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03 Jul 2024

Shortly before my I-94 expired, I applied for my H-4 extension. The following week, the USCIS rejected my package because there was a missing page in my form I-539. I immediately refiled the application with the missing page, and I included the rejection letter. But, by then, my I-94 already had expired. Will the USCIS honor the original filing date?

Answer Ordinarily, if an application is filed and then rejected by the USCIS, the USCIS will not honor that as the filing date. The filing date is established only when a case is properly filed with the USCIS.Note that a rejected filing is different from a...

12:52 / FAQs / For Families / For Individuals / Nonimmigrant Family / USCIS News / Worker
26 Jun 2024

I received the following text message today, claiming to be from the USCIS: ” Green Card applicants who receive a request for Form I-693 should return it as soon as possible by overnight, priority, or courier delivery.” Is this a legit message? 

Answer We have a number of clients who have received such messages. We can't 100 percent confirm that these messages came from the USCIS, but we strongly suspect that they are legitimate. Regardless, it does not change our advice. If a person has a pending I-485...

12:13 / FAQs / For Individuals / Resident / USCIS News
30 May 2024

Murthy Snapshot: USCIS Updates Guidance for Family-Based Immigrant Petitions

On May 22, 2024, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released updated guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on the processing and adjudication of form I-130, petition for alien relative, which is filed in family-based immigration cases. Here are the key points you need...

11:53 / Citizen / Family Based / For Families / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Resident / USCIS News
27 May 2024

Murthy Success: EB1(a) Approved for Computer Networking and Info Security Expert

The Murthy Law Firm regularly assists foreign nationals in filing self-sponsored immigrant petitions under the EB1(a) category as persons of extraordinary ability (EA). In one such case, the immigrant petition (form I-140) was filed for an expert in the field of computer networking and information...

09:09 / EB1 Category / EB2 National Interest Waiver / Employment Based / For Individuals / NewsBrief / Resident / Success Story / USCIS News