H-1B Specialty Occupations: Applying the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) to the Educational Requirements | Practical Law

H-1B Specialty Occupations: Applying the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) to the Educational Requirements | Practical Law

A Practice Note describing how US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) in the H-1B specialty occupations petitioning process. This Note also includes charts assessing the likelihood that USCIS will find that the OOH educational language for certain positions meets the specialty occupation requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

H-1B Specialty Occupations: Applying the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) to the Educational Requirements

by David Grunblatt, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP, with Practical Law Labor & Employment
Maintained • USA (National/Federal)
A Practice Note describing how US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) in the H-1B specialty occupations petitioning process. This Note also includes charts assessing the likelihood that USCIS will find that the OOH educational language for certain positions meets the specialty occupation requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act.