On May 14, 2018, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reaffirmed the I-140 petition approval in Matter of V-S-G, Inc. and, shortly thereafter, approved the applicant's I-485. This represents a huge victory for beneficiaries of approved I-140s and pending I-485s who port to...
The Murthy Law Firm is pleased to report on the recent, hard-fought approval of another I-485 adjustment-of-status (commonly, "green card") application. Represented by another law firm for the I-485 filing, the individual in this case engaged the Murthy Law Firm after he received a notice...
As previously reported, the big news for employment-based immigrants is the adopted decision of Matter of V-S-G- Inc., recognizing that an employee waiting for the approval of the adjustment-of-status application (form I-485) has a recognized legal interest in the underlying I-140 petition. When Matter of...
On November 11, 2017, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Policy Memorandum announcing that it has adopted the administrative appeals office (AAO) decision in Matter of V-S-G- Inc. The AAO decision recognized that, contrary to previous USCIS policy, a foreign national beneficiary, who...
As reported in the MurthyDotCom NewsBrief, USCIS Denying Advance Parole Applications Based on Overseas Travel (10.Aug.2017) the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began denying advance parole (AP) applications (form I-131), in recent months, for applicants who traveled abroad before their respective I-131s were approved. In...
The administrative appeals office (AAO) issued a non-precedent decision, on April 28, 2017, that acknowledges the right of an I-140 beneficiary who has ported to a new employer pursuant to the American Competitiveness in the Twenty First Century Act (AC21) to receive and respond to...
The Murthy Law Firm successfully represented a lawful permanent resident (LPR or "green card" holder) whose immigration records wrongly reflected that she had voluntarily abandoned her green card status. Our involvement in the case began after this foreign national received a denial of her application...
The Murthy Law Firm is pleased to report that we were recently successful in reversing a denial issued on an adjustment of status (form I-485) application, leading to our client being issued her long-awaited green card. The applicant faced significant challenges due to a problematic...
The Murthy Law Firm has recently received approvals of optional practical training (OPT) requests for students who had transferred schools immediately after their initial F-1 entry to the United States. These students received requests for evidence (RFEs) questioning the propriety of changing schools soon after...
As part of the process of naturalizing to U.S. citizenship, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) generally reviews whether an applicant's permanent residence (commonly, "green card") was properly approved. If the USCIS determines that the green card should not have been issued, this typically...
