27 Jan 2016

Priority Date Retention & I-140 Revocation Protections: Proposed Regulation

As many MurthyDotCom readers are aware, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed regulation, on December 30, 2015, aimed at improving the employment-based immigration process. While many have focused on the portion of this proposal covering I-140 based employment authorization documents (EADs) -...

25 Jan 2016

I moved to a new employer based on a pending I-485, but I never sent my AC21 notification to the USCIS. I just received an RFE asking for employment verification. Do I need to contact the old employer?

Answer If the RFE is the standard I-485 RFE, asking for an employment verification letter, the current, AC21-based employer can provide the letter. This assumes that the current employment meets the AC21 requirements. It does not matter that the work started without an AC21 filing. AC21...