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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
20 Feb 2012

Overview of the J-1 Visa Process

Pursuant to the regulations, the J-1 program was established to "increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchanges. Educational and cultural exchanges assist [the U.S. Department of State] in furthering...

20:47 / InfoArticle / J-1 Exchange
23 Sep 2011

USCIS Failure to Send Original Approval Notices to Attorneys

On September 19, 2011, the Murthy Law Firm began receiving "courtesy copies" of case approval notices (Form I-797C) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), rather than the "original" approval notices (I-797A or I-797B). This is at variance with long standing procedures, and was...

18:31 / AOS/CP / For Employers / H1B / J-1 Exchange / L-1 / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Other Work Statuses / USCIS News / Worker
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