sustained H-1B Case: Unknown

U.S. Citizenship 
and Immigration 
Services 
In Re : 3300709 
Appeal of Vermont Service Center Decision 
Form I-129 , Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker (H-lB) 
Non-Precedent Decision of the 
Administrative Appeals Office 
Date : APR. 22, 2020 
The Petitioner seeks to temporarily employ the Beneficiary under the H-lB nonimmigrant classification for 
specialty occupations . See Immigration and Nationality Act (the Act) section 10l(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), 8 U.S.C. 
§ 110l(a)(15)(H)(i)(b). 
The Director of the Vermont Service Center denied the petition, concluding that the record did not establish 
that the proffered position qualifies as a specialty occupation. Upon de nova review, we will sustain the 
appeal. 
Based upon our review of the entire record of proceedings, we find that the Petitioner has overcome the basis 
of the Director's denial and conclude that the record establishes that the nature of the specific duties is so 
specialized and complex that the knowledge required to perform them is usually associated with the 
attainment of a bachelor's or higher degree in a specific specialty, or its equivalent. Specifically, the 
Petitioner bas provided a detailed job description and explained why these duties, when performed within 
the context of its specific business operation, are specialized and complex. Therefore, the record satisfies the 
criterion at 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(b)(4)(iii)(A)(4). 
Moreover, though the Petitioner identified a range of degrees as acceptable for the proffered position that on 
its face may appear broad , the record of proceedings in this particular case establishes by a preponderance of 
the evidence that the knowledge associated with the proposed duties nonetheless constitutes a "body of highly 
specialized knowledge" such that attainment of one of those degrees would still constitute a degree "in the 
specific specialty" as contemplated by section 214(i)(l) of the Act. See Matter of Chawathe, 25 I&N Dec. 
369, 376 (AAO 2010). In sum, the Petitioner has 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) . 
ORDER: The appeal is sustained.