Service detail

H-1B petition preparation, drafted around the argument USCIS will actually test.

Specialty occupation analysis is the single most common H-1B denial ground. Proximate prepares the petition, exhibits, and supporting narrative under attorney direction, built around the degree-to-duties link and employer-employee relationship USCIS adjudicators are trained to check first.

What Proximate prepares

I-129 petition with H Classification Supplement, drafted for attorney review
Specialty-occupation narrative tying the degree requirement to the actual job duties, not the job title
Exhibit organization coordinated with the DOL-certified Labor Condition Application
Cap-subject vs. cap-exempt status confirmed before drafting begins

Best fit

Firms filing cap-season volume who need drafting capacity without adding headcount
Third-party placement cases where the employer-employee relationship needs to be documented carefully
Cap-exempt filings for firms working with qualifying institutions
RFE response support where the original filing under-argued specialty occupation

The question firms actually ask

How do we make sure the specialty-occupation argument survives an RFE?

The degree requirement has to be tied to the actual duties of the position, not asserted from the job title alone. Proximate drafts the narrative around that link specifically, confirms cap status before anything else starts, and for third-party placement cases documents the employer-employee relationship and right of control rather than assuming it reads clearly from the contract.

Governing authority

Statute: INA 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b); INA 214(c)
Regulation: 8 CFR 214.2(h)
USCIS Policy Manual: USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 2, Part H — Specialty Occupation Workers (H-1B, E-3)
Forms: Form I-129 with H Classification Supplement. LCA certified by DOL must be filed with the petition.

What USCIS scrutinizes

Specialty occupation analysis is the number one denial ground — the degree requirement must be tied to the actual duties, not the job title.
Employer-employee relationship and right of control must be documented for third-party placement, not assumed.
Cap-subject versus cap-exempt status must be confirmed before drafting starts.

Turnaround for this case type

Internal production time -- drafting plus internal quality control, once a case is in production and the file is complete. The clock pauses only for documented missing client documents or pending attorney feedback, never for workload.

H-1B

5 business days

3 drafting & assembly · 2 internal QC

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Proximate supports preparation and operational clarity. Legal strategy, legal advice, filing decisions, and final attorney review remain with the responsible law firm.

Richmond, TX search footprint

Support for firms searching locally around Houston and nationally.

Proximate works with immigration law firms in Richmond, Sugar Land, Houston, and across the Texas Gulf Coast, and supports firms nationwide through the same remote workflow.

RichmondRosenbergSugar LandMissouri CityKatyHoustonPearlandCypressThe WoodlandsConroe

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