On October 07, 2015, a proposed update of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) online policy manual was released. This is a centralized policy manual, with new online sections added sporadically. The latest proposed addition pertains to grounds for filing discretionary waivers of inadmissibility, based...
The Murthy Law Firm is proud to report that we were able to resolve a family's long-delayed permanent residence (green card) cases. Prior to our involvement in this matter, the individuals had suffered through more than two years of delays in the approval of their...
The Murthy Law Firm is proud to report that we were able to secure employment-based immigrant visas for a family at a U.S. consulate based on the portability provisions in the American Competitiveness in the Twenty First Century Act (AC21). While moving to a new...
A successful immigration case is usually thought of as one that results in some type of approval of a request for immigration benefit. There are other types of filings that sometimes may bring the desired result. This report of a case handled by the Murthy...
Long-time readers of MurthyDotCom and the MurthyBulletin have read previously about nunc pro tunc (NPT) reinstatement of status. The most common example of an NPT filing involves reinstating an H-4 spouse who does not realize that an H-4 request for extension of status (EOS) requires...
In most situations, individuals seeking adjustment of status to permanent residence must maintain a valid nonimmigrant status prior to filing the I-485. This success story from the Murthy Law Firm is a rather extreme example of the use of an exception to this general rule....
Many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers are among those who have to wait for years to obtain their permanent residence (or "green cards") due to their priority dates and/or immigrant visa numbers not being current. There are other individuals who also find themselves waiting, often for...
The Murthy Law Firm vigorously represents foreign nationals in immigration matters, including permanent resident (commonly referred to as “green card”) cases. Issues of foreign degrees and their equivalency to U.S. degrees can be complex. For the benefit of MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers, we report this...
As long-time MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers are aware, approvals in the EB1, extraordinary ability (EA), category are difficult to obtain. The legal standard requires showing that the foreign national has reached the very top of his/her field. This case illustrates some of the additional challenges...
A question has been raised with regard to whether the requirement to post a notice for ten consecutive business days was met in a PERM labor certification case. At issue was whether Columbus Day should be counted as a business day. For the U.S. Department...
