Legal Opinion
Vision Builders, LLC v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 5, 2020No. Civil Action No. 2019-3159Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA VISION BUILDERS, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-3159 (TJK) UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Vision Builders is a design services firm seeking to hire a Vice President of Strategic Planning from outside the United States on an H-1B visa. By statute, such visas are reserved for “specialty occupations,” which require “theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge” and “attainment of a bachelor’s or higher degree in the specific specialty (or its…
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