The recent progress on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) puts us in mind of an ancient Chinese aphorism, attributed to Lao Tzu: a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step. In a flurry of legislative activity before the Memorial Day recess, the Senate Judiciary...
MurthyDotCom readers are no doubt aware that a comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) bill is currently making its way through the U.S. Senate. A brief overview of the initially proposed bill was provided in our NewsBriefs, Immigration Reform Bill Summary: Part 1 (29.Apr.2013) and Part 2 (3.May.2013)....
The Murthy Law Firm has done it again, earning pride of place on a highly prestigious listing of the Baltimore area's top 50 minority-owned firms. This month, the Baltimore Business Journal (BBJ) published its 2013 Diversity in Business supplement (10.May.2013), which ranks the largest minority-owned...
In case you missed it, Jason Kenney was just on tour in California. He's not a teen heartthrob, a hip-hop idol, or an author hawking his latest book. He's the Canadian Immigration Minister, and he recently made the rounds in Silicon Valley, hoping to convince...
Imagine a prosperous industrial nation whose demographics are listing heavily toward pensioners - and people on the cusp of retirement - prompting concerns about who will care for them in the their old age, and who will pay for it. If this sounds strikingly familiar,...
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initiated the roll out, on April 30, 2013, of a completely new system for documenting arrivals and departures at U.S. airports and seaports. The schedule for the transition to all U.S. airports and seaports allowed for a four-week...
Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, is an active member of the United Way of Central Maryland's (UWCM) Tocqueville Society, which honors major donors who have shown exemplary generosity in their annual giving. She recently attended two of its events.Murthy attended the April...
The results of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) diversity visa (DV) lottery for fiscal year 2014 (FY14) are now available. The DV lottery is a DOS program that runs on an annual basis. Eligibility for participation is limited to people from designated countries with...
Older Americans who oppose immigration reform may want to rethink their position, according to a recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times. [See Boomers Need Immigrants, Los Angeles Times editorial board, 12.May.2013.] The thrust of their argument: there may be costs associated with legalizing millions...
This MurthyDotCom NewsBrief marks the end of updates to our readers on developments related to the fiscal year 2014 (FY14) H1B cap season. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun returning H1B cases that were not selected in the FY14 lottery. The USCIS...
