Requirement to Carry Immigration Documents
U.S. immigration law includes provisions intended to help authorities keep track of foreign nationals in the United States. By law, all non-U.S. citizens aged 18 or older are required to carry at all...
View ArticleAttorney Anna Stepanova Interviewed by CBS News Regarding Student Visa...
Murthy Law Firm’s Assistant Managing Attorney, Anna Stepanova, was interviewed recently by a CBS News affiliate in Colorado regarding the recent wave of student visa revocations. The story focused...
View ArticleSEVIS Termination and F-1 Visa Revocation Developments
Recent developments indicate that the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is taking the position that the termination of a SEVIS record does not...
View ArticleImportance of Ensuring Proper Wage Level Selection on the LCA for H1B Petitions
Recent regulatory changes have reinforced the long-standing position of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that a certified labor condition application (LCA), in itself, does not...
View ArticleOverview of L1A New Office Petitions for Managers and Executives
The L1A intracompany transferee classification is designed to allow a qualifying multinational company to transfer a foreign national executive or manager to a related entity in the United States. For...
View ArticleAdding a Spouse or Child to a Principal Applicant’s Green Card Process
When an individual applies for lawful permanent resident (LPR) status (commonly, a green card) in the United States, certain family members may also qualify for LPR status as derivative beneficiaries....
View ArticleEmployer Responsibility – PERM Audit Compliance File
Under the PERM labor certification process, supporting documentation is not submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) with the PERM application. Instead, the employer must retain the required...
View ArticleDHS Reportedly Freezes the EBE Program for Issuing Social Security Cards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly frozen the Enumeration Beyond Entry (EBE) program under which noncitizens could request a social security number on various U.S....
View ArticleCircumstances When an Electronic I-94 is Not Issued
Most foreign nationals who enter the United States receive an electronic I-94 record of their admission from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). However, there are certain circumstances when...
View ArticleJune 2025 Visa Bulletin
This morning, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the June 2025 Visa Bulletin. As with recent months, movement remains limited in the employment-based categories. All cutoff dates listed below...
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