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16 Oct 2009

Conrad 30, Religious Worker & EB5 Program Temporary Extensions

President Obama signed a continuing resolution on October 1, 2009, temporarily extending funding for the Conrad 30 program for physicians, the non-minister immigrant religious worker category and EB5 immigrant investor pilot programs until October 31, 2009.Regular readers of MurthyDotCom may recall that these programs were...

15:51 / EB4 Special Immigrants / EB5 Investor / For Employers / For Individuals / J-1 Exchange / Legislation / NewsBrief / Other Work Statuses / Physicians
28 Aug 2009

New York Shuts Down Immigration Services Companies for UPL

The New York State Attorney General's Office announced the shutting down of three New York businesses that had been providing fraudulent immigration legal services. Details can be found in an August 20, 2009 press release. This is reported to MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers to raise...

16:40 / AOS/CP / Citizen / EB2 National Interest Waiver / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / Green Card Lottery / NewsBrief / PERM Labor / Student / Travel / Visitor
07 Aug 2009

Premium Processing Service Resumes for R-1s

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reinstated premium processing for Nonimmigrant Religious Workers (R-1s), effective July 20, 2009. The premium, expedited processing option was suspended since November 28, 2006, based on concerns of fraud. The premium processing service for R-1 petitions will be limited...

15:37 / NewsBrief / Other Work Statuses
06 Feb 2009

CSC Liaison Update : January 2009

California Service Center (CSC) views and clarifications on various immigration matters and procedures were provided to American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) on January 28, 2009. This summary of the highlights of that report, including the 30-day timeline to respond to Requests for Evidence (RFEs), transfer...

15:58 / Employment Based / For Employers / L-1 / NewsBrief