sustained H-1B Case: Finance

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re : 8910181 
Appeal of Vermont Service Center Decision 
Form 1-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker (H-lB) 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : JUNE 8, 2020 
The Petitioner , a global provider of credit ratings and analytics, seeks to temporarily employ the 
Beneficiary as an "Associate Analyst 3/ MDG" 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. § 110l(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 record did not 
establish that the proffered position is a specialty occupation. The matter is now before us on appeal. 
On appeal, the Petitioner contends that the petition should be approved . 
The Petitioner bears the burden of proof to demonstrate eligibility by a preponderance of the evidence. 
Section 291 of the Act; Matter of Chawathe, 25 I&N Dec . 369 , 375 (AAO 2010) . Upon de nova 
review , we conclude that the nature of the proffered position's specific dutie s routinely involves highly 
specialized and complex applications of financial and quantitative analysis such 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. § l 184(i)(l) , 
and 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(ii). 
ORDER: The appeal is sustained .