01
Nov
2023
5-Year EADs & APs are Here!
The USCIS announced recently that the max validity period for EADs & APs is rising to 5-yrs. Murthy Law Firm is happy to report we are now seeing those 5-year approvals being issued!...
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30
Oct
2023
MLF Wins Extension Despite Fraud Finding
Murthy Law Firm won an H1B extension for a client who is a fighting fraud & misrepresentation (Section 6C) charge in Immigration Court. USCIS said the client committed fraud because this is what is said in the NTA. However, an NTA is only accusation. The...
27
Oct
2023
Updated CSPA Guidance in Action
Murthy Law Firm is excited to share the good news that the USCIS is following its updated CSPA Guidance. Children who were unable to file I-485s because Priority Date was current per Filing Dates can get Green Cards if they act now!...
27
Oct
2023
Visa Renewals Stateside to Start in Early 2024
The Department of State (DOS) is expected to begin a pilot visa renewal program from within the U.S. on a limited basis. The current proposal will cap H1B renewal visas at only 20,000....
24
Oct
2023
USCIS Updates J Visa 2-Yr Foreign Rez Rqt Guidance
USCIS just posted new J-1 guidance on 2-yr foreign residence requirement on how to show compliance and when it’s impossible to satisfy this requirement....
24
Oct
2023
USCIS Says: Use Filing Dates in Nov 2023
The USCIS is allowing use of the Filing Date Chart for EB and FB applicants in Nov 2023. See more on the USCIS website....
23
Oct
2023
540-Day EAD Automatic Extension to Expire Soon
The temporary rule increasing EAD extension validity to 540 days is set to expire on 26.Oct.2023. The automatic EAD extension will then revert to 180 days....
23
Oct
2023
5-Yr Advance Parole Documents are Here!
Travel will be less cumbersome as the USCIS began issuing 5-yr APs to those who qualify for 5-yr EADs, both as a free-standing AP document and in combination with AP/EAD cards....
20
Oct
2023
USCIS Updates L-1 Policy
USCIS’s significant L-1 policy changes are inability of sole proprietorship to sponsor its owner and timing of the blanket extension filing vis-à-vis the three-year waiting period....
20
Oct
2023
New H1B Proposed Rule Being Published in Federal Register
New H1B rule proposal will shortly be published aimed at Modernizing H-1B Requirement, Providing Flexibility in the F-1 Program, and Program Improvements Affecting Other Workers....