A bipartisan group of senators has introduced a bill that, if signed into law, would make up to 40,000 immigrant visa numbers available for doctors and nurses. The bill, known as the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (HWRA), would recapture unused immigrant visa numbers, and grant...
Answer No, the USCIS has not extended this deadline. Cases selected in the registration lottery must be filed within the period indicated on the registration selection notice (which, for most people, is June 30, 2020). (07.May.2020)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the...
Answer If you are still within your 60-day grace period, you generally could start working for the new employer upon the filing of the H1B change-of-status petition. The fact that you filed an application to change status to B-2 should not impact your eligibility, assuming it...
Answer The USCIS has not yet provided any indication as to when premium processing will return. Presumably, the sooner the pandemic subsides, the sooner things will get back to normal at the USCIS. (07.May.2020)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For...
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to wreak havoc on our nation, it has become devastatingly clear that the virus is ravaging some historically underprivileged demographics with extreme ferocity. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) suggests that AfricanAmerican and Hispanic people comprise a...
With arbitrary denials of H1B cases on the rise since 2017, Murthy Law Firm attorneys discuss litigation trends and strategies to sue the federal government, in this teleconference from May 6, 2020. Denials for other case types, such as H-4 EAD and L, are also...
The Murthy Law Firm continues to be successful against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in federal court, this time over an H1B petition initially denied based on lack of availability of work and the employer's right to control the H1B worker. Although another...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is providing employers with the option to review employee documents remotely for form I-9 purposes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the I-9 form, all U.S. employers are required to establish the employment eligibility of prospective employees. The employee...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is extending the response time flexibility announced on March 30, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This flexibility applies to applicants and petitioners responding to any of the following, issued between March 1 and July 1, 2020:Requests...
Sheela Murthy, President & CEO of the Murthy law Firm, is joined by Managing Attorney Aron Finkelstein for a lively & engaging discussion in this podcast regarding immigration options for individuals and families in the COVID-19 climate. The conversation was recorded specifically for an Indian...
