H-1B Approval for Law Firm Petitioner, Attorney Beneficiary

CASE: H-1B Visa Petition

PETITIONER:  Law Firm

BENEFICIARY: Lawyer

Our client is a boutique law firm. The beneficiary  obtained his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in the United States and is admitted in a State Bar to practice law. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is an associate attorney which clearly qualifies as a specialty occupation. One could not work as an associate attorney without having a bar license, which one could not even apply for without a law degree (which equates to a “Master’s Degree or Higher” standard for H-1B petitions).

Once retained, our office promptly filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on December 14, 2010 via premium processing service. There were no Requests for Evidence during the processing of the H-1B.  Eventually, our client’s H-1B application was approved on December 27, 2010 which was within two weeks.  Now our client can work as an associate attorney for his employer as an H-1B visa holder and he can work there for next three years.