Immigration Law & H-1B Speciality Occupation Visas

02 Jan Successful Response to H-1B RFE re: 6 Year Maximum and Place of Employment

Posted at 17:12h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas

Getson & Schatz P.C was able to successfully obtain an H-1B approval, despite a Request for additional evidence from the USCIS, for a petitioning employer who filed Form I-129 on behalf a Chinese beneficiary. Getson & Schatz was able to submit evidence showing that the...

12 Dec USCIS Grants 3 Year Extension of H-1B Status for Analytical Chemist

Posted at 18:23h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Our immigration lawyers successfully represented a private company servicing the U.S. chemical and pharmaceutical industries in obtaining approval for a 3 year extension of H-1B status for a beneficiary in the position of Analytical Chemist. The beneficiary had been lawfully employed in H-1B status with...

17 Aug FY-2015 H-1B Cap Case Approved for a Market Research Analyst

Posted at 17:38h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz, P.C. successfully represented an independent, coeducational, college preparatory boarding school in obtaining approval for an H-1B visa for a beneficiary for the position of Market Research Analyst under the FY-2015 H-1B cap. The job duties of the position involve choosing the most...

23 Jun Getson & Schatz, P.C. Secures Approval of H-1B Petition that was Previously Denied When Filed by Another Law Firm

Posted at 14:28h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Our immigration law firm in Philadelphia will often handle cases that were previously denied because the immigration law firm that initially handled the case did not recognize all of the issues and/or did not properly prepare the evidence. An internationally renowned spa recently hired Getson &...

10 Jun H-1B Petition Approved for Landscape Designer Under U.S. Master’s Cap

Posted at 17:29h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz P.C. successfully represented an Architecture and Planning firm in obtaining approval for a cap-subject H-1B petition on behalf of a Chinese beneficiary for the position of Landscape Designer. The job duties of the position included collecting information for design projects, planning designs...

12 May FY-2015 H-1B Petition Approved for Consular Processing

Posted at 17:37h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz P.C. was able to successfully represent a performance optimization consulting engineering firm in securing an H-1B visa for a prospective employee for the position of a Performance Optimization Engineer pursuant to a FY-2015 H-1B cap petition. The consulting firm provides services to...

10 Feb Getson & Schatz Successfully Petitions for H-1B Change of Employer

Posted at 20:03h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Our Philadelphia immigration lawyers successfully helped a large shipping and distribution company petition USCIS in order to employ an H-1B worker who wished to change employers. A similar company had employed this worker, who possessed a Master of Science Degree in industrial engineering. Our firm...

23 Jan H-1B Change of Employer for Assistant Professor at Prominent College

Posted at 10:53h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

With the help of our Philadelphia immigration attorneys, a prominent college successfully petitioned for an H-1B change of employer for a specialty occupation worker who transitioned from the private sector to academia, while also helping this professor’s wife and child secure H-4 status. This specialty...

22 Aug H-1B Petition Approved for Science Teacher

Posted at 20:05h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz represented a preparatory school in the process of sponsoring an individual for an H-1B visa status for the position of Science Teacher. The client was a citizen of the Philippines who had previously been in the United States in J1 Status and...

20 Jan Change of Status Approved from TN to H-1B

Posted at 17:01h in H-1B Specialty Occupation Visas, Success Stories

Getson & Schatz represented a contract research organization (CRO) in the Philadelphia area in the process of sponsoring an individual for H-1B status. CROs provide support, outsourced on a contact basis, to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, as well as foundations, research institutions,...