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How would you rate a senior engineer's odds at qualifying for an O-1 visa? Can they get by on career/work history alone or does it require a level of public not
by disbelief 11y ago
How would you rate a senior engineer's odds at qualifying for an O-1 visa? Can they get by on career/work history alone or does it require a level of public notoriety?
- martin_ 11y agoI may be able to share some insight here. At 23 years old, I have gone through the O-1 process twice in the past 3.5 years, I have a couple of references in news publications like TechCrunch but that's about it in terms of public notoriety. Your prior achievements, recommendation letters and peer review are important. TLDR: Don't be intimidated by the absurd name of the visa. My e-mail is in my profile if you want some specifics
- SeoxyS 11y ago3-time O-1 recipient here. Denied for EB-1 once + on appeal. The O-1, I feel, is pretty dependent on our personal situation, and which side of the bed the reviewer woke up on when they look at your application. But, it can be done. Good luck!
- n00b101 11y agoWhy 3-time? How long is O-1 valid before it expires?
- kenneth 11y ago3 years term per approval. But you have to apply again every time you change jobs. I started with one company, then was founder of a startup, re-applied there, and moved it to another company. Re-applying is easier once you've been approved once.
- n00b101 11y agoI see. How does EB-1 relate to this?
- SeoxyS 11y agoEB-1 is basically a green card version of the O-1 (i.e. an immigrant visa, not tied to your ongoing employment). Once you have an EB-1 you can freely change jobs, start companies, do consulting part time, etc. The requirements are essentially the same as the O-1, but evaluated much more strictly.
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- SeoxyS 11y agoThat's incorrect. You only need 3 for the EB-1. See: http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-first-preference-eb-1 http://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/permanent-workers... > * Criteria for Demonstrating Extraordinary Ability You must meet 3 out of the 10 listed criteria below to prove extraordinary ability in your field:
- martin_ 11y agoApologies my mistake!
- ameen 11y agoWhat's the reapplication process like? Do you need to have done something exceptional from the time of the previous one's expiry to warrant an extension?
- SeoxyS 11y agoI've never done an extension, just a transfer. It was pretty routine; you just file the application again just like the first time. Not much of a difference; other than the previous approval making your chances of getting approved once more significantly higher. The first time, I had to get a new visa stamp (which required going back to my home country to get it from the U.S. embassy); the second time I kept the same visa stamp and a little piece of paper in my passport showing the transfer. It's mostly useful as a reference of the case number when I get asked about my employer (which is different than the one shown on the visa stamp) when I travel back to the US from a trip abroad.
- proberts 11y agoThis is tough to answer because it's not so much tied to your title or even level within a company but your accomplishments.
- n00b101 11y agoDo you mean it depends on one's accomplishments within a company? What would be good examples of eligible corporate accomplishments from an O-1 or EB1 application perspective? And would getting accepted into YC be an eligible accomplishment for these?
- klean92 11y agoFrom what i understand, to get on O visa, you are better off being one of the top 3 specialists worldwide in an obscure combination of OS language platform running on an old mainframe, instead of being in the top 1% of all Javascript/PHP developers. A good immigration lawyer would help you figure your strategy here.