CASE: H-1B Change of Employer
PETITIONER: Dental Clinic
BENEFICIARY: Indian Dentist
LOCATION: Cleveland, OH
Our client is a dental clinic located in Cleveland, Ohio. They contacted our office in November 2020 to seek legal assistance for their foreign employee. The beneficiary is from India and he obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree and a dental license. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is an associate dentist which qualifies as a specialty occupation.
The foreign beneficiary in this case already had his H-1B visa from his previous employer. However, his H-1B visa was not expired yet, and he wanted to extend his H-1B status on the change of employer basis.
Upon retention, our office promptly filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on December 7, 2020 via regular processing. Since this petition was based on a change of employer, this petition was exempt from the annual H-1B cap. Thus, we could file prior to April 1. There were no Requests for Evidence during the processing of the H-1B. Eventually, our client’s H-1B Petition was approved on December 22, 2020 even though it was filed via regular processing. Now the Beneficiary can work for his Petitioner-Employer as an H-1B visa holder and he can work there for next three years.