Updated Dec 20, 2020 | 14:12 IST A US appellate court referred to as ninth circuit, deemed as arbitrary and capricious a decision of the USCIS services in 2017 of not recognising computer programmers as “speciality” occupation for H-1b visa Good news for IT workers as US court rules H-1B ‘speciality’ visas may be granted to computer programmers  |  Photo Credit: PTI In a victory for Information Technology (IT) companies battling a 2017 US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) decision to rescind an order making computer programmers eligible for ‘speciality’ H-1B. visa, a US appellate court has overruled the same. It will be now possible for US IT companies to sponsor techies under the category for temporary immigration to the US under ‘speciality’ H-1B visas.