As explained in our NewsBrief, EB5 Regional Center Program extended to Sep 2015 (22.Oct.2012), there were four immigration programs that were recently extended beyond their slated September 30, 2012 expiration. The three remaining programs extended through September 30, 2015 are: the "non-minister" Religious Worker Program...
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....
Reliable sources have been reporting a wave of denials of J-1 visas for International Medical Graduates (IMGs) applying at U.S. Consulates in India. The scenario involves Indian physicians requesting J-1 exchange visitor visas to begin U.S. medical residency programs at teaching hospitals throughout the United...
Numerous questions have been generated by movement of the EB2 cutoff date for India and China, as reflected in the U.S. Department of State (DOS) visa bulletin during the early portion of fiscal year 2012 (FY12). Among these is one important series of questions concerning...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an announcement on March 16, 2011 that they are reviewing the current policy regarding H1B cap exemptions for cases filed by nonprofit affiliates of institutions of higher education. This is an important topic for many MurthyDotCom and...
President Barack Obama signed a law on October 28, 2009, extending three key immigration benefits programs. The FY10 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill extends the Conrad 30, EB5 Investor, and Non-Minister Religious Worker programs until September 30, 2012. The same law also contains an...
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...
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...
International Medical Graduates (IMGs), who are completing their graduate medical training in the H1B classification, and who seek to undertake employment with U.S. employers in H1B classification, must be mindful of the applicability of the H1B numerical cap. When moving from a cap-exempt H1B to...
MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers recently were advised of an emerging problem involving international medical graduates (IMGs) with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degrees. In short, the USCIS, through the Texas Service Center (TSC) is, in some cases, not considering the MBBS to...
