sustained H-1B Case: Social Networking

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re: 9369294 
Appeal of California Service Center Decision 
Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (H-IB) 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : MAR. 13, 2020 
The Petitioner , a social networking company, seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary under the 
H-IB nonimmigrant classification for specialty occupations. Immigration and Nationality Act section 
101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b). The H-IB 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 California Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the Petitioner did 
not establish that the Beneficiary is qualified for the proffered position. 
In these proceedings, it is the Petitioner's burden to establish eligibility for the requested benefit. 
Section 291 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1361. Upon de nova review, we will sustain the appeal. 
After reviewing all of the evidence in support of the Beneficiary's qualifications, including education 
documents and letters from the Beneficiary's professors, we conclude it is more likely than not that 
she is qualified to perform the duties of the proffered position consistent with section 214(i)(2)(B) of 
the Act and 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(C)(l). 
ORDER: The appeal is sustained.