Answer There is an automatic visa revalidation / contiguous territory rule that generally allows for such travel without getting a new visa. If status has been maintained and the person has a valid I-94, reentry is allowed following brief trips (30 days or less) to Canada/Mexico without...
Answer To renew a visa, it is necessary to apply at a U.S. consulate abroad. If you meant to ask about extending B-1/B-2 status, that is done by filing an I-539 form. However, it is not always the best idea to apply for an extension of...
Starting April 1, 2016, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) will begin issuing 14-day termination notices to students who fail to submit requested additional documentation within the 30 days allowed following their admission to the United States. This information comes via an official notice issued...
Answer While a visitor is not legally prohibited from coming to the U.S. while an I-130 is pending, the immigration officers at the port of entry could have concerns and deny admission. It would be a good idea to set up a consultation on this topic....
Answer The civil surgeons who complete the medical exams for I-485s are all in the United States. So, if the RFE is a typical I-485 RFE for an updated medical, it is going to be necessary to get the exam completed in the U.S. (The panel...
Answer Yes, but if you travel with a change of status pending, the COS will be deemed abandoned and the case will be processed for consular processing. Therefore, in order to return in H1B status, one would typically need to apply for an H1B visa "stamp."...
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 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a final rule that became effective on February 16, 2016, which provides a few revisions to several nonimmigrant visa categories and one immigrant visa category. More specifically, the revisions impact the H1B1 (specialty occupation professionals who are citizens...
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,...
... to my home country urgently for a couple of weeks. Will I be able to come back to start attending the new school? Are there any timing issues of the transfer process? Answer If you travel before your SEVIS record is transferred to the new school,...
