This nonimmigrant classification applies to people who wish to perform services in a specialty
occupation or services as a fashion model of distinguished merit or ability.
A specialty occupation is one that requires the application of a body of highly specialized
knowledge and the attainment of at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent.
The intent of the H-1B provisions is to help employers who cannot otherwise obtain needed
business skills and abilities from the U.S. workforce by authorizing the
temporary employment of qualified individuals who are not otherwise authorized to work in the
United States
These includes but not limited to fields in biotechnology, chemistry, computing,
architecture, engineering, statistics, physical sciences, journalism, medicine and health:
doctor, dentists, nurses, physiotherapists, economics, education, research, law, accounting,
business specialties, technical writing, theology, and the arts, and requiring
the attainment of a bachelor's degree or its equivalent as a minimum.
Also, the foreign worker must possess at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent and state
licensure, if required to practice in that field.
H-1B work-authorization is strictly limited to employment by the sponsoring employer.
A person in H-1B status must continue to be employed by their employer in order to stay in H-1B
status. If the person's employment ends for any reason, the person must
leave the United States, unless the person applies for and is granted a change of status or
finds another employer compatible with the H-1B status.
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