{"id":437,"date":"2020-12-22T13:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T13:41:30","slug":"h-1b-specialty-visas-can-be-granted-to-computer-programmers-says-us-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/h-1b-specialty-visas-can-be-granted-to-computer-programmers-says-us-court\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B Specialty visas can be granted to computer programmers, says American court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new decision by the <strong>US appellate court<\/strong> (referred to as ninth circuit) is a resonating victory for IT organizations that try to sponsor computer programmers for <strong>H-1B visas. <\/strong>The ninth circuit has considered as arbitrary and capricious a decision US citizenship and immigration services. Which had held that computer programmers<strong> <\/strong>are not qualified for <strong>H-1B specialty visas<\/strong>. USCIS had in 2017 canceled an earlier policy memo, which identified the position of <strong>computer programmers<\/strong> as a \u2018specialty\u2019 occupation and thus eligible for H-1B visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this situation, heard by the appellate court,<strong> Innova Solutions<\/strong> had tried to recruit an Indian resident to work as a computer programmer. The H-1B visa application was denied by USCIS. A <strong>US employer<\/strong> who wants to sponsor staff members under the <strong>H-1B program<\/strong>. Needs to show that the position requires \u201ctheoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">H-1B Specialty Visas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be currently possible for <strong>US IT organizations<\/strong> to sponsor techies. Under the category for temporary immigration to the US under <strong>&#8216;specialty&#8217; H-1B visas<\/strong>. Innova Solutions filed the claim against USCIS in 2018 in the Northern District Court of California. The organization had hired one Dilip Dodda for the position of the post of <strong>Programmer Analyst<\/strong> between August 2017 and October 2020. <strong>USCIS <\/strong>denied the visa application in 2017 citing DOL\u2019s Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-right\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.h1btransfersusa.com\/blog\/60-american-lawmakers-urge-biden-to-extend-work-authorizations-for-h-1b-visa-holders-spouses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">60 American lawmakers urge Biden to extend work authorizations for H-1B visa holders\u2019 spouses<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>USCIS relied on the department of labor\u2019s occupational outlook handbook. This expresses that &#8216;most&#8217; <strong>computer programmers<\/strong> have a four-year certification. And it describes that degree as the \u2018typical level of education that most workers require\u2019. It denied the <strong>H-1B application<\/strong> on the grounds that Innova Solutions had neglected to show that a computer programmer qualified as a <strong>&#8216;specialty&#8217; post.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cyrus D Mehta<\/strong>, a New York-based founder of an immigration law office, told TOI. The decision is a refreshing rebuttal to USCIS\u2019s longstanding practice of challenging computer programming on <strong>specialty occupation <\/strong>grounds. 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