Our client had entered the U.S. on H-1B status, but he was terminated by his employer, who had failed to pay him his H-1B wages. Our client had trouble filing an H-1B transfer without recent pay stubs, and because he had specialized knowledge in specific programming languages, his field of expertise left him with only a few job opportunities. Attorney Furqan filed an EAD request for him, by arguing that he met the threshold of “compelling circumstances,” and USCIS approved the case.
