B Visa Information Content was adapted from FRAGOMEN resources with permission. What is a H-1B nonimmigrant visa?
An H-1B visa allows individuals to come to the United States and perform services in a “specialty occupation that requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge and the attainment of a bachelor’s or higher degree in the specific specialty (or its equivalent) as a minimum for entry for the occupation in the United States” (INA 214[I]; 8 USC 1184[I]).
