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04 Mar 2016

Murthy Law Firm’s Comments on Proposed Rule for I-140 EAD, and More

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a proposed rule in December 2015, entitled Retention of EB1, EB2, and EB3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers. As indicated in our January 8, 2016 NewsBrief, I-140 EAD Proposal is Limited and Restrictive,...

07:57 / AOS/CP / AOS/CP (Family) / For Employers / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / Immigrant Petition (I-140) / NewsBrief / USCIS News / Worker
25 Feb 2016

Final Rule for H1B1, CW1, and E-3 Nonimmigrants and EB1 Immigrants

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...

08:02 / Consulates / EB1 Category / For Employers / For Individuals / H1B1 / NewsBrief / Resident / Travel / USCIS News / Worker
24 Feb 2016

Recapture of Time Abroad to Extend Nonimmigrant Status

The law limits the amount of time an individual is permitted to remain in the United States in H1B or L-1 status. However, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) permits a person in H1B or L-1 status to recapture time spent outside the United...

08:50 / H1B / L-1 / Options