Though odds are growing longer that Congress will pass a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill this year, many in the business community remain concerned about what might happen if CIR does pass. Why? As we noted in a recent post, language in the Senate immigration...
... of my graduation requirements and will not be able to graduate until the end of the next semester. I immediately checked the status of my OPT online, and it says that my OPT has just been approved. Is my OPT approval still valid? What...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report analyzing the current state of the L-1, intracompany transferee program. The report, entitled Implementation of L-1 Visa Regulations, addresses perceived problems with the processing of L-1 cases, and provides suggestions to make...
Earlier this month, the United Nations sponsored a worldwide observance of the International Day of Older Persons. This year's theme was: "the future we want: what older persons are saying," which highlighted international efforts to place aging issues at the top of the international development...
Now that the U.S. federal government shutdown has thankfully ended, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has resumed the processing of labor condition applications (LCAs). However, the bill to reauthorize funding for the federal government is only a stopgap, and is set to expire in...
Updated 7:00am (Eastern Time - U.S.) At 12:30am Thursday, 17.Oct.2013, President Obama signed a bill to reopen the U.S. government. Federal workers are returning to work today.----- NewsFlash! Senate Deal May End Government Shutdown - Updated 16.Oct.2013: Updated 4:27pm (Eastern Time - U.S.) Speaker Boehner has agreed to not...
Hope springs eternal, it would seem, even in the waning days of a particularly fraught session of Congress: in early October, House Democrats introduced a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill, in the teeth of the prevailing partisan gridlock over fiscal and budgetary issues. As the...
All of us at the Murthy Law Firm were profoundly saddened to learn of the stampede that claimed the lives of scores of worshippers at a temple in Ratangarh, in Madhya Pradesh. It was truly an unfathomable stroke of misfortune that turned the joy of...
America enjoys the great good fortune of being a top destination for the world's best and brightest. Our universities, our culture, our companies - indeed our entire economy - are all the richer for it: immigrant entrepreneurs are the creative force behind countless new technologies...
Since the U.S. Senate's passage of a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill this past June, the prospects for immigration reform appear to have dimmed. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives (House) has rejected the idea of a comprehensive immigration bill. Instead, the Republicans have focused...
