CASE: H-1B Visa Petition
PETITIONER: Beauty Supply Distributing / Retail Company
BENEFICIARY: Korean Product Safety / Quality Assurance Director
Our client is a large beauty supply material distributer / retailer in Cleveland, Ohio. They contacted our office in February of this year to seek legal assistance from our office for their foreign employee.
The beneficiary obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering in South Korea and is pursuing his Associate’s degree in Accounting in the United States. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is a Product Safety / Quality Assurance Director. We had to argue that this qualifies as a specialty occupation. We had to show that this position is a “specialty occupation” because the minimum requirements for this position are a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical or Industrial Engineering or its equivalent.
Once retained, our office filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on March 31, 2014 via regular processing service. This H-1B petition was selected after the lottery and was thus processed.
Eventually, our client’s H-1B application was approved on May 16, 2014 without any Request for Evidence. Starting October 1, 2014, he can work for his employer on an H-1B status for the next three years.