By Sheila Danzig
Executive Director CCI, www.TheDegreePeople.com / 1.800.771.4723

When evaluating a candidate for a job position that requires a specialized degree, employers will almost always consider a candidate with a degree in a related field qualified. Until about five or six years ago, USCIS would also accept a degree in a
related field as sufficient qualification to approve an H1B visa. This is no longer the case and H1B candidates are running into trouble in the form of RFE's and Denials. Employers hire H1B candidates, but CIS does not approve their visas. The same goes
for candidates with generalized degrees. Even though these candidates continue to get hired, their Visa petitions hit a brick wall. The percentage of H1B petitions that are met with RFE's and Denials climbs higher every year for this reason.

If your job offer is for accountancy but your degree is in economics, CIS will raise a red flag. If you have a generalized degree and are hired for any job that meets the specialization standards of an H1B Visa job, CIS will raise a red flag.

CIS requirements clearly state, "USCIS precedent decisions have confirmed that a generalized degree in business administration, absent specialized experience, is insufficient to qualify an alien beneficiary in a specialty occupation [...] a petitioner
with a business administration degree must establish a particular area and occupation in the field of business administration in which he is engaged."

Read more... http://www.thedegreepeople.com/how-to-bridge-the-fatal-gaps-between-your-degree-and-your-h1b-job/

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)