The Bachelors Degree & Specialty Occupation Minimum Requirements For Working in the US on a Visa

The E3 Visa, and to some degree the H1B visa also,years to get an undergraduate bachelors degree but in
has this requirement about Bachelor Degree and thegeneral an Australian Bachelors degree is equivalent to
role being a specialty occupation.a US BA Degree. However you may need more
In short the E3 Visa and H1B visa will apply if the jobyears of relevant work experience if you don't have
you are applying for in the US has a Bachelors Degreeone.
as one of the requirements or conditions for hiring aWith the H1B visa this condition is less documented and
candidate. Now that does not necessarily mean youdue the the limited quota and the competiton usually
need a degree that is relevant to the role you areeveryone has a Bachelors degree as a minimum and
being hired for or even a Bachelors Degree at all.often from a US institution no less.
In the US the undergraduate degree system is a lotSo a specialty occupation for the E3 visa and H1B
more general so people may major in Political Sciencereally becomes a role which requires specialized
for example but go into Investment Banking.knowledge that can be obtained either by you having
If you don't have a bachelors degree, the so-called rulea Degree or enough relevant work experience.
is that you have 2 to 2.5 years of relevant workOf course for either visa, if your role requires some
experience in lieu of each year of a standard degreesort of certification that you need to do in the US to
in the field you are applying for. Now in Australia forply your trade in addition to your background
example you can get Undergraduate Degrees like aqualifications, then you will have to that as well soon
Bachelors in 3 years but in the US it generally takes 4after entering the US.