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19 Mar 2015

April 2015 Visa Bulletin – EB2 India Advances to Sep 2007

As announced last week on MurthyDotCom, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) visa bulletin for April 2015 is available. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China continues to advance. As predicted, however, the news is far less encouraging for the employment-based, third preference (EB3)...

08:11 / AOS/CP / EB4 Special Immigrants / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / NewsBrief / PERM Labor / Resident / Visa Bulletin
08 Oct 2014

Visa Bulletin Predictions for Coming Months

On October 1, 2014, the Chief of the Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, U.S. Department of State (DOS), Charles Oppenheim, provided explanations and predictions related to employment-based categories for visa bulletin developments expected during the next few months of fiscal year 2015 (FY15). This...

13:22 / AOS/CP / EB2 PERM Labor / EB3 PERM Labor / EB4 Special Immigrants / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / NewsBrief / Visa Bulletin
28 Oct 2012

Religious Worker, E-Verify, and Conrad 30 Programs Extended

As explained in our NewsBrief, EB5 Regional Center Program extended to Sep 2015 (22.Oct.2012), there were four immigration programs that were recently extended beyond their slated September 30, 2012 expiration. The three remaining programs extended through September 30, 2015 are: the "non-minister" Religious Worker Program...

13:16 / EB4 Special Immigrants / For Employers / Foreign Medical Graduates / NewsBrief / Physicians
02 Oct 2012

Key Immigration Programs Extended

The President has signed legislation extending the expiration or "sunset" dates of four important immigration programs. These programs are: the EB5 (investor) Regional Center Program; the E-Verify employment verification program; the EB-4 Religious Worker (non-minister) Program; and the Conrad State 30 physician J-1 waiver program....

16:25 / EB4 Special Immigrants / EB5 Investor / Employment Based / For Employers / Foreign Medical Graduates / Medical / NewsBrief
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