The path for Indians seeking H-1B visas from the US has become easier

All revoked H-1B visa applications from US companies will be reopened

U.S. Immigration Agency Agrees to Recognize Market Research Analyst as a Specialty Profession

WASHINGTON: The dream of Indian IT professionals seeking a brighter career in the US with an H-1B visa has become easier to realize as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services Market Resort Analyst has not yet been recognized as a specialty occupation.

This made it very difficult for foreigners, especially Indians, to apply for H-1B visas, but now the US Immigration Agency has agreed to allow market research analysts to be recognized as a specialty profession, a major victory for US IT companies. .

The H-1B visa is a nonimmigrant visa that allows U.S. companies to hire foreign workers to work in specialty occupations that require theory and technical expertise.

It may be recalled that most of the IT professionals from India and China apply for H-1B visas to the US for specialty occupations. Most US technology companies rely on it to hire thousands of specialist employees each year from countries like India and China.

A settlement was reached between US IT companies and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services in a federal court in Northern California that a market research analyst would now be recognized as a specialty occupation. Following the settlement, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services will reopen all applications for H-1B visas made by companies and later rejected.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has previously ruled that a market research analyst cannot actually fall into the category of specialty occupations, based on a book called Occupational Outlook, released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

This interpretation led to the rejection of US IT companies' applications for H-1B visas and the failure to hire the required IT specialists. It will provide hundreds of American technology companies with the necessary foreign manpower.