Rose Immigration Law Firm works extensively with computer consulting companies that assign IT professionals across the United States. 

H-1B Visas:  Most programmer analysts, systems analysts, software engineers, and technical support specialists qualify for H-1B.  However, some foreign degrees are not accepted by INS or the consular office.  Also, many computer specialists do not necessarily have a degree in computer science; instead, they have a degree in some other discipline and experience in the computer field.  At Rose Immigration Law Firm, we are always careful to obtain a foreign degree and experience equivalency evaluation in every case of a foreign-trained computer specialist. This will prevent problems in visa processing with an unpredictable consular officer. 

We know that with the IT industry, more than any other, time is of the essence.  We give these cases top priority so that an employer does not lose a good candidate or the project where candidates are to be placed. 

Permanent Residence:  Many computer professionals fall within the EB-3 category for permanent residence.  EB-3, unfortunately, always requires a labor certification, which involves an extensive government review process to confirm that there are no qualified U.S. workers available to fill the position. 

Given the periodic visa backlog for countries such as India and China and the unpredictability of the potential visa backlog for other countries, we assist clients in the computer industry to identify the visa classifications that will avoid the backlog and allow the computer specialist to get down to the business of designing software and computer systems as soon as possible.

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