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01 Mar 2013

AILA Insights into Visa Bulletin CutOff Dates

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) recently released a summary of information garnered in discussions with Charles Oppenheim, Chief, Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State (DOS). The information provides insights that help to explain the cutoff dates in the employment-based (EB)...

04 Feb 2013

U.S.-Canada Visa and Information Sharing & Consular Interviews

The United States and Canada have entered into a new information-sharing agreement regarding immigration. This arrangement is intended to enhance security. On December 13, 2012, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada and the Canadian Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism signed a U.S.-Canada visa and immigration-sharing...

01:10 / Consulates / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Student / Visitor / Worker

02 Feb 2013

Reminders for the New Year: Part 3 of 4

This is the third in our series of articles reminding readers of immigration items of which they should be mindful for the 2013 New Year. Part 1 reminded readers of I-94 issues and Part 2 of expiration dates and travel documents. Here, readers are reminded...

06:46 / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / Travel

28 Jan 2013

Murthy Attorneys Meet USCIS Chief Counsel in January 2013

A number of Murthy Law Firm attorneys attended an American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) D.C. Chapter meeting on January 16, 2013 at which Stephen Legomsky, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Chief Counsel, and Claudia Salem, Chief, Adjudications Law Division of the Office of Chief...

13:17 / EB5 Investor / For Individuals / NewsBrief / USCIS News

25 Jan 2013

Reminders for the New Year: Part 2 of 4

This is a continuation of our immigration-related reminders to MurthyDotCom readers for the 2013 New Year. Part 1 of this article focused on I-94 issues and expiration dates. The expiration dates of documents related to the immigration process, avoiding problems resulting from these expirations, and...

13:22 / Consulates / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Travel

22 Jan 2013

USCIS Releases its First Ever Comprehensive Online Policy Manual

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has taken a major step by releasing the first volume of their new Policy Manual. This Manual will replace the current Adjudicators Field Manual (AFM) as well as a number of USCIS policy memos. The first volume covers...

12:40 / For Employers / For Individuals / NewsBrief / USCIS News

11 Jan 2013

Developments in 2012 and Planning for 2013 (Part 2 of 2)

This continuation of the Murthy Law Firm's examination of some of the major immigration developments in 2012 also analyzes the meaning of these developments for 2013. The drastic fluctuation in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) Visa Bulletin cutoff dates for India and China and current...

12:30 / Consulates / For Individuals / H1B / NewsBrief / Visa Bulletin

07 Jan 2013

FY12 Busiest Year So Far for ICE Audits

Fiscal year 2012 (FY12) was the busiest year on record for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) audits of employers' employment eligibility verification (I-9 forms). Beyond just the number of investigations, fines and even arrests also grew dramatically during the past three fiscal years for...

18:29 / Homeland Security / Investigation / NewsBrief

04 Jan 2013

Developments in 2012 and Planning for 2013 (Part 1 of 2)

Parts 1 & 2 of this MurthyDotCom NewsBrief examine some of the key immigration developments of 2012. Among the topics covered are how these developments could affect our readers in 2013 and recommendations for strategic planning on the U.S. immigration law front in 2013. The focus here...

17:34 / AOS/CP / EB2 PERM Labor / EB3 PERM Labor / Family Based / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Visa Bulletin

13 Dec 2012

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving Feedback to Federal Agencies

It's a long-settled principle of American law that where there's a wrong, there's a remedy. When a government agency makes a mistake, or doesn't play by its own rules, mechanisms are available to set things right, like challenging the agency's action - or inaction -...

20:53 / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / NewsBrief

Murthy Law Firm

AILA Insights into Visa Bulletin CutOff Dates

U.S.-Canada Visa and Information Sharing & Consular Interviews

Reminders for the New Year: Part 3 of 4

Murthy Attorneys Meet USCIS Chief Counsel in January 2013

Reminders for the New Year: Part 2 of 4

USCIS Releases its First Ever Comprehensive Online Policy Manual

Developments in 2012 and Planning for 2013 (Part 2 of 2)

FY12 Busiest Year So Far for ICE Audits

Developments in 2012 and Planning for 2013 (Part 1 of 2)

Speaking Truth to Power: Giving Feedback to Federal Agencies

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