CIS will not accept that Indian three-year bachelors degree as the equivalent of a US four-year bachelors degree. Yes, US graduate programs do. Yes, international trade agreements do. Yes, there are an equivalent if not greater number of credit hours in the Indian three-year bachelors degree as the US four-year degree. None of this matters when it comes to getting your visa, or your employee or client’s visa approved because CIS is hung up on the missing fourth year.
When you file the H1B petition, you need to make sure it includes a credential evaluation that converts years of progressive work experience into college credit to account for the missing fourth year of education. This is the only way we’ve seen beneficiaries with this degree successfully answer and avoid these RFEs. Three years of progressive work experience can be converted into one full year of college credit in that field with a credential evaluation written by a professor with the authority to grant college credit for work experience. In this work, you or your employee or client must have taken on progressively more responsibility with duties of increasing specialization and complexity, indicating that the work experience was educational as well.
Make sure you have, or your employee or client has the right kind of work experience, and enough of it, to account for the missing fourth year of college education. Visit ccifree.com/ and attach the beneficiary’s resume and educational documents, and indicate the job in question. We will get back to you within 48 hours with a full analysis and our recommendations.