sustained H-1B Case: Data Operations

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re: 9042472 
Appeal of Vermont Service Center Decision 
Form 1-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (H-lB) 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date: AUG . 24, 2020 
The Petitioner, a credit research and analytics company, seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary as 
an "Assistant Director - Data Operations" under the H-lB nonimmigrant classification for specialty 
occupations. See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. 
§ 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b). The H-lB program allows a U.S. employer to temporarily employ a qualified 
foreign worker in a position that requires both (a) the theoretical and practical application of a body 
of highly specialized knowledge and (b) the attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree in the specific 
specialty (or its equivalent) as a minimum prerequisite for entry into the position. 
The Director of the Vermont Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the proffered position 
does not qualify as a specialty occupation. On appeal, the Petitioner submits additional evidence and 
asserts that the Director erred. 
In these proceedings, it is the Petitioner's burden to establish eligibility for the requested benefit, and 
we follow the preponderance of the evidence standard as specified in Matter of Chawathe, 25 l&N 
Dec. 369, 375-76 (AAO 2010). Based upon our de nova review, we conclude that the nature of the 
proffered position's specific duties is so specialized and complex that the knowledge required to perform 
them is usually associated with the attainment of a bachelor's degree in a specific specialty, or the equivalent. 
The record of proceedings therefore satisfies 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A)(4). The Petitioner has also 
established that the proffered position qualifies for classification as a specialty occupation as defined 
by section 214(i)(l) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1184(i)(l) , and 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(ii). Further, the 
record also establishes that the Beneficiary is qualified to perform the duties of the proffered position. 
ORDER: The appeal is sustained.