As reported in the MurthyDotCom NewsBrief, Fiscal Year 2014 Visa Bulletin Predictions (25.Oct.2013), the Chief of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division made a number of predictions regarding how much (or little) cutoff date movement in the employment-based categories...
On October 18, President Obama ended months of speculation about who would succeed Janet Napolitano as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the massive federal agency charged with securing the nation's borders, enforcing and administering U.S. immigration law, safeguarding American cyberspace, and responding...
A sort of cooling-off period has begun in our nation's capital, now that the government shutdown is safely behind us - behind us for now, at any rate. Amid sighs of relief and a drop in the collective blood pressure of official Washington, there is...
As explained in Part 1 of this article, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report with its findings and recommendations regarding the L-1 intracompany transferee program. Part 1 discussed the OIG's findings of inconsistencies in adjudications. This second...
... My initial period of 12-months on OPT has just ended, but I am still working on my thesis, which I need to complete before I am able to receive my diploma. I understand that I was able to qualify for the initial OPT period...
On October 23, 2013, Chief of the Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State, who is responsible for content of the visa bulletin, provided predictions for future visa bulletin developments. Several attorneys from the Murthy Law Firm attended the October 23rd American...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a brief announcement regarding the acceptance of H1B petitions (as well as H2A and H2B petitions) that were filed late because of the recent government shutdown. The following discusses the application of these instructions when seeking relief...
The EB2 cutoff dates for India will retrogress in December 2013. The exact cutoff date, which will be set in the Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for December, is yet to be determined. However, it is expected to be at a point between the...
The Murthy Law Firm is known for its legal acumen - the brains of our operation. But there are two sides to that coin. The MurthyNAYAK Foundation is the heart - offering support to select nonprofits in the U.S. and NGOs in India. A favorite...
Generations of immigrants have contributed their brainpower and creativity to the grand experiment that is the United States: born risk-takers, adventurers, and entrepreneurs, people with the vision and boldness to venture beyond the borders of everything they've known up to then. This has been true...
