Am I Eligible for H1B?

Maybe. You will need an evaluation that supports the notion that your experience and education is equivalent to a US Bachelor's degree. If you have an employer, by law the employer must file for you and pay the attorney and filing fees. Dhenu Savla, Esq. SwagatUSA, LLC www.swagatusa.com/attorney

It depends on the position that is offered to you and whether your education and experience is equivalent to a US bachelors degree in an area that is commonly required as entry qualification for the position.

In order to obtain an H-1B professional worker's visa the following criteria must be satisfied: 1. You must find an employer, a company willing to sponsor you for an H-1B visa. 2. You must submit both your educational diploma and transcripts, as well as your 18 years of work experience to a foreign diploma & work experience equivalency evaluation service in the U.S. which is recognized as such by USCIS. 3. The Foreign Diploma and Education Equivalency Service must issue an Evaluation Report, whereby the COMBINATION OF YOUR EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE will be found to be the equivalent of at least a U.S. Bachelor's Degree. The "3 for 1" rule will be used, where each 3 years worth of work experience in "increasingly more responsible positons" will be deemed to be the equivalent of 1 year worth of university level education. In the U.S., unlike in India, you need 4 years for a Bachelor's: 3 x 4 = 12 years of work experience. You've got 18. Hopefully at least 12 of those will be deemed "relevant". You'll need to collect employment confirmation letters from present and previous employers.. 4. The job offered to you must be in a position that is of an "H-1B caliber", i.e. a job whose duties are so complex that only someone with a university degree in the academic field required by employer can adequately perform them. 5. Your diploma/degree equivalency must be in the same field as the one relevant to the job offered. 6. The employer must be willing to pay you the "prevailing" wage for the occupation as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor. Part-time H-1B job offers are OK, but the employee must be on the company's payroll and not be treated as an "independent contractor". This is just to give you an idea of what you are looking at in order to qualify for an H-1B visa.