Answer The USCIS normally lists field office and Application Support Center closures on its USCIS Office Closing webpage. (15.Jan.2025)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE online services, click here. Access more FAQs here. Copyright © 2025, MURTHY...
Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the February 2025 Visa Bulletin. In February, there is slight bit of movement in some, but not all, of the oversubscribed categories. All cutoff dates listed refer to those in the final action chart (i.e., Chart A),...
Answer During Trump’s first term in office, it seems his Administration was content with allowing the adjudication of EB5 cases to proceed undisturbed, for the most part. Although processing times did increase for nearly all case types, including EB5, we did not see a nationwide increase...
Answer The prudential revocations of a visa due to a DUI only impacts the visa “stamp,” not a person’s status.That being said, please see our MurthyDotCom InfoArticle, Alcohol-Related Arrests Create Immigration Problems (29.Dec.2023), which summarizes some of the key problems that can be created by one...
Answer Yes, it generally does not matter whether you are in the U.S. or abroad when you file the I-140 petition. (01.Jan.2025)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE online services, click here. Access more FAQs here. Copyright...
At the Murthy Law Firm, we are regularly asked whether using premium processing increases the risk that a case may be issued a request for evidence (RFE). We have not necessarily seen a significant increase in the issuance of RFEs for cases filed in premium...
Answer Unfortunately, no, you normally cannot use the priority date on a family-based case for an employment-based case. (24.Dec.2024)Sheela Murthy and other senior attorneys provide guidance that clarifies the law. For information on our FREE online services, click here. Access more FAQs here. Copyright © 2024, MURTHY...
On 10.Dec.2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced new instructions and a new edition of the application to register permanent residence or adjust status (form I-485), which applicants must start using, effective 10.Feb.2025. Similarly, the other forms related to form I-485, such as...
On Tuesday, 10.Dec.2024, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a final rule to permanently implement the rule that automatically extends the validity of certain employment authorization documents (EADs) based on a pending, timely filed application to extend employment authorization. The final rule will...
Answer Even if it is possible for the couple to adopt you – and this would be based on state law – this would normally not help, from an immigration law perspective. To sponsor an adopted child under U.S. immigration law, the foreign national typically must...
