The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published the annual report for fiscal year (FY) 2017 that details characteristics of H1B petitions. FY17 ran from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. The report provides data related to H1B petitions filed during FY17, including...
Last night, Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division for the U.S. Department of State (DOS), was the featured speaker at the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) D.C. Chapter meeting. During his talk, he provided some updated predictions regarding the employment-based, second...
Lawful permanent residents (LPRs, or "green card" holders) applying to naturalize, and various different categories of I-485 adjustment-of-status applicants, are required to attend U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in-person interviews before their respective applications may be approved. Given the heightened scrutiny in the current...
Effective April 30, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began phasing in the use of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) signature confirmation restricted delivery service to send certain key documents, such as the original I-551 form (commonly referred to as a "green card"). This...
In the United States, yoga has often been associated with the New Age movement. No doubt spurred on by celebrities like The Beatles becoming enamored with certain Eastern practices, yoga is perceived to have taken a foothold in America, especially among certain subcultures, like the...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated the section of its online policy manual that discusses the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant investor visa program. The update clarifies that, once a petition by an entrepreneur to remove the conditions on permanent resident status...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently has updated its policy manual to include new requirements for the automatic acquisition of citizenship for certain children born abroad to unwed U.S. citizen (USC) mothers. The new requirements are a result of the U.S. Supreme Court...
Charles Oppenheim, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, provides visa bulletin explanations and predictions most months. For June 2018, Mr. Oppenheim discusses the possibility of movement in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) and employment-based, third preference (EB3)...
Murthy Law Firm attorney, Joel Yanovich, recently served on panel designed to educate H1B workers on the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant investor visa program. The program mainly catered to Indian nationals who were seeking further details on how the EB5 program could be used...
Answer Yes, one can travel with a valid visa in an expired passport, in conjunction with a new valid passport. This is fairly common. (21.May.2018)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law in real time. For...
