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07 Nov 2024

USCIS and DOS Policies Impacting People with Unlawful Presence and Advance Parole

As explained in the MurthyDotCom InfoArticle, Differences Between: Lawful Status, Period of Authorized Stay, & Unlawful Presence (19.Apr.2022), leaving the U.S. after a prolonged stay beyond the expiration date of one's I-94 can trigger an automatic three- or ten-year bar. In 2012, the Board of...

04 Nov 2024

Reentry Permits for Extended Absences Abroad

Becoming a lawful permanent resident (LPR) and obtaining a green card affords an individual many benefits, including the ability to freely travel to and from the United States. However, an LPR’s ability to travel and remain outside of the U.S. is not without limit. If...

10:32 / Citizen / Employment Based / Family Based / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / Travel

31 Oct 2024

Overview of Social Security Numbers Process for Foreign Nationals

In general, anyone eligible to work in the United State is authorized to receive a Social Security number (SSN). The purpose of the SSN is to serve as a tracking number for income taxes and related matters. For foreign nationals, it can be useful to...

09:39 / Consulates / For Employers / For Individuals / Homeland Security / InfoArticle / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

28 Oct 2024

AILA Discusses Customer Service Concerns with USCIS

Earlier this month, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) held a joint engagement to discuss customer service at the USCIS. Following is a summary of some key points from AILA's unofficial notes of the meeting.The USCIS...

10:54 / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

24 Oct 2024

Temporary Initiatives for Lebanese Nationals

On 18.Oct.2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a notice in the Federal Register offering more specifics on the implementation of the Biden Administration’s directive that authorized deferred enforced departure (DED) for 18 months for eligible Lebanese nationals. Effective 26.Jul.2024, Lebanese nationals covered...

10:11 / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / USCIS News / Worker

21 Oct 2024

USCIS Announces Adjustments to International Entrepreneur Rule Threshold

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a 10.Oct.2024 policy alert for the USCIS Policy Manual, incorporating recent updates to the investment and revenue requirements to qualify for parole under the international entrepreneur rule. Per regulation, the various key threshold requirements to qualify under the...

06:16 / For Individuals / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

17 Oct 2024

Florida Eases Licensing Requirements for Foreign Trained Doctors

Earlier this year, the State of Florida enacted a new law, known as the Live Healthy initiative, that makes it easier for certain physicians trained abroad to become licensed as physicians in that state. The goal of the law is to increase the number of...

09:22 / For Employers / For Individuals / Medical / NewsBrief / Physicians / Worker

11 Oct 2024

November 2024 Visa Bulletin

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the November 2024 Visa Bulletin. Unfortunately, there is no movement in any of the employment-based categories, with the exception of the EB4 program for certain religious workers, which was reauthorized by Congress through 20.Dec.2024. All cutoff dates...

17:31 / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / Investor / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

10 Oct 2024

USCIS Launches New Online PDF Filing Process

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) launched a new online filing process 08.Oct.2024, where an individual can file certain forms online by uploading a completed PDF application rather than completing an online form or physically mailing documents to the USCIS. Although the initial rollout...

11:20 / Employment Based / Family Based / For Families / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News

07 Oct 2024

Murthy Snapshot: USCIS Clarifies Guidance on EB1(a) Extraordinary Ability Criteria

On October 2, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a policy alert for the USCIS Policy Manual, to clarify how certain eligibility criteria will be evaluated under the employment-based, first preference (EB1) category for persons of extraordinary ability. An overview of the...

12:53 / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News

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USCIS and DOS Policies Impacting People with Unlawful Presence and Advance Parole

Reentry Permits for Extended Absences Abroad

Overview of Social Security Numbers Process for Foreign Nationals

AILA Discusses Customer Service Concerns with USCIS

Temporary Initiatives for Lebanese Nationals

USCIS Announces Adjustments to International Entrepreneur Rule Threshold

Florida Eases Licensing Requirements for Foreign Trained Doctors

November 2024 Visa Bulletin

USCIS Launches New Online PDF Filing Process

Murthy Snapshot: USCIS Clarifies Guidance on EB1(a) Extraordinary Ability Criteria

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