Issues arising from the Tri-Valley University (TVU) raid in January 2011 continue to plague former students of that institution. The Murthy Law Firm and lawyers from other firms have been involved in efforts to assist former TVU students as they seek to regain lawful status...
It's too early to call it an emerging consensus, but opinion leaders across the political spectrum are converging on the same idea: America's economy needs more immigrants in order to thrive. Jonah Lehrer's recent article in the Wall Street Journal is a case in point....
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) recently published a final rule giving U.S. consular officers, posted at U.S. embassies and consulates abroad, increased power to revoke previously-approved nonimmigrant (temporary) visa foils (known as "stamps"). The changed regulations also provide for authority to temporarily revoke approved...
[Part 1 of this news article, H1B Portability: A Change in USCIS Policy? Part 1 of 2 (13.May.2011), is available on MurthyDotCom.]In Part 1 of this article, a narrowing of the USCIS's interpretation of the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21) was discussed...
Interest in immigration policy seems to wax and wane as the political seasons change: it was a big issue in the 2008 elections, and once again during the mid-terms last fall, but otherwise has been ignored - for the most part - by Congress and...
The lack of Congressional action on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) has led several states to take up their own immigration bills, all purporting to bring some aspects of our broken system under control - at the state level, anyway. Never mind the fact that, with...
It's often said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions; the corollary for sitting Presidents must be something like this: the road to a single-term presidency is paved with unfulfilled campaign promises. One thinks of President George H.W. Bush's broken pledge not...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has had to void the results of the 2012 Diversity Visa Lottery. These results were posted on the DOS website in early May 2011. However, due to a computer programming error, the selection of winners was not made in...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Federal Register notice on April 28, 2011, that removes all designated countries from the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), effective immediately. This decision was made due to the implementation of automated systems for the capture of...
[Part 2 of this MurthyBulletin article discusses the consequence of this variation on individuals who previously engaged in employment under a broader reading of AC21.]One significant change that had been brought about by the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act (AC21) was the benefit...
