H-1B - Non-Immigrant Employment Visa

The H-1B is a type of visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows U.S. employers to employ foreign workers temporarily in specialty occupations.

To use the Upload PDF endpoint for this document, you must use H1b in the form_type parameter. The captured field data attributed directly to an H-1B visa as form data objects, each one keyed off the below attribute names.

Field descriptions

The following fields are available on this form type:

JSON attributeData typeDescription
h1b-General:firstNameTextFirst Name
h1b-General:middleNameTextMiddle Name
h1b-General:lastNameTextLast Name
h1b-General:suffixTextSuffix
h1b-General:dateOfBirthDateDate of Birth
h1b-General:issuingCountryUNITED STATES
OTHER
Issuing Country
h1b-General:expirationDateDateExpiration Date

Sample form

The below Ocrolus sample PDF (input) matches the below sample JSON result (output).

Sample JSON result

{
    "status": 200,
    "response": {
        "pk": 29698370,
        "uuid": "5e83d19c-fa8b-45ca-85d9-06e1639a2736",
        "forms": [
        {
                "pk": 44337978,
                "uuid": "1f17dce3-c794-467a-b99d-e2baa717b8f1",
                "uploaded_doc_pk": 51891149,
                "form_type": "H1B",
                "raw_fields": {
                    "h1b-General:suffix": {
                        "value": "",
                        "is_empty": true,
                        "alias_used": null,
                        "source_filename": "H1B (1) (1).pdf"
                    },
                    "h1b-General:lastName": {
                        "value": "FAKE",
                        "is_empty": false,
                        "alias_used": null,
                        "source_filename": "H1B (1) (1).pdf"
                    },
                    "h1b-General:firstName": {
                        "value": "JOHN",
                        "is_empty": false,
                        "alias_used": null,
                        "source_filename": "H1B (1) (1).pdf"
                    },
                    "h1b-General:middleName": {
                        "value": "",
                        "is_empty": true,
                        "alias_used": null,
                        "source_filename": "H1B (1) (1).pdf"
                    },
                    "h1b-General:dateOfBirth": {
                        "value": "02/11/1992",
                        "is_empty": false,
                        "alias_used": null,
                        "source_filename": "H1B (1) (1).pdf"
                    },
                    "h1b-General:expirationDate": {
                        "value": "03/10/2029",
                        "is_empty": false,
                        "alias_used": null,
                        "source_filename": "H1B (1) (1).pdf"
                    }
                },
                "form_config_pk": 203932,
                "tables": []
            },
    "message": "OK"
}