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22 Mar 2021

April 2021 Visa Bulletin Check-In

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has launched a new monthly program on YouTube, to allow Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, to provide insight and predictions related to the visa bulletin. This month, Mr. Oppenheim provides some updated predictions for...

06 Oct 2020

Home-Based Businesses: Inadvertent Unauthorized Employment

From time to time, articles are written to guide MurthyDotCom readers in avoiding inadvertently running afoul of immigration laws. One common problem involves individuals present in the United States in lawful, nonimmigrant status who wish to earn extra money. These foreign nationals are often enticed...

09:45 / AOS/CP / Consulates / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Worker

01 Oct 2020

NewsFlash! Court Partially Blocks Enforcement of Executive Order Banning Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

Today, a federal district court in California issued a preliminary injunction, blocking the enforcement of President Trump's June 22, 2020 executive order that bans entry of certain nonimmigrants in H, L, or J status. However, this injunction only applies to the plaintiffs in the pending...

19:48 / Consulates / For Employers / For Individuals / Government / Homeland Security / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker

09 Sep 2020

NewsFlash! DOS Resumes Processing Diversity Visas

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced today that, in light of a federal court order issued on September 4, 2020, consulates may resume processing fiscal year 2020 diversity visa (DV) cases to the degree that "local health conditions and post resources allow." However, consulates...

14:28 / Consulates / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident

28 Aug 2020

NewsFlash! Drop Box Service in India Resumes for Qualifying F, M, J, H, and L Applicants

U.S. consular sections across India have resumed accepting drop box applications to renew F, M, J, H, and L visas from qualifying applicants. In addition to the standard drop box requirements, H and L visa applicants must qualify for one of the exceptions to the...

09:39 / Consulates / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Student / Worker

25 Aug 2020

NewsFlash! DOS Provides Small Expansion to Drop-Box Eligibility

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that it will temporarily relax one of the eligibility criteria for the interview waiver program at U.S. consulates, commonly referred to as the "drop box" option.Under the normal rules, one of the qualifying criteria is that the...

16:41 / Consulates / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Worker

17 Aug 2020

Injunction on Public Charge Rule Limited to Residents of CT, NY, and VT

On July 29, 2020, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed that, following an injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, it would not apply the October 2, 2019 public charge rule "…for any period during which...

13:25 / Consulates / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News / Worker

12 Aug 2020

NewsFlash! DOS Adds More Exceptions to Executive Order Banning Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) updated the exceptions to the nonimmigrant workers who are prohibited from being admitted to the United States based on President Trump's June 22, 2020, executive order. For example, the DOS now provides an exception for H1B, L1A, and...

12:36 / Consulates / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Travel / Worker

27 Jul 2020

August 2020 Visa Bulletin Check-In

Most months, Charles Oppenheim, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, provides visa bulletin explanations and predictions. Following the release of the August 2020 Visa Bulletin, Mr. Oppenheim provided a few minor updates. EB1 Category In the August 2020 Visa...

08:10 / Consulates / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / Green Card Lottery / Investor / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

20 Jul 2020

NewsFlash! Some Consulates Demanding I-20s Showing In-Person Classes, Despite Reversal of Executive Order

As previously reported, on July 14, 2020, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reinstated the March 2020 policy, allowing F-1 and M-1 students to temporarily take all courses online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following this announcement, however, numerous designated school officials (DSOs) have reported hearing...

12:43 / Consulates / F-1 / For Individuals / Government / NewsBrief / Student / Travel

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April 2021 Visa Bulletin Check-In

Home-Based Businesses: Inadvertent Unauthorized Employment

NewsFlash! Court Partially Blocks Enforcement of Executive Order Banning Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

NewsFlash! DOS Resumes Processing Diversity Visas

NewsFlash! Drop Box Service in India Resumes for Qualifying F, M, J, H, and L Applicants

NewsFlash! DOS Provides Small Expansion to Drop-Box Eligibility

Injunction on Public Charge Rule Limited to Residents of CT, NY, and VT

NewsFlash! DOS Adds More Exceptions to Executive Order Banning Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

August 2020 Visa Bulletin Check-In

NewsFlash! Some Consulates Demanding I-20s Showing In-Person Classes, Despite Reversal of Executive Order

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