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I replied elsewhere - but this was my (successful - now an LPR) path. My lawyer told me you need a 4 year degree equivalent, and 4 years of experience can conv
by PointyDog 3y ago
I replied elsewhere - but this was my (successful - now an LPR) path.
My lawyer told me you need a 4 year degree equivalent, and 4 years of experience can convert to a year.
If you have zero university education, that would be 16 years' experience required, based on that lawyer's legal instruction.
- tehsauce 3y ago8 years of real experience equated to 2 years of university? That is such a shame.
- pasoevi 3y agoI don't see 8 => 2. I see 3 => 1 from Peter and 4 => 1 in this answer.
- ke88y 3y agoThis is ridiculous in both directions. In one direction, someone can have 12 months of tech industry experience with more knowledge than a Masters degree holder. In the other direction, it's also possible to have 30 years of real experience in the tech industry without being particularly skilled labor (the apocryphal "three months of experience, repeated a hundred times").
- shagie 3y agoThe relevant part is 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(D)(5) ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2#h_4_iii_D_5 https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.2#h_4_iii_D_5 ) > 5) A determination by the Service that the equivalent of the degree required by the specialty occupation has been acquired through a combination of education, specialized training, and/or work experience in areas related to the specialty and that the alien has achieved recognition of expertise in the specialty occupation as a result of such training and experience. For purposes of determining equivalency to a baccalaureate degree in the specialty, three years of specialized training and/or work experience must be demonstrated for each year of college-level training the alien lacks. For equivalence to an advanced (or Masters) degree, the alien must have a baccalaureate degree followed by at least five years of experience in the specialty