Topic	To Be Announced
Date	Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Time	2:00pm ET (30-45 minutes)

The next teleconference in this monthly series to guide employers and HR managers and benefit their employees is scheduled for Wednesday, May 07, 2008.

Instructions for Registering for this Teleconference

This FREE teleconference series is designed to guide employers, enabling them to better serve their foreign national employees in these matters. To participate you must be an employer, HR manager, or similar agent in a company.

If you have already attended a Murthy Law Firm teleconference, you will automatically receive an eMail reminder and a follow-up eMail with details for the upcoming teleconference about 24 hours before. If you have NOT signed up for this teleconference before, please eMail the following information to corporate@murthy.com. Specifics regarding the topic, as well as the telephone number, access code, and other details regarding the teleconference will be eMailed to interested company representatives prior to the teleconference.

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Please feel free to share this announcement with your company representative. Future teleconferences will cover a wide variety of topics will be announced on MurthyDotCom and in the MurthyBulletin. We intend to address many of the concerns shared by our readers. We plan to begin teleconferences for the general public in the near future.
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Past Teleconferences in this Series
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May 07, 2008
Our May teleconference reviewed the current PERM Labor Certification process, the most common way to sponsor a foreign worker for permanent residency, known as the "green card." The mechanics and mysteries of the PERM process were explained, including how to present a properly completed case to the U.S. Department of Labor with the mandatory requirements completed to facilitate success. Based on our experience with the PERM Labor Certification process, attorneys at the Murthy Law Firm shared recommend- ations and insights for completing this complex stage toward an employee's green card.
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April 02, 2008
Discussed in this month's teleconference were the options open to employers who do not obtain enough of the coveted H1B visas for their nonimmigrant employees for FY2009. We helped employers understand their options for maintaining and augmenting their nonimmigrant workforce using alternatives to H1B visas. We discussed a number of other visa categories that permit the employment of foreign nationals in the U.S. in 2008 and beyond.
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March 05, 2008
Among the matters addressed in this teleconference were: the H1B cap and dire lack of adequate numbers; VisaGate, or employment-based priority dates becoming available to many permanent resident seekers, and then to everyone, and back and forth during the summer of 2007; the misnamed substitution regulation, who can pay, labor certification expiration dates, and more. Attorney Murthy also reported on her recent meeting with officials at the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, India.
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February 06, 2008
This teleconference in our monthly series continued to address important matters regarding the filings of H1Bs, as well as issues that arise after H1B applications are filed and approved. We discussed Labor Conditions Application (LCA) requirements, compensation for H1B workers - what may or may not be included in the compensation package for H1B workers - the U.S. Department of Labor's public access record requirements, and more.
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January 09, 2008
This teleconference in our monthly series to guide employers and HR managers and for the benefit of their employees addressed important matters regarding the filing of H1Bs for the fiscal year (FY) 2009 cap season, including: meeting the requirements for filing, how the H1B cap works, the importance of planning ahead, avoiding RFEs, and more.
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December 03, 2007
This teleconference explored the subject of PERM audits and how employers can prepare for them. Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has increased the percentage of audits it conducts for PERM Labor certifications. Attorneys from the Murthy Law Firm addressed some of the more commonly raised issues, as well as strategies to plan for and respond to audit notifications.
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November 07, 2007
This teleconference addressed some of the more pressing questions employers had after filing I-485s in July / August 2007 for many of their employees. Many individuals had the opportunity to file their I-485 Applications for Adjustment, based on their employment-based (EB) cases. Visa retrogression had previously prevented such filings for many of these individuals, and the opportunity for employees to file their I-485s was unexpected. In light of these events, employers had many questions concerning the impact the filings of so many employees may have had on their businesses. We at the Murthy Law Firm addressed these matters in November's teleconference.
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October 03, 2007
Attorneys from the Murthy Law Firm tackled many of the concerns faced by employers and HR managers in our first teleconference in this series. We provided practical advice on how to save costs in compliance with the DOL regulation, while still helping employees. Some areas of discussion included: refining job descriptions and/or developing clear verticals for specific positions, timing LC filings to maximize cost savings for the employer, and learning to identify a "PERM" (i.e. labor certification) process as opposed to a "non-PERM" related process.