Every year, we see more and more education RFEs on H1-B visas. In the recent past, maybe 4% tops of all H1-B petitions were met with RFE's. Now, around 25% of all of these petitions are met with RFEs. Issues with a candidate's education are very common
reasons USCIS will issue an RFE.
Why are there so many education RFEs?
Reason #1 - The candidate's education equivalence does not match the job offer.
Reason #2 - See Reason #1.
Reason #3 - See Reasons #1 and #2.
Aren't there any other reasons CIS would call a candidate's education into question? Not really. There are small issues where CIS requests additional or more complete education documentation, but 90% of the RFEs are about the education equivalence not
matching the title of the job offer. Education RFEs are very common because while employers will hire employees with degrees in related fields, CIS requires an H1-B employee's degree to be an exact match for their job.
Read more...
http://www.thedegreepeople.com/the-top-3-reasons-for-education-h1-b-rfes/
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