CASE: H-1B Change of Employer
PETITIONER: Software Development and IT Staffing Company
BENEFICIARY: Indian Computer Systems Analyst
LOCATION: Jacksonville, FL
Our client is a fast growing software developing and IT consulting company located in Jacksonville, FL. They contacted our office in September 2014 to seek assistance from our office for their foreign employee. The beneficiary is from India and he obtained his Master of Science degree in Computer Information Systems. The proffered position for the Beneficiary is a Computer Systems Analyst which we argued qualifies as a specialty occupation
The foreign beneficiary in this case already had his H-1B from his previous employer which was in a similar industry. His H-1B status was not yet expired, and he wanted to extend his H-1B status on a change of employer basis.
After retention, our office promptly filed the H-1B visa petition with various supporting documents on October 6, 2014 via regular processing. Since this petition was based on a change of employer, this petition was exempt from the annual cap of the H-1B. Thus, we could file it even after the quotas are gone. Later, our client wished to upgrade his case to premium processing services by submitting Form I-907 and paying $1225 to the USCIS. We made an upgrade request on October 17, 2014. There were no Requests for Evidence during the processing of the H-1B. Eventually, our client’s H-1B Petition was approved on October 30, 2014. Now the Beneficiary can work for his Petitioner-Employer as an H-1B visa holder and he can work there for the next three years.