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22 Feb 2016

Sheela Murthy Meets with Senior Officials at U.S. Consulate in Chennai

Murthy Law Firm founder and president, Sheela Murthy, was in India in January 2016. A meeting was scheduled for the 22nd. Accompanied by team members from the firm's liaison office in Chennai, Murthy met with the Chief of the Nonimmigrant Visa Section, Lindsey L. Rothenberg,...

04 Feb 2016

February 2016 Visa Bulletin: Insights and Predictions

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) provides visa bulletin insights each month through Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division. The information from Mr. Oppenheim for February, which was released later than usual, includes a discussion about the DOS visa applicant wait...

08:17 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / NewsBrief / PERM Labor / Visa Bulletin

19 Jan 2016

NewsFlash! Supreme Court Agrees to Review DACA, DAPA Injunction

This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal regarding an injunction that is preventing the implementation of President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) program and the expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...

10:32 / AOS/CP (Family) / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief

18 Jan 2016

I have a green card and recently got married. How do I bring my wife to the U.S.?

Answer A GC holder can file a family-based petition for his or her spouse. These petitions fall under the FB2A category, so there is a bit of a backlog in visa availability. There typically is no way around that until the GC holder becomes a U.S....

16:27 / Family Based / FAQs / Resident

14 Jan 2016

February 2016 Visa Bulletin: EB2 India Advances Again

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) February 2016 Visa Bulletin was issued on January 8, 2016. This latest visa bulletin provides advancement of the final action (FA) cutoff date in the employment-based, second preference category for India, consistent with earlier predictions. Meanwhile, the date of filing...

08:24 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

23 Dec 2015

USCIS Updated Guidance on Surviving Spouse of U.S. Citizen

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy memorandum updating guidance on the approval of immediate relative spousal petitions after the death of the U.S. citizen spouse in cases where the widow/er has remarried. The memo, and the related revisions to the USCIS Adjudicator's...

07:53 / Family Based / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / USCIS News

15 Dec 2015

January 2016 Visa Bulletin: EB2 India Advances

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) visa bulletin for January 2016 moves the final action (FA) cutoff date for employment-based, second preference (EB2) for India to February 1, 2008. The dates for filing (DF) cutoff date chart, which cannot be utilized for January 2016 EB...

08:05 / AOS/CP / Family Based / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / Visa Bulletin

14 Dec 2015

My U.S. citizen brother is sponsoring me for a green card. My priority date likely won’t be current for many years. In the meantime, am I allowed to travel to the U.S. on my visitor visa?

Answer The beneficiary of an I-130 petition is not automatically prohibited from entry on valid a valid B-1/B-2 visitor visa. That being said, U.S. immigration officers at a port of entry have a great deal of discretion in determining whether or not to admit a foreign...

07:53 / Family Based / FAQs / Resident

07 Dec 2015

Feds Ask Supreme Court to Lift Injunction on DAPA and Expanded DACA Programs

On November 20, 2015, the Obama administration petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments related to an injunction issued by an appellate court in Texas v. United States that is halting the implementation of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA)...

08:31 / Family Based / Immigrant Family / Legislation / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family

30 Nov 2015

I understand that I can only file GC for immediate family once I obtain citizenship. But, is there any way I can bring my aunt here by claiming her as a dependent, since I support her financially?

Answer No, the family-based GC categories specify relatives for which one can file. It is not possible to have fact- specific qualification based upon closeness of the relationship (like an aunt / grandmother that raised someone) or financial / other dependence. (30.Nov.2015)In frequent sessions of our...

13:42 / Citizen / Family Based / FAQs

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