What is the next step with the H1-B Temporary Work Visa?
The H-1B visa petition must be filed with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) demonstrating the following: • The employer’s bona fide need for an H-1B specialty worker – This is often the easiest aspect of an H-1B Visa petition to demonstrate. As a general rule large and well-known businesses do not have much difficulty in showing they have a need for an H-1B worker. Problems can be encountered if the employer is small, or if the business was recently started. In such cases USCIS has requested evidence relating to the stability of the business such as tax returns, payroll records and other evidence of the company’s bona fide business activities. • The Position Must Actually Be a Specialty Occupation – Demonstrating that a position is in a specialty occupation is quite easy with some jobs, such as engineers and physicians. With many positions, however, it is not as straight forward. In these situations, the application must carefully define and describe the job. Two vo
