Hello everybody my name is Jacob Sapochnick and I'm an immigration attorney based in San
Diego California.
In this video, I'm going to share with you my top tips for filing an H1B Visa successfully
and maximizing your chances of approval.Tip number one make sure that your education matches
the job that you're applying for the job that is actually sponsoring you.
For example, if you have a degree in history if you have to give in writing and you're
applying to do a job of a marketing person.
While it's possible to do that, it's very important that your degree evaluation and
the way your position is being created must match the requirement of the job.
So it's very difficult to get H1B Visa approved these days when the degree is not completely
related to the job that you're doing.
So it's very important to consult with an immigration attorney who specializes in H1B
Visa to understand first of all if it's even possible to do that and how to make the connection
between your degree and the job that you are applying for.
The second tip that we have is to make sure that the job itself requires a degree.
So for example, if you are doing a sales position, if you're applying for a position in sales
and they're trying to get your H1B then that position is not gonna work because sales jobs
are not qualified for H1B Visas and how do we know?
Well, there are ways to research in the Occupational on Online occupational handbook which is the
database for immigration are looking at to see which position require a degree in which
position not requiring a degree.
So for again, consult with an attorney to determine whether the job itself even requires
a degree under immigration and if not don't waste your time applying for an H1B Visa.
The third tip that I'll tell you is make sure that you understand what is the salary that
is required to be paid for this position before you file for H1B.
So for example, if you're applying for an engineering job in San Francisco, it will
be more than one hundred fifty thousand a year for that position.
If your employer is not willing or not able to pay you that salary you're not going to
be successful in your H1B because it's going to fail.
One of the things that we need and when we do in H1B Visa is get a labor condition application
filed and certified.
And that labor condition application tells you the wage that you need for that position,
if your employer is not able or not willing to pay you that wage you're now going to be
successful in filing for the H1B Visa.
Our next tip is to make sure that the application that is filed is highly organized with all
the exhibits and all the supporting documents that are showing that the job is complex enough
that you qualify it experience wires, education wires and that the Immigration Service can
see the link between your experience and the complexity of the job.
So therefore, an application that is not highly organized with correct exhibits with correct
information would likely, more likely result in a request for evidence and once you get
a request for evidence it's very very difficult to fight it and get it approved.
It's very important that the filing fees must be paid by the employer in H1B application
and also they should be separated in separate checks.
So don't include them all in one lump sum.
For example, if you're gonna be expediting your petition by using the one thousand to
twenty-five expedite fee that check should be separate with the i-narrow seven form.
All the other fees that are included are several fees in each one application should be paid
by the employer and should all be written out in separate checks.
Highly important because, if there's a mistake in the in one check they may send the whole
application back and you will not be selected in a lottery.
One final tip that we have is, it's very important to send the application to the correct address.
So many cases are being sent back because they are not reading instructions.
Remember we have the California Service Center, we have the Vermont Service Center.
If you're in the East Coast, if you're in the West Coast and read the instructions on
the form, make sure that you check them with your attorney and file it in the correct place.
If you don't file in the correct place your file will be sent back.
The more you're careful with the job description a detailed job description, highly anticipating
the specialty occupation requests for evidence, the more chances your case will be approved
and selected in the lottery.
We wish you a lot of success in the H1B application filing make sure and I hope that your H1B
application will be selected and if you don't make it now it's not the end of the world
you can still fight it.
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