H-1 Visa for Professionals

The temporary professional visa (H-1B) allows professionals to enter the United States and accept temporary employment within their profession.

This visa is often utilized by engineers, nurses, professors, researchers, computer scientist and other professionals as a means to gain valuable work experience in the United States while receiving a professional income.

1. Baccalaureate or higher; or equivalent foreign degree;
2. Education, specialized training, and/or progressively responsible experience equivalent to the required degree in positions directly related to the position;
3. Employer has ability to pay employees.

1. The LCA and other supporting documents;
2. The applicant’s university degree certificate and mark sheets;
3. Letter from petitioning employer confirming employer’s intent to hire the applicant;
4. Applicant’s work experience letters;
5. Pay slips from current or most recent place of employment;
6. Current telephone numbers of the personnel managers at the applicant’s present and past jobs;
7. Photographs of the inside and outside of the applicant’s current or most recent place of work;
8. A complete resume (bio-data) and cover letter describing current job duties in detail;
9. Personal bank records for the last six months;
10. U.S. company information: photographs of the inside and outside of the company’s offices, prospectus, brochures, and annual report;
11. If the applicant is current working in the United States on an H-1B visa, also submit pay slips for the current calendar year and federal tax returns (IRS Form 1040 and W-2) for all years in which the applicant was employed in the United States;

1. Gather documents
2. Attorney evaluation
3. Sign agreement
4. Submit Prevailing wage form to SESA or EDD
5. Submit ETA 9035 to DOL
6. Submit I-129 to USCIS
7. Consulate interview if outside of US.