The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for November 2011 has been released earlier than expected. The cutoff dates for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China move to November 1, 2007, effective in November 2011.This is remarkable, as it opens...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued an announcement dated September 15, 2011 stating that all employment-based (EB) visa numbers for fiscal year 2011 (FY11) have been utilized. This means that no more immigrant visa numbers are available in the EB categories until October 1,...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued the October 2011 Visa Bulletin, the first in the federal government's 2012 fiscal year (FY12). The most remarkable development, effective in October, is the substantial forward movement in the employment- based, second preference (EB2) category for India...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued the September 2011 Visa Bulletin. This is the final Visa Bulletin for the federal government's fiscal year (FY) 2011. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China will remain unchanged in the month of September...
At the Murthy Law Firm, we receive many questions about immigration petitioning for relatives. While there are many nuances to this topic, we have simplified the initial, fundamental question: who may file for permanent immigration benefits to provide the "green card" for their relatives. These...
[This was first announced to visitors to MurthyDotCom on 29.Mar.2011. See EB2 India Expected to Advance in May 2011. Be certain to check our website regularly for important updates.]The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Visa Control and Reporting Division, announced on March 29, 2011 that...
The cutoff date for EB2, India, is expected to advance in May 2011. This advancement will occur in the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for May 2011. The Visa Bulletin for May 2011 will be published in early to mid April 2011.On March...
Individuals undergoing the immigration process often have a keen and sophisticated grasp of some rather complex aspects of their cases. The priority date is one fundamental, vitally important element in these cases, however, for which an understanding appears to be somewhat illusive. A basic primer...
As reported in last week's MurthyBulletin, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin holds some very good news in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for nationals of certain countries. The cutoff dates for India and China were advanced in excess of two years...
The April 2005 Visa Bulletin, issued by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), brought some limited good news to those in the Employment-Based Third Preference (EB3) skilled / professional worker category. The news was not good for those in the EB3 "Other Worker" category. Those...
