On a warm fall weekend, just before Thanksgiving, the Murthy Law Firm family gathered at the Hyatt Resort in Cambridge, Maryland, for a weekend retreat. Lawyers and staff members were joined by their families and significant others for an overnight getaway on the eastern reaches...
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The U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin for January 2012 is now available. The January Visa Bulletin brings incredibly good news for many in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category. The cutoff date in EB2 for India and China will advance to January 1, 2009...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) appears to be encountering difficulties in their efforts to transition from paper-based operations to online systems. Therefore the December 2011 targeted timeframe for the first of the planned, phased-in releases will not be met. For the time being,...
As previously announced to MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers, the H1B cap for fiscal year 2012 (FY12) was reached November 22, 2011. Explained here is the process for cases filed on or before November 22, 2011, as well as procedures for initiating H1B cap cases for...
Late last month, the Children's Guild of Baltimore announced that Sheela Murthy had been selected as their 2012 Sadie Award honoree, in recognition of Murthy's commitment to improving the lives of women, children, and immigrants through her philanthropic works here in Baltimore - her adopted...
The 19th-century military strategist Carl von Clausewitz observed that war is politics by other means - cautioning that war can't and shouldn't be undertaken except to advance a legitimate and carefully-considered policy objective. This was a radical idea at a time when absolute monarchs might...
Many people have faced the disappointment of denial when requesting the B-1/B-2 visitors' visas. These difficulties are often faced by relatives trying to gain permission to come to the United States for a visit. Most denials are due to presumed immigrant intent. It is sometimes...
Interest is high and discussion animated among immigrant groups and within the immigrant community regarding a proposed change in immigration law referred to as H.R. Bill 3012, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. At the Murthy Law Firm, we have seen online discussions on this...
NewsFlash! No H1B Lottery in FY 2012 Posted 02.Dec.2011It has been announced that the USCIS will NOT be holding a lottery of H1B cap-subject cases filed on the final day of filing for fiscal year 2012 (FY12). The cap for FY12 was reached on November 22,...
