The cutoff date for EB2, India, is expected to advance in May 2011. This advancement will occur in the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for May 2011. The Visa Bulletin for May 2011 will be published in early to mid April 2011.On March...
Back in January, a small army of state politicos was intent on making Arizona's S.B. 1070 the law of the land - one state at a time, if it came to that. As we have noted before, the ardor for this kind of legislation appears...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced its intention to establish a system requiring H1B-petitioning employers to register electronically prior to filing any cap-subject H1B petition. This proposal is open for a 60-day comment period, during which members of the public may voice...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an announcement on March 16, 2011 that they are reviewing the current policy regarding H1B cap exemptions for cases filed by nonprofit affiliates of institutions of higher education. This is an important topic for many MurthyDotCom and...
The Murthy Law Firm is pleased to report that we have recently been able to help a former Tri-Valley University (TVU) student successfully obtain a change-of-status approval from F-1 to H1B after the closure of TVU. The Murthy Law Firm used a nunc pro tunc...
The Japanese government, with the help of international aid, is struggling to restore a sense of normalcy after the recent earthquake and tsunami left thousands homeless, and a death toll that continues to grow. The international community is rallying to provide humanitarian assistance to disaster...
As we have noted before in the MurthyBlog, there are times when our national conversation on immigration sounds less like a policy debate than a barroom brawl. People hurl insults and accusations like barstools, heedlessly saying things they may not mean, but may come to...
As some MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers certainly have experienced firsthand, PERM labor certification processing times have greatly improved during 2011. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is making a concerted effort to reduce their backlog in the processing of PERMs, and the results are showing...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an advisory on March 11, 2011 regarding relief for foreign nationals who are stranded in the United States following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. This advisory provides instructions as to how to obtain permission to remain...
In recent months, several states have ventured onto federal turf, passing immigration legislation of their own, in the hope that local remedies will succeed where Congress fears to tread. For the most part, these state measures are all about enforcement, allowing local police to "step...
