While the teleconference series offered by the Murthy Law Firm is designed for employers and their representatives, employees and to those considering launching startups may be interested in this information, as well. In this teleconference, recorded February 06, 2019, Murthy Law Firm attorneys discuss matters...
A proposed bill, introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, would eliminate the per-country limits on employment-based (EB) immigrant visa categories, and lift the limit for family-based (FB) categories. If passed into law, it would transform the backlogs in the...
As the H1B cap season for fiscal year 2020 (FY20) draws near, more and more inquiries are coming into the Murthy Law Firm from employers and foreign nationals who want to know whether an individual may be the beneficiary of more than one H1B cap-subject...
Yesterday, the proposed regulation to terminate the program that allows certain H-4 spouses to obtain employment authorization was submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is one of the required steps in the formal rulemaking process, and signals that the...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the March 2019 Visa Bulletin. All cutoff dates referenced refer to the dates in the final action (FA) chart, unless otherwise specified. Visa Bulletin Summary Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category The cutoff dates in EB1 for India and China move...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that, beginning Tuesday, February 19, 2019, premium processing will resume for all H1B petitions filed on or before December 21, 2018. Premium processing provides a guarantee that the USCIS will take some adjudicative action on the...
President Trump indicated today that he will sign a spending bill that funds the federal government through September 30, 2019, despite the fact that it does not include the funding he demanded to build a wall on the U.S. / Mexico border. The bill will...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the final rule on January 30, 2018 for H1B cap-subject petitions. The new regulation makes a procedural change for the USCIS, which should result in an increase in the percentage of foreign nationals selected in the lottery...
Answer In general, if an H1B petition is filed to work at a third-party location, and no client / vendor letters are provided, the USCIS will issue an RFE asking for proof of the employer-employee relationship, and of the existence of the project. Normally, the USCIS...
Answer It generally is possible to print out the case status result from the USCIS website, and submit this printout as proof that one has an approved I-140, and therefore qualifies for an H1B extension beyond 6 years. (11.Feb.2019)In frequent sessions of our Chat, Sheela Murthy...
