In the past five to six years, the USCIS has tightened its standards surrounding what academically qualifies an EB2 applicant for his or her specialty occupation. This has caused an outbreak of RFE's for education situations because USCIS standards are
tighter than those of employers.
Many employees are hired because their bachelor's or master's degrees in a field related to their occupation is sufficient for their employers to recognize that they have the specialized skills and knowledge to be successful at their jobs. Even though
the degree may not precisely fit the field of employ, the knowledge base is there. This is not the case for the USCIS.
Now, the USCIS has been issuing RFE's to petitioners whose degree specialization doesn't exactly match their field of employ. If a foreign degree is deemed to be equivalent to the necessary US degree, if the specialization does not match the field of
employ, the USCIS will not recognize that the applicant's education meets PERM requirements.
Read more...
http://www.thedegreepeople.com/case-study-eb2-rfe-for-education-not-matching-perm-requirement-approved/
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