Updates from MURTHY.COM - the web's largest source for U.S. immigration information! http://www.murthy.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 14 May 2012 11:56:56 +0530 Mon, 14 May 2012 11:56:21 +0530 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.0) http://www.feedforall.com http://www.murthy.com/rss/murthy_rss.gif http://www.murthy.com RSS Feed Image 78 31 The Murthy Law Firm often receives questions from permanent residents ("green card" holders) regarding their options for traveling abroad for extended periods. There are certain common misunderstandings within the immigrant community regarding U.S. immigration laws for such travel by permanent residents. Here, we address some of these misconceptions and provide MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers with information valuable to green card holders who may have the genuine need to travel abroad for longer durations than considered common for most personal or business travel. http://www.murthy.com/news/n_extrp1.html DFC6A555-38BC-41CA-9D64-3068282291E2 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:55:44 +0530 Some of the options for making changes to the basis of a permanent resident ("green card") case after reaching the adjustment-of-status (I-485) stage are addressed here for the benefit of MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers. Specifically discussed is interfiling, also referred to as conversion, utilized when an I-485 applicant wants to change the underlying immigrant petition that will serve as the basis of the I-485 approval. Also provided is guidance as to when this strategy can be beneficial, as well as the eligibility criteria for interfiling a new or different immigrant petition into a pending I-485 application. http://www.murthy.com/news/n_inter1.html BC6628D0-B9FF-4CCE-A482-2C665307CA6F Fri, 11 May 2012 11:55:17 +0530 With the ongoing backlog in the employment-based, third preference (EB3) category, many people look forward to using the strategy commonly referred to as an EB3-to-EB2 "upgrade." The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently confirmed a long-term favorable policy, which facilitates this strategy. It was also confirmed that, in some instances, online degrees are acceptable as educational credentials. http://www.murthy.com/news/n_pdrete.html 961B041B-CE25-416E-907C-85C790BFBFF9 Fri, 11 May 2012 11:54:41 +0530 The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of portions of Arizona's controversial immigration law, S.B. 1070, on April 25, 2012. As many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers are aware, S.B. 1070 was partially blocked on April 11, 2011 by a federal appeals court. Thereafter, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case. Both the Petitioner and Respondent filed briefs and the matter was set for oral argument on April 25, 2012. http://www.murthy.com/news/n_sccoaz.html A6F71DF9-809F-42F2-944E-FD07BF7F4B1E Fri, 4 May 2012 10:23:50 +0530 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has audited a significant percentage of PERM labor certification (LC or labor) cases since early 2012. The incidence of PERM audits became noticeably higher around February 2012. As explained here for the benefit of MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers, many of these audits are randomly issued, while others are aimed at more specific issues. http://www.murthy.com/news/n_audinc.html 7C7FB08C-3775-4355-9363-B4DC002D7697 Fri, 4 May 2012 10:23:23 +0530