Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 will end September 30, 2005. This will be the last day for "winners" of the FY2005 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery to obtain the "green card." These individuals entered the DV 2005 lottery and received notification they were selected in late July...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed four appeals on June 17, 2005 that had been filed in National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases. Reason for Dismissal of all NIW Appeals The dismissals were based on the Court's finding that it did not...
The USCIS released a memorandum on May 12, 2005 addressing a number of significant issues on the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Law of 2000 (AC21). The memo contained some favorable procedural specifications regarding adjudication of I-140 petitions in AC21 cases. This article focuses...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an interim rule on April 25, 2005 that reinstates authorization for the issuance of employment-based immigrant visas to scientists and engineers from the Commonwealth of Independent States of the Former Soviet Union and the Baltic States. The...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has regular meetings with members of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to discuss issues relevant to immigration law, policy, and procedures. Highlights of the most recent meetings between AILA and the Service Center Operations liaison follow. Advance Parole...
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...
On February 23, 2005, the California Service Center (CSC) provided representatives of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) with their views on various immigration issues handled at the CSC. This summary of the highlights of that report is provided for the benefit of MurthyDotCom and...
We at The Law Office of Sheela Murthy, P.C. are pleased to report some positive immigration news that will be of interest to many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo on February 16, 2005, to all Regional...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced on February 10, 2005, that they received over six million entries during the two-month registration period for the DV Lottery program for fiscal year 2006. The registration ended at noon, January 7, 2005. The registrations were made electronically,...
On February 2, 2005, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued a Final Rule in the Federal Register that changes some of the fees the DOS charges for certain processes. The rule is effective as of March 8, 2005.The rule adds the $500 Fraud Prevention...
