LexisNexis Data Analyst’s H-1B Denial Reversed by Federal Judge

A data analyst for LexisNexis can continue to work for the company following a federal judge’s ruling that her H-1B visa was unreasonably denied.

Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Aug. 5 issued a strong rebuke of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ rejection of the company’s petition on the ground that it didn’t prove that the position was a “specialty occupation” as required for the visa.

He also rejected the agency’s attempt to get the case thrown out because the USCIS had decided to “reopen” the administrative case by sending LexisNexis another ...