Many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers avail themselves of the provisions known as AC21 "green card" portability. Under these provisions of the American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act (AC21), it is possible to continue an employment-based, permanent residence (green card) case based on a new,...
We are proud to share with our readers another successful case from the Special Projects Department at the Murthy Law Firm. This case came to us with a complicated immigration history. The complexities were created by errors made by immigration "consultants," compounded by further errors...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) held a February 26, 2010 National Stakeholder meeting via teleconference on a number of important topics. The Murthy Law Firm submitted questions, in advance, in an effort to obtain clarification on key matters faced by our clients, as...
At the Murthy Law Firm, we receive many inquiries from individuals who wish to file cases in the EB1, Extraordinary Ability (EA), category. EA approval has always been difficult to obtain and current adjudication trends have made this increasingly so. An applicant must establish being...
The Murthy Law Firm is proud to report that we were recently able to resolve another family’s long-delayed applications for adjustment of status (I-485) cases by using a writ of mandamus. This particular family had been waiting for two and a half years, without any...
Many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers have struggled with immigration issues created due to differences between the U.S. educational system and the educational systems of their respective home countries. This is a common complexity for those from countries, such as India, the United Kingdom, and Canada,...
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...
The New York State Attorney General's Office announced the shutting down of three New York businesses that had been providing fraudulent immigration legal services. Details can be found in an August 20, 2009 press release. This is reported to MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers to raise...
An International Medical Graduate (IMG) educated in a country such as India faces an immigration hurdle because, unlike in the United States, s/he does not have to hold a bachelor's degree as a prerequisite to admission to medical school. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...
Special immigrant religious workers are currently able to petition for permanent residence in two distinct categories. One category is for those who enter the United States to carry on the vocation of minister in a religious denomination. The other category is for those who have...
