Immigrant Daily

USCIS Guidance Memo on H-1B Health Care Specialty Occupation

In order to clear doubts regarding the standards for adjudicating H-1B petitions filed on behalf of beneficiaries seeking employment in a health care specialty occupation, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Service Center Operations Chief, Barbara Q Velarde issued a memo to Service Center Directors. The memo avers Adjudicators to consult the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) to determine whether the position being offered qualifies as a specialty occupation under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) regulations. The memo illustrates various situations and suggests recourses and mandatory requirements the Adjudicators should take while adjudicating these applications.

For complete information, please click USCIS’ Guidance Memo on H-1B Health Care Specialty Occupation