H-1B Visa Approval for Italian National
Issue
On November 15, 2010 we were contacted by a long-time corporate client who wished to employ an Italian national in a cap subject H-1B position. The company had recently established a new women’s luxury fashion jewelry and accessories brand and had selected the beneficiary to head their operations.
With this petition we faced several challenges:
Our client was eager to have the beneficiary begin employment as soon as possible and also to file quickly in order to secure an H-1B visa number for this fiscal year.
While the parent company had been established for many years, the new brand was small and in the process of being established.
The beneficiary did not have a bachelors degree, foreign or domestic which is a requirement for H-1B visas.
Solution
Our team worked quickly and closely with both the client and the beneficiary to understand the new business, the proposed job duties, and the beneficiary’s experience. Based on these close communications we determined the most appropriate job title for the new employee would be Brand Manager. Once having determined that he would be the Brand Manager, we put together a composite of his job experience and training to establish that he had the equivalent of a US bachelors degree in Business Administration. Having established these details, we prepared an extensive petition with supporting documentation about the company/petitioner, the position, and the beneficiary.
Given the client’s eagerness to have the beneficiary begin employment as soon as possible, we urged the client to file for Premium Processing which would ensure a decision within fifteen days.
We filed the petition on November 30, 2010 and six days later USCIS approved the petition.
By working closely together and forming an effective partnership we were able to meet the client’s needs and produce a positive outcome for the client and the beneficiary within a very limited time-frame.
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