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This bill, titled the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013, aims to reform the U.S. immigration system by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the country-specific numerical limits for employment-based immigrants, meaning there will no longer be a cap on how many visas can be issued to individuals from any single country for work-related immigration. It also seeks to increase the per-country numerical limits for family-sponsored immigrants, which refers to individuals immigrating to the U.S. based on their family relationships with U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. The bill includes transition rules for employment-based immigrants for fiscal years 2013 through 2015, reserving a percentage of visas for immigrants from countries that were not among the top two largest recipients of such visas in prior years, with specific percentages and limits for individual countries and dependent areas, and provisions to prevent unused visas from expiring.