The USCIS issued a cap count for H1B filings as of April 9, 2012. According to USCIS, 25,600 cap-subject H1B cases have been filed thus far this cap season. Of these filings, 8,200 were filed against the advanced-degree exemption; 17,400 were filed against the regular...
The fiscal year 2013 (FY13) H1B cap-filing season began this week. April 2, 2012 was the first day for such filings at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Readers affected by this should regularly check MurthyDotCom and the MurthyBulletin as your reliable source of...
MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers were alerted on March 29, 2012 in our news item DOS Confirms Lack of Enough EB2 India / China Visa Numbers, that the U.S. Department of State (DOS) had internally retrogressed the EB2 India and China cutoff dates. The retrogression will...
The USCIS reported today that, as of April 4, 2012, they had received 22,323 H1B cap-subject filings. The filings started on April 2, 2012. This rate of filings is stated as being almost twice the amount that had been received in the same timeframe last...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the expansion of the Global Entry Program (GEP). This program facilitates entry to the United States for qualified, trusted travelers. Background on Global Entry Program Details regarding the permanent creation of the...
The Department of State (DOS) provided the Murthy Law Firm with confirmation today that, effective March 23, 2012, the EB2 cutoff date has been retrogressed internally to August 15, 2007. This means that the USCIS will not be able to approve further EB2 I-485 cases...
The Department of State (DOS) has advised that the EB2 India and China category will retrogress to August 15, 2007 in the May 2012 Visa Bulletin. Charles Oppenheim, Chief, Visa Control and Reporting, has provided this information to AILA.The EB2 cutoff set in the April...
The April 2012 U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin is available and reflects an unchanged cutoff date in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China. This is far different from the significant forward movement that category enjoyed from the October 2011...
As visitors to MurthyDotCom learned late last week, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has advised that the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category likely will retrogress by May or June 2012. As explained in our NewsFlash, DOS Issues EB2 Cutoff Projections, the DOS projects that...
Attorneys at the Murthy Law Firm have noticed a trend in requests for evidence (RFEs) issued by the Texas Service Center (TSC) in adjustment of status (Form I-485) cases. These RFEs are asking for documents that were included as part of the initial I-485 filing....
