Education Requirements for H1B??
 

Hi,

I am currently in talks with an Oklahoma Company to get a H1b to work in the US for them.

Now they have found an immigration lawyer who I am also in contact with. I have just received an email that has me quite worried.

Basically he is saying for the Education side of the visa that I need the equivalent to a US Degree. I have a UK 3 year Bachelor of Science Degree plus 4 years work experience. The attorney is saying I need 5 years of work experience after my graduation plus my degree does this sound right?

I thought my Degree plus 4 years of work in the 3D Architectural Modelling world would be enough?

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Most Bachelor degrees in the US are 4-year courses... when you add that to 4 years work experience, it adds up to 8 years. You're giving them 7.... but it sounds as though they want that extra year.

Ian

Re: Education Requirements for H1B??
 

It's enough to satisfy the requirements for an H1b. Whether it's enough for the company is up to them.

Re: Education Requirements for H1B??
 

Hi:

I have problems with that. However, I have also had many a consultation where client tells me what another attorney told them. I go that doesn't sound right, do you mind if I call the other lawyer inasmuch as we are good friends. In that situation, I have invariably found that what the client heard is not what the attorney said. I wonder if that is what happened here?

The five years experience after graduation is for a different application than the H-1b. I really don't do this area of practice anymore -- but from my past experience I see a couple other ways to handle this.

The above statements are meant to be general in nature. I may be a lawyer, but I am NOT your lawer.

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Thanks for the replys.

I totally understand that your not my Lawyer Folinskyinla but I do appreciate your advice/info.

Well there is a possibility he got confused as we were also talking about Green Card applications in the same email. I sent a quick email quirying the 5 year thing and he said he thought my degree was a 4 year one and that when he recives my degree certificate etc he will send it to a company to assess what it equals in the US.

Just hoping my Degree is up to scratch for the US :unsure:.

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When I went for an H-1B, my lawyer put together paperwork to show my 3-year bachelors equaled a 4-year US bachelors. The quite lengthy document talked about how in the UK we specialise in 3-subjects (sometimes 4) for A-levels when we are 16. The document basically said 2-years of A-levels plus 3-years of college = 4-year US bachelors.

I would perhaps blow the cobwebs off any of your old A-level docs and send copies of them also.

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Heh that could prove difficult lol. I did not do A Levels but a GNVQ, got a distinction which I am told is equal to 2-3 A levels but not sure if this would be seen the same way in the US.