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I have a PhD in philosophy (with a dissertation on symbolic logic). When I was interviewing in the US, I was told repeatedly that it would impossible for me to get an H1B visa for an IT job because my degree is not in science or engineering. BorderScore doesn't seem to take this sort of thing into account, unless I'm missing something.

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I got the following assessment:

    The short version is that you can start working in the U.S. within 6 weeks, and stay for at least 2 years with:
    - a 82% chance of success
    - $2,183.13/year cost to sponsor you

I suspect this is wrong.

Previously I was also told that the waiting period could easily be up to 9 months.

I was in the same situation and ended up still getting one as six years of work experience counted as equivalent to a degree, or something along those lines.

I'd try the service to see if it takes that into account but I deleted my LinkedIn account a long time ago.

They ask for a LI profile don't they?

That's true. At the time I was a fresh graduate so they wouldn't have been able to tell from my LinkedIn profile though. I requested a report and I will post an update here when I get it.

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