For years, support for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) was largely a matter of party affiliation: the vast majority of supporters were Democrats, and opponents were largely Republican. Now it's more complicated. The demographics have shifted in recent months as more and more leading conservatives have...
This article has been updated. The new MurthyDotCom InfoArticle is entitled Requirement to Prove Ability to Pay in an I-140 Petition (22.Nov.2016). The team of Murthy Law Firm attorneys who write our NewsBriefs and InfoArticles make every effort to keep readers informed with the most...
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival's program (DACA) marked its one-year anniversary on August 15, 2013. Although the program has obviously not resolved many of the problems this nation faces regarding its population of undocumented foreign nationals, DACA has at least provided substantial benefits to...
Perhaps it's true that desperate times call for desperate measures, but it can't be a good sign that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) - one of the GOP's leading advocates for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) - is resorting to scare tactics, hoping to drive more of...
As many MurthyDotCom readers know, the common qualifications for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category is possession of an advanced degree or its equivalent. This requirement poses a challenge for many individuals who, because of their educational histories, are limited to filing in the employment-based,...
Each year, Inc. magazine publishes a much-anticipated list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the United States. The top 500 of these are profiled in the September issue of Inc., and the top 5,000 appear on www.inc.com. For the third time, the Murthy Law...
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has changed an important F-1 student-related procedure. As of July 31, 2013, the ICE Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) no longer mails I-797C, notice of action receipts for payments of Form I-901 Student and Exchange Visitor Information...
The anxiously-awaited September 2013 U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin, which is the final visa bulletin for fiscal year 2013 (FY13), contains good news for the family-based, second preference "A" (FB2A) category and the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India. There are also...
For the past four years, the Murthy Law Firm has helped Jewish Community Services (JCS) to find employment for clients of its career services program. That assistance was gratefully acknowledged at the JCS annual meeting on June 17, 2013, when Murthy Law Firm founder and...
There are many reasons that every American should care about immigration reform, but perhaps none more compelling than this: we all have to eat, and our food supply is heavily dependent upon the immigrant laborers who bring in the harvest. A recent study released by...
