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Senior Counsel Aga Asbury Named to Maine Women’s Fund Board of Directors
FordMurray congratulates senior counsel Aga Asbury on her recent appointment to the Maine Women’s Fund Board of Directors. The Maine...
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Cricketers in Maine Show the Positive Impacts of Immigration
We love this article in the Portland Press Herald about the Maine Cricket League – a group that has been...
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Rule By Memorandum: What You Need to Know about USCIS Updates to NTA Policy
A memo published July 5 by the United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) outlines a policy change that could...
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Why President Trump Doesn’t Need to Change Laws to Rewrite Immigration Policy
The “zero-tolerance” policy on illegal immigration instituted by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in April and discontinued Wednesday via executive order by...
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Not Just Dreamers – Here Are Three Real Immigration Problems Congress Should Address (And How to Fix Them)
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday announced two votes on immigration legislation in the United States House of Representatives, derailing...
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FordMurray Releases Family Sponsorship Guide
FordMurray is pleased to release our 2018 Family Sponsorship Guide. The 14-page guide, authored by Senior Counsel Aga Asbury, serves...
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Physician Groups Worry H-1B Scrutiny to Impact Patient Care
National physician groups are worried that increased scrutiny on H-1B visa applications will impact patient care at teaching hospitals throughout...
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Six Common SEVIS Mistakes and Staying SEVP Compliant with Today’s USCIS
While a May 10 memo from United States Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) does not necessarily change the immigration law...
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FordMurray Welcomes Attorney Aga Asbury
FordMurray founding partners Russell Ford and Michael Murray are pleased to announce the addition of Portland immigration attorney Aga Asbury...
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Green Card and Visa Solutions for Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs
What do Sergey Brin (co-founder, Google), Liz Claiborne (founder, company namesake), Andrew Grove (co-founder, Intel), Jerry Yang (co-founder, Yahoo!), and...
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5 US Business Visas for Foreign-Born Physicians
This article explains immigration pathways for foreign physicians. For a comprehensive look at healthcare immigration for Human Resource Leaders, click here. For...
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How to Hire Foreign Employees: 5 Steps
An international workforce may be the cornerstone of your company’s ability to succeed in an increasingly global market, but how...
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Top Three Options for Individual Not Selected in H-1B Cap Lottery
The USCIS announced this morning that it has received sufficient H-1B Petitions for both the “regular” and “Master’s Degree” Caps...
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Extraordinary Ability, Pizza, and America’s First Lady
The month of March brought news stories that had many people unfamiliar with business immigration asking, “What is extraordinary ability,...
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Recruiting Foreign Students in the Trump Years
For the first time in years – if not decades – colleges, universities and graduate programs in the United States...
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Client Alert: USCIS Suspends Premium Processing on H-1B Cap Petitions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a temporary suspension of premium processing for H-1B Cap petitions, starting April 2,...
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What you Need to Know about Immigration Law Today
On Friday, March 9, FordMurray attorneys Russell Ford and Sara Fleming presented at the University of New Hampshire. In a...
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Profiles in Immigration – The Family Side of Immigration Law
As business immigration attorneys, we help companies employ the best possible candidates, regardless of their nationality. One of these businesses...
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6 Tips to Reduce Your Risk for RFE when Filing Your H-1B
The 2017 H-1B season saw an unprecedented increase in Request for Evidence (RFE) challenges to H-1B visa petitions from the...
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The Opportunity in Today’s Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to hear the Trump Administration’s challenge to a lower court ruling on the...
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