H1B transfer to MSFT denied!

Amazon / Eng
Ban282!

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Ban282!
Nov 20, 2018 83 Comments

Wanted to move to MSFT

Undergraduate Degree - Electronics engineering

Masters Degree from USC computer science

Reason - Emplyoee's lack of specialized knowledge!

YOE - 4

TC - 235K

What are my options?

My H1B renewal is coming in 8 months or so.

---Edit---

Moving from SDE2 to 63

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TOP 83 Comments
  • Amazon
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    Shit like this is nonsense
    Nov 20, 2018 18
  • Amazon
    Jm22

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    Jm22
    Fu*ing racist pigs sitting in uscis ... this is ethnic cleansing
    Nov 20, 2018 10
    • Amazon
      Jm22

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      Jm22
      Cissna was handpicked by Trump administration who is (along with the staff that HE hired) absolutely and directly responsible for increase in H1B rejections. 85% of H1Bs are held by Indians and Chinese so stop living in an imaginary world where there is nothing wrong with employment based immigration. It is clear case of “subtle” ethnic cleansing(period)
      Nov 22, 2018
    • Google
      skillet

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      skillet
      You tell me the Trump administration has it's agenda, I am with you. The folks in USCIS who are adjudicating are simply soldiers who march where they are asked to. Majority of them are career employees and are the same people who approved your previous petitions.

      There is a subtle difference, but your target isn't USCIS, your target is the trump administration (and administration appointees).
      Nov 22, 2018
  • A degree is a degree. What makes you special?
    Nov 20, 2018 5
    • Microsoft / Eng
      BadNews

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      BadNews
      The master’s degree is special. Not everybody has one.
      Nov 20, 2018
    • ZocDoc
      brunch

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      brunch
      Read the rules. Master's degree does not automatically mean specialized knowledge. Your logic is extremely flawed and it's not in line with the rules. You must prove that you have specialized knowledge that is essential for the role you are filling and you must also prove that it is difficult to find a US legal resident to fill the role.

      Just having a master's does not mean you get a visa. That was never the intent of the H1 program.

      Not everyone has a red hat but that doesn't make them special.
      Nov 20, 2018
  • Intel
    #IronMan

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    #IronMan
    This is really annoying. I think they are just denying blindly if this really happened
    Nov 20, 2018 3
    • Microsoft / Eng
      BadNews

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      BadNews
      It’s not «a [simple] college degree ». It’s a masters degree. It’s advanced, I.e. a sign of specialized knowledge
      Nov 20, 2018
    • ZocDoc
      brunch

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      brunch
      I never said simple college degree. Kind of crappy to change my meaning. Even a master's does not always mean specialized knowledge.

      Granted the OP did not give much details on what the job was or what the specialized knowledge is. But most complaints about the program here are for general software engineering positions.

      Again, this is not my opinion, this is how the rules were written. They are just being enforced. The only way to change them is to have some immigration reform. That's just how it is.
      Nov 20, 2018
  • eBay
    tkv85z

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    tkv85z
    I think this is just an old white American acting like an Indian to make us scared and go back to India.
    Nov 21, 2018 3