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16 Jan 2012

U.S. Consulate at Chennai Stops Immigrant Visa Processing

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that the U.S. Consulate at Chennai, India stopped processing immigrant visa (IV) petitions as of January 1, 2012. The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi and U.S. Consulate in Mumbai are now the only locations in India conducting interviews...

19:07 / AOS/CP / Consulates / Employment Based / F-2 Dependent / For Employers / H-4 Dependents / J-2 Dependent / L-2 Dependent / M-2 Dependent / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Worker
23 Sep 2011

USCIS Failure to Send Original Approval Notices to Attorneys

On September 19, 2011, the Murthy Law Firm began receiving "courtesy copies" of case approval notices (Form I-797C) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), rather than the "original" approval notices (I-797A or I-797B). This is at variance with long standing procedures, and was...

18:31 / AOS/CP / For Employers / H1B / J-1 Exchange / L-1 / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Other Work Statuses / USCIS News / Worker
03 Jun 2011

Reverting to H1B Status: Pros and Cons

Many people change status from H1B to H-4 and, later, consider changing back to H1B. This issue was raised in a recent session of the MurthyChat. Some of the frequent questions and misunderstandings in the ability to file and change status and the implications and...

19:44 / H-4 Dependents / H1B / NewsBrief