Answer While on your STEM-OPT, you must be working for an E-Verify enrolled employer. Any change in employer must be reported to your DSO and the correct I-983 paperwork submitted. Failure to take these steps could result in a determination of status violation and related adverse...
Answer Yes, a person can be the beneficiary of both a family-based and employment-based immigrant petition at the same time. The petitions will not likely interfere with each other. Whichever priority date becomes current first can serve as the basis of your I-485 filing. You should...
Answer Yes, as long as that travel does not interrupt the continuity of permanent residence or the calculation of physical presence in the United States required to show eligibility for naturalization. (03.Jun.2019)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that...
Answer An individual is permitted an aggregate of 90 days of unemployment in the initial practical training period. If s/he has not had more than 90 days of unemployment and has received a STEM-OPT extension, the individual is entitled to 60 days more, or an aggregate...
A lawsuit challenging a number of recent H1B policies enacted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has begun to heat up. IT Serve Alliance v. USCIS is the lawsuit filed by a group of IT consulting companies who are members of the organization...
Every year, more than four million people travel to New York City’s Liberty Island to visit the Statue of Liberty, a towering symbol of our nation’s fundamental ideal of freedom since its installation in 1886. But the tragic events of September 11, 2001 ushered in...
On May 16, 2019, President Trump unveiled a legislative proposal for immigration reform, an issue that has been a lightning rod for controversy since he took office in January 2017. The proposal, spearheaded by the President's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, aims to recalibrate...
The Conrad 30 program allows a physician who is subject to the two-year home residency requirement (HRR) to waive the HRR by completing a three-year term of employment in H1B status in a federally designated health professional shortage or underserved area. Ordinarily, an employer change...
The discussion in this teleconference focuses on recent adjudication trends in the PERM / Green Card process, and in U.S. naturalization. Recorded May 01, 2019, Murthy Law Firm attorneys turn their attention to shifts in adjudications and processes, to provide guidance on methods for overcoming...
Most immigrants are familiar with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as being the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is true that ICE, which was created in 2003, spends much of its $6 billion budget on immigration...
