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Can I get H1B with 4 years of professional school and 2 years in industry for 2D/3D animation and illustration?

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Hi all,

I get a job offer from the US company and will get H1B with the aid of the company.
I want my wife to come with me, and she wants to keep working in the US, so I want to know if she is eligible for working visa (maybe H1B?)
She graduated from 2 professional schools, worked as full-time employee for 2 years and was freelance for a year.
However, her career was not straight-forward;
She studied illustration for three years at her first professional school. She got some award for her drawings.
She then worked as a freelance illustrator for a year, after that, she joined a company where she started her career as 2D animator.
Animation attracted her, so after two year's of employment, she quit the job and went to professional school to learn 3D animation.
Recently she started working as a 3D animator.
I heard that to get H1B visa, graduation from 4-year university or 6-year industrial experience is required, while she isn't either.
Is it possible for her to get H1B visa? She wants to work as 3D animator.
If no, what is the best option for such person to work in the US?
Going to a university in the US may be one option, but we think four year is too long given that she already has a skill as professional.
She isn't a good English speaker at this point, but we can improve that point before we move to the US.
Thanks!
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Google H1B visa and see the rules. If she qualifies and she finds a company willing to hire her than she can apply for H1B on her own merit, it will be unrelated to your H1B. She qualifies for H4 at this point but she can't work, as you probably know already, and because she can't get a SSN with H4 in some states she might not even be allowed to get a driver license.

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She can get a DL.

Perhaps an O1 might be more appropriate, does she have a prospective Employer?

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Thanks for your answer.

Google says person need graduation from university or equivalent, and I wonder if we can argue that her career is equivalent to graduate of 4-year university.

What does a DL means?

She hasn't found an employer in the US yet. We think it's better to make sure she is eligible to work, and then find a job.

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DL = Drivers License

H1b requires both a job that requires a degree and a person who has that degree.

3 years of work experience substitutes for each year of missing degree.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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