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| Frequently Asked Questions |
Your Immigration Questions Answered by VisaPro.
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| 1. | What is H-1B work visa? | | | |
| | The H-1B specialty workers visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign nationals to enter into the U.S. and perform services in a prearranged professional job. The job must be in a 'specialty occupation' and must require a bachelor's degree as a minimum for entry into the field. |
| | | | | Note: The H-1B work visa allows an organization with an IRS Tax Number/ Federal Employer Identification
Number to employ a foreign national for up to six years. |
| 2. | What is 'specialty occupation' for the purposes of H-1B visa? | | |
| | | A specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent. |
| | | | | Note: Architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, education, business specialties, accounting, law, theology, and the arts are specialty occupations. |
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| 3. | How do I qualify for H-1B visa? |
| | | | | To qualify for H-1B visa, you must: |
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Demonstrate that you have the ability to work in the specialty occupation that requires the theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge |  |
| • | Be coming to the U.S. to earn money or a livelihood working in a professional capacity, and not for pursuing a hobby, for pass time, giving free advice or humanitarian service | |
| • | Seek temporary entry into the U.S. | |
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Have a bachelor's degree or the equivalent in work experience. The USCIS may accept three years of work experience for each year of missing university education. This may be considered the equivalent of a four-year bachelor's degree |
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This classification also applies to Government-to-Government research and development, or co-production projects administered by the Department of Defense |
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