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That depends upon whether your bachelor’s degree was earned in the US or if not, is the equivalent of a US baccalaureate degree – and whether it is related to the position that you will be sponsored for, which must be in a specialty occupation requiring a related bachelors degree. If your bachelor’s degree is not the equivalent of a US bachelor’s degree, you might be able to qualify for H-1B specialty occupation status if you had sufficient related professional work to make up for the lack of a US degree. In immigration parlance, three years of such work can make up for one year of missing education. There is even the possibility of your master schooling being added to your baccalaureate schooling to give you the equivalent of a baccalaureate degree related to the specialty occupation. If you meet those conditions, your employer can sponsor you. For FY-2025, cap H1B registration season goes from 3/6/24 – 3/22/24. If you miss this registration, you would have to wait until next year for the next round. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esqs.’ (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.

Your information is incorrect: you can ask a court in the U.S. to recognize the Syrian court's judgment. You need to know the offender's actual address and should go to the state court where she lives. Not every foreign judgment is recognized by U.S. courts, and the rules are complex and vary from state to state. But, generally, once you file your case and serve the defendant with a notice, it becomes the defendant's burden to convince the court that the foreign judgment should not be recognized. If you prevail, the court can order the defendant to repay you the money spent on recognition of the foreign judgment, including the fees charged by your attorney. Your plan to inform USCIS about the Syrian court's criminal conviction might work: if your runaway bride did not tell the USCIS about her conviction, USCIS can revoke her status and start deportation process against her. However, you should not count on it. First, you cannot be sure that she did not disclose the conviction to USCIS. If she had a competent attorney, and the conviction was disclosed and somehow explained away, and USCIS decided it was not important, then it will not likely reconsider that decision now. Second, if the conviction was not disclosed, USCIS does not have to open the case; and you cannot make them do it. Third, even if the immigration authorities decide to start removal proceedings against her, she can ask Immigration Court to consider her defenses and, considering the current situation in Syria, resist deportation successfully. Fourth, even if Immigration Court orders her removal, she is likely to end up in a third country, and you will have to keep chasing her. So, your best bet is to seek recognition of the Syrian court's money judgment.

Your husband's immigration history in another country will not affect his quest for residency in the US, unless he committed a crime in that country for which a waiver is necessary. Criminal clearances are required from every location in which your husband lived for at least 6 months. Based on the information given, you should be able to move forward with an immigrant petition for your husband.