If a foreign national applies for permanent residence status based on marriage to a U.S. citizen, and the marriage is less than two years in duration at the time the green card is approved, the foreign national will be issued conditional permanent resident status valid...
The Murthy Law Firm is pleased to report that we resolved an incorrect fraud finding that had kept an H1B worker from returning to the United States for two years. The issue came to light when this individual went to Canada to renew his H1B...
The Murthy Law Firm successfully represented a foreign national who was found to be inadmissible to the United States based upon cough syrup he was carrying that was misidentified as an illegal substance. Our firm became involved in this case after the U.S. Customs and...
There are two strategies commonly used by those with pending adjustment-of-status (form I-485) applications to make job changes without disrupting their respective cases. One option is to argue that the move is to a same or similar job, thus qualifying for portability purposes under the...
In recent years, employers filing H1B petitions have experienced tougher adjudication standards. The restrictive interpretation of critical H1B elements requires the submission of extensive evidence in many cases. At the Murthy Law Firm, we receive calls on a daily basis from employers struggling to answer...
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 successfully represented an adjustment-of-status applicant facing challenges due to a problematic status history. We became involved in this case after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a request for evidence (RFE) questioning the adjustment applicant's eligibility based on her...
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...
In October 2013, the Nebraska Service Center (NSC) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) unexpectedly began denying optional practical training (OPT) STEM extension applications submitted by F-1 students who had served as unpaid interns during their initial 12-month stays in OPT. Two foreign...
