This week, we were very pleased to hear from another client who had received approval for his I-140 visa. It’s always wonderful to hear good news from people we have been able to help, and to offer help for someone else who has received an RFE or Denial. This person had received an RFE based on EDGE, so this approval was especially good news, and may offer hope to many.

This person had obtained a three-year degree from India, and the USCIS required additional evidence that his degree was equivalent to a US Bachelor Degree. Using all of the documentation and research accumulated by Dr. Sheila Danzig and Professor John Kersey, we were able to show satisfactorily that this degree was indeed the educational equivalent of a US Bachelor Degree.

This can be a difficult process, because universities in India do not document semester credit hours in the same manner as the US. However, when clients are able to obtain the actual number of credit hours from the university, they are usually able to satisfactorily demonstrate that they have at least as many contact hours as those required for a US Bachelor Degree.

We are always very glad to hear from our clients when we have been successful in demosntrating their academic credentials to be equivalent for immigration purposes. We also are glad to be able to share general details about these cases in the hopes that they may help a potential or future client. If you’ve received good news about your RFE or denial, contact us and let us know. We won’t use your name or particular details unless you give us permission to do so. We will honor your privacy. Just let us share the good news and hope with other people who are experiencing the same difficulties you have!

We just received word from an attorney with whom we work that another of our clients’ I140 visas had been approved as a result of the foreign credentials evaluation through CCI. We were very glad to hear that this client’s evaluation had been accepted after the RFE had been issued.

The client holds a three-year degree from India, as well as  a Master Degree. The requirement was a minimum Bachelor Degree, but combining degrees is not permitted for I-140 visas. To help this person, Director Sheila Danzig and consultant Professor John Kersey worked to show that the client’s 3-year degree was the U.S. equivalency of a Bachelor Degree.

The process is complicated, and involves an extensive amount of research sometimes, so it can be expensive, often nearly $1200. This often involves extensive consultations with attorneys, research, and access to our evidence archives so that attorneys can reference little-known information in their briefs.

Of course, not every 3-year degree can be shown as the educational equivalency of a US Bachelor Degree. So we encourage all clients, especially those who have received RFEs or denials, to submit their information for a pre-evaluation so that we can offer them an accurate estimate of whether we will be able to help. Our success rates with these complicated cases is very high, and there is a lot of work involved sometimes. So there is a lot of cheering and celebration when we receive word from another of our clients that they have been approved!

Recently, we had the pleasure of hearing from a very satisfied customer that his immigrant visa had been approved. We were glad to hear about this, and glad that he had contacted us to share the good news.

Our client had applied for and received EB-2 approval with a 3-year degree and 2-year postgraduate degree. CCI has been fortunate to have considerable success in approval rates for these educational evaluations. While USCIS has made approval of 3-Year Degrees from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh much more challenging, we have been able to supply sufficient documentation to show that these degrees are in fact the international equivalency of a U.S. Bachelor Degree.

Through our foreign education credential evaluations process, we are able to determine quickly whether a person’s foreign degree is equivalent to accredited education within the United States. Often, clients submit their documents to us for a low-cost pre-evaluation, which helps us to determine what type of evaluation and/or expert opinion will best meet that person’s needs. Our goal is to provide the timeliest, most economical, most effective evaluation report possible for each client.

If your evaluation has helped you gain approval for a visa, for university admission, or for employment, we would love to hear from you. Just register and post on our guest blog, or contact us and share your success story. We won’t use your name or any identifying information unless you specifically approve it. Share your feedback and make your voice heard.

by Sheila Danzig

Strangely it depends on where you got that degree and what you are using it for. In the US you can take four or more years to complete a degree. It has been reported that it can be completed by testing out in as little as 4 months see www.degree.com/new.

However if you are coming in from another country there is a good deal of controversy with many universities, educators and evaluators saying a bachelor’s degree is eqivalent to a bachelor’s degree. Certainly the UNESCO guidelines – which are legally binding – state that. However this is no guarantee that your non-US bachelor’s degree, even one that represents far more study hours than a US bachelor’s degree will be considered equivalent. While we as American’s seem to think we are the “gold standard” for world education looking at transcripts knows that many foreign degree holders have worked much harder than their conterparts in the US. For an interesting look at the Indian 3-Year Degree see http://degree.com/articles/3-year-indian-degree.html.

The professionals at Career Consulting International are strongly committed to their clients’s successes. We are thrilled to hear when a client has received approval for immigration visas because it means that we have been able to help one more person in a difficult situation.

One of our goals is to communicate these successes to others, so that other people who have foreign degrees will be encouraged to know about these successful visa applications. If you have had a successful application for an H1-B Visa, an I-140, an EB Visa, or a TN Visa through our consultation services, please write us and tell us about your experience. We want to be able to encourage others through spreading the news of your success. We won’t use your name unless you give us permission.

We recently had the pleasure of learning from a person living in Nebraska who successfully applied for an EB-2. This person’s case involved a 3-Year Degree. The individual was unable to produce mark sheets for the transcripts. Despite this, we were able to offer an evaluation report that helped to gain approval.

We care deeply about the outcomes of our clients’ applications, and work hard to ensure every chance of success. Help us to spread the news by sharing your story today!