign credential evaluations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign degree evaluations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US equivalency]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When Career Consulting International began doing foreign credential evaluations for the Chartered Accountancy certification from India, experts Sheila Danzig and John Kersey had their research cut out for them. Few evaluators were even attempting this equivalency, and success rates were quite low.
Thanks to their hard work, however, Ms. Danzig and Professor Kersey have joined forces [...]]]></description>
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