CASE: H-1B Visa Petition
PETITIONER: Dental Clinic
BENEFICIARY: Nepalese Dentist in Cleveland, OH
Our client is a dental clinic located in Cleveland, Ohio. They contacted our office in early March of this year to seek legal assistance for a possible H-1B petition for their foreign employee.
The beneficiary obtained her Doctor of Dental Surgery in the United States. Moreover, she is a licensed dentist in the state of Ohio. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is an associate dentist which clearly qualifies as a specialty occupation.
Upon retention, our office prepared and eventually filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on March 31, 2016 via regular processing service. This H-1B petition was selected after the lottery.
However, the USCIS issued Request for Evidence (RFE) on June 8, 2016 and requested beneficiary’s pay stubs during her OPT employment. Moreover, the USCIS asked Beneficiary to submit evidence to show whether she has maintained her non-immigrant status lawfully in the United States. Our office gathered the evidence from Beneficiary and submitted the Response to RFE to USCIS on June 22, 2016. Eventually, our client’s H-1B application was approved on August 24, 2016.