Many foreign nationals are voicing concerns about potential changes pertaining to the acquisition of U.S. citizenship by children born in the United States. These concerns arise from a January 5, 2011 press conference wherein a group of state legislators, including legislators from Arizona, Georgia, South...
After the calamitous bloodletting of the American Civil War, Congress faced the task of binding the nation back together, and ensuring - once and for all, most of them surely hoped - that states would no longer have the right to allow human beings to...
In the fall of 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, ending decades of division and paving the way for the reunification of Germany a couple years later. Over the next several years, as the two Germanies were knitted back together economically and politically, many observers,...
[See also Part 2 of this article.]Historically, the U.S. consulates in India have had a reputation for closely scrutinizing visa applications. The standards at the consulates for H1B visas were quite strict, even prior to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS's) implementation of stricter...
Part 1 (07.Jan.2011) of this New Year reminder to employers focused on the H1B-related issues of labor condition applications (LCAs) and employee terminations. In part 2, H1B salary matters are explained. Salary Changes Many employers typically perform annual salary reviews. If an employee's performance has been good...
Many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers are interested in obtaining the employment authorization document (EAD). The EAD is issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Holders of this document are endowed with permission to work in the United States. Although many classes of foreign...
The Arizona state legislature whipped up a froth of controversy nationwide - not to mention lawsuits - when Governor Jan Brewer signed S.B. 1070 into law last April. As originally written, S.B. 1070 required Arizona police to question people about their immigration status whenever the...
With the arrival of the 2011 New Year, as in the past, MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers have been provided with a series of immigration reminders. Following are suggestions for employers regarding some immigration-related documents and issues they should review as the New Year begins. Some...
In order for a foreign national to naturalize to U.S. citizenship, it is necessary to pass a test on U.S. government and history. Most of the information on the test does not change over time. However, several of the possible questions on the test ask...
Momentous changes have been in the works since November's mid-term elections swept Democrats from control in the House of Representatives, and chipped away at their Senate majority. The effects of these changes will begin to be seen this week, as members of the 112th Congress...
