The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday, September 22, 2006 that the Premium Processing Program (PPP) for I-140 petitions filed by employers will expand as of Monday, September 25, 2006 to certain additional employment-based (EB) categories. Three new EB categories will be...
Every year, there are unscrupulous individuals and organizations that try to use the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Diversity Visa Lottery Program to take advantage of foreign nationals. This year is no exception. A recent inquiry was made about certain lottery winner notifications that are...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced in late July 2006, that the Kentucky Consular Center has registered and notified the Diversity Visa Lottery Winners for 2007 (DV-2007). The lottery program allocates immigrant visa numbers to certain countries with low rates of immigration to the...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a significant change in filing procedures. The March 24, 2006 announcement advised that, effective from April 1, 2006, all I-129 Petitions should be filed with the Vermont Service Center (VSC) and all I-140 Petitions should be...
MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers have been provided previously with examples of National Interest Waiver (NIW) and Extraordinary Ability (EA) cases filed by the Murthy Law Firm that received approvals. Our firm also received an NIW approval remarkable for its speed. The case was approved just...
At the Murthy Law Firm, we receive many inquiries regarding potential National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases. Upon occasion, and with the permission of the particular clients, we have shared with MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers a few samples of the many EB1 and NIW success stories...
The Murthy Law Firm regularly represents clients in "special category" green card cases. Our law firm has successfully represented a great many clients in the extraordinary ability (EA), outstanding professor / researchers (OPRs), and National Interest Waiver (NIW) categories. We are proud to say that...
We at the Murthy Law Firm have previously reported on waivers of the two-year home residency requirement that applies to some individuals who hold or have held J-1 status. One of the avenues toward a potential waiver is known as the hardship waiver. This waiver...
Under their current regulations, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires the filing of an ETA Form 750B with the National Interest Waiver (NIW) I-140 petition. The ETA Form 750B was one of the forms submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) for...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued instructions for entry into the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Visa Lottery. The instructions provide that registration will begin at 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on October 5, 2005 and will end at 12:00pm EST on December 4,...
