Sheela Murthy, founder and president of the Murthy Law Firm, delivered an inspirational keynote address at the 2013 Athena Awards breakfast, held on March 8th at the Richland Ballroom in Edgewood, Maryland. Presented by Harford County Community College, the event was attended by the leading...
As readers of MurthyDotCom were informed in our NewsFlash! USCIS Expects H1B Cap Limit by April 5, 2013 (18.Mar.2013), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is preparing for a large influx of H1B cap-subject cases between April 1 and April 5, 2013. These preparations...
Foreign visits to the U.S. took a nosedive in the years following the 9/11 attacks. This should come as no surprise, as visas were suddenly in short supply, and those lucky enough to get them had to run a gantlet of heightened security measures that...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a prediction, based on external feedback, that the fiscal year (FY) 2014 cap limit may be exceeded during the minimum required, five-business-day filing period of April 1-5, 2013. We at the Murthy Law Firm, therefore, once...
The Murthy Law Firm was a proud sponsor of the Global India Fund's 2013 benefit gala, which was held in Washington D.C., on March 2nd at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. The evening's theme, Invest in Girls, Invest in a Stronger Future, highlighted both the...
By now, most of our readers have at least heard of E-Verify, and a good many are aware of what it does: it's an online system that allows participating employers to check the employment eligibility of new hires - as required by law - by...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released a new version of the form for employment eligibility verification (I-9). Employers must use the I-9 form at the time when employees are hired in the United States, to verify employment authorization. While there is a...
The USCIS anticipates that the H1B annual limit, or "cap," for fiscal year 2014 (FY14) could be met by April 5, 2013. This expectation applies to both the regular cap of 65,000 as well as the additional 20,000 cap exemptions under the advanced-degree cap. As...
Things are looking up for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), at least in the U.S. Senate. Toward the end of February, President Obama met with Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the lead GOP negotiators for the Senate's "gang of eight," the bipartisan working...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for April 2013 is now available. The cutoff date movement or, in the case of EB2 India, lack of movement, is consistent with predictions provided in the March 2013 Visa Bulletin and shared with MurthyDotCom readers in...
