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21 Nov 2024

Trump Administration Frequently Asked Questions

President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term in office as President of the United States, effective January 20, 2025. Since the election, the Murthy Law Firm has received numerous questions about how his new administration will impact U.S. immigration law and policy. To assist...

18 Nov 2024

Overview of Foreign Degree Credential Evaluations

A person's education background can play a pivotal role in certain employment-based immigration processes, such as when filing a PERM labor certification case or an H1B nonimmigrant petition. If the person being sponsored has a foreign degree, it typically is necessary to demonstrate that the...

10:23 / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / InfoArticle / NewsBrief / Resident / Worker

14 Nov 2024

New Administration: President-Elect Trump Taps Several Immigration Hardliners for Administration

Over the past several days, President-elect Donald Trump has selected several people to serve in his administration, which will start on January 20, 2025. All, unsurprisingly, have expressed views that parallel those the President-elect when it comes to immigration issues. Former ICE Director to Serve as...

12:07 / Consulates / Employment Based / Family Based / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Resident / Student / USCIS News / Visa Bulletin / Worker

12 Nov 2024

December 2024 Visa Bulletin

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the December 2024 Visa Bulletin. There is very little movement in the oversubscribed categories from the previous month. All cutoff dates listed refer to those in the final action chart (i.e., Chart A), unless otherwise specified. Visa Bulletin...

17:10 / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / For Employers / For Individuals / Investor / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

11 Nov 2024

PERM: Good Faith Recruitment

The PERM labor certification is the first in a three-step process in the majority of employment-based green card cases. A key component of the PERM process is the labor market test, where the employer must demonstrate via a regimented recruitment process that there is no...

09:28 / Employment Based / For Employers / NewsBrief / Resident

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

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

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

Murthy Law Firm

Trump Administration Frequently Asked Questions

Overview of Foreign Degree Credential Evaluations

New Administration: President-Elect Trump Taps Several Immigration Hardliners for Administration

December 2024 Visa Bulletin

PERM: Good Faith Recruitment

Overview of Social Security Numbers Process for Foreign Nationals

AILA Discusses Customer Service Concerns with USCIS

Florida Eases Licensing Requirements for Foreign Trained Doctors

November 2024 Visa Bulletin

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

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