CASE: H-1B Visa Extension
PETITIONER: Capital Investment Company in Georgia
BENEFICIARY: Lithuanian International Compliance Manager
Our client is a Capital Investment Company in Georgia which owns local and international travel clubs and sells memberships. They contacted our office in late March of 2015 to seek legal assistance for its foreign beneficiary’s H-1B extension..
The beneficiary is Lithuanian and obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in International Law in Lithuania. The proffered position for the Beneficiary was for an International Compliance Manager which we argued qualified as a specialty occupation. We proffered that the minimum requirement for this position is a Bachelor’s Degree in International Law/Relations or its equivalent. She has been working for the Petitioner on a valid H-1B visa.
Once retained, our firm prepared and eventually filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on April 9, 2015 via regular processing. Eventually, without any RFE, our client’s H-1B extension was approved on May 12, 2015. Now, the Beneficiary can continue to work for the Petitioner on an H-1B status until December 7, 2016 (until her duration of H-1B status reaches the 6th year mark).