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How about O1 visas (emporary workers and trainees: extraordinary ability or achievement)? Any experience on how hard is to get one?
by dejv 17y ago
How about O1 visas (emporary workers and trainees: extraordinary ability or achievement)? Any experience on how hard is to get one?
- petercooper 17y agoThe only person I'm aware of in the tech field (though I'm sure there are many) who got into the US on an O-1 visa is David Heinemeier Hansson (Rails / 37signals). The criteria for O-1 are particularly tough - after all, you have to prove you're extraordinary and world class in your field. I suspect David's application was based significantly around him being the Google/O'Reilly Hacker of the Year 2005. You need to be at the top of your industry (or be talked about as if you were) to get one of those babies..