One issue that small and/or new companies often overlook when applying for the H-1B visa, is that USCIS will look at the size, age, number of employees and revenue generated when they are deciding whether to issue the visa. USCIS has a fraud detection unit that looks for:
- What year the company was established;
- Number of employees;
- Revenue generated.
If two of the three criteria are either low or indicate that the company is new, immigration officials will send it to the fraud detection unit and a Request for Evidence (RFE) will be issued.
In the video below, immigration attorney and CEO of OnlineVisas, Jon Velie, offers his inside tips on how a new or small business can avoid falling into the RFE trap.
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The nonimmigrant H-1B visa allows U.S. companies to employ foreign nationals with theoretical or technical knowledge in a specialty occupation.
H-1BImmigration Attorney Jon Velie explains the steps required to get an H-1B visa (specialty occupation) for the United States.
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