On May 10, 2023, the State of Florida enacted a new law whereby, starting July 1, 2023, a private employer with 25 or more employees must use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee's employment eligibility. A covered employer must verify each new employee's...
Today, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the expansion of premium processing service for foreign nationals seeking a change to F, M, or J nonimmigrant status.The expansion of this premium processing service is being implemented in two phases. Beginning June 13, 2023, the...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has provided a possible mechanism for certain laid off nonimmigrant workers who have pending B-1 or B-2 (B-1/B-2) applications to regain work visa status. More specifically, if the nonimmigrant worker has a pending application to change status to...
Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the July 2023 Visa Bulletin. The most notable change in the latest visa bulletin is further retrogression in the employment-based, third preference (EB3) category. All cutoff dates listed refer to those in the final action chart (i.e.,...
During periods of economic decline, many individuals encounter financial hardships. For some these difficulties have led to foreclosure, bankruptcy, and unpaid debts. This, in turn, has generated questions regarding whether various financial problems might affect one’s ability to naturalize to U.S. citizenship. Although debt alone...
Many MurthyDotCom readers will consider options for naturalizing to U.S. citizenship at some point in their immigration journeys. This often gives rise to questions regarding family members, including one’s children. This is a broad overview of how children born outside of the United States may...
An individual seeking lawful permanent resident status in the United States may wait several years for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to issue the lawful permanent resident card (green card). On occasion however, the USCIS can erroneously issue a green card before an...
International medical graduates (IMGs) often overcome the two-year home residence requirement (HRR) through a waiver based on the support of an Interested Government Agency (IGA). These waivers require three years of service as a physician in certain designated underserved areas. The grant of this waiver...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that temporary flexibilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic allowing an employer to perform remote document inspection and deferring the physical presence requirements for employment eligibility verification (form I-9), will end on July 31, 2023. After this...
The annual cap on the H1B category, combined with tremendous demand, has forced many employers and foreign national professionals to seek out reasonable alternatives. One such option for citizens of Chile or Singapore is the H1B1 visa category. This nonimmigrant category is very similar to...
