Today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it had selected additional registrations submitted for the fiscal year 2022 (FY22) lottery. Any employer with a registration selected in the third lottery will be given until 23.Feb.2022 to file an H1B petition on behalf...
Answer For I-140 petitions filed for consular processing, the dates for filing (DF) chart indicates when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center. The immigrant visa cannot be issued by the consulate until one's priority date...
Answer Yes, this is a fairly common situation. U.S. immigration law does not prohibit a person from residing in Canada (or Mexico) and regularly commuting to the U.S. to work in H1B status. (18.Nov.2021)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For...
This morning, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the December 2021 Visa Bulletin. The most significant development is that the cutoff date for EB2 India moves past its EB3 counterpart in December. Visa Bulletin Summary Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category The EB1 category remains current for all...
Answer No, it does not appear that admission will be granted based on an NIE issued during the COVID travel ban. The executive order does not specifically address this question, but a number of consulates have confirmed that the NIE program has been rescinded and replaced...
Answer If the principal spouse enters on advance parole, then typically the dependent spouse is no longer eligible to maintain valid H-4 status. (11.Nov.2021)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE online services, click here. Access more...
Answer We had a similar question several weeks ago, and our response may not have been sufficiently nuanced. Our general recommendation is that, if an EB3 downgrade case has been filed and later the individual wishes to return to EB2, some action should be taken. For...
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) announced today that a settlement has been reached with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) related to work authorization for L-2 and certain H-4 dependent spouses.The official text of the settlement agreement has not yet been posted. However,...
The latest trends with processing times and adjudications of H1Bs, H-4s, and H-4 EADs are the topic discussed by Murthy Law Firm attorneys in this session from 02.Nov.2021.The MP3 is available here, and in the archive of our teleconferences and podcasts on iTunes. Copyright © 2021,...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is again expanding its credit card payment pilot program, this time for certain petitions filed with the Vermont Service Center (VSC). Under this expanded program, if a petitioner files a petition for a nonimmigrant worker (form I-129) for...
