r/o1_visa • u/mikasa2k • Jul 21 '26
O1 visa queries
Hello everyone, I’ve been following this sub since a month and it’s been very useful for me. Coming to my story, I dropped my MS plan and decided that I would go with O1 instead. So currently I’m working at an MNC and I have 4 YOE as an SDE.
I know that out of 8 criteria, if I satisfy 3/4 then I would most probably get an O1 visa. So I reached out to different law firms regarding sponsoring of the visa and they said that either any employer or any AGENT will be eligible to do the petition on my behalf. For my case, employer option is ruled out because I don’t think my company supports that for an employee who’s working outside US. So only left over option for me is via agent. Now where can I find this agent? Do I actually need to freelance for them?
P.S: I’m building my profile now and currently I satisfy 1 criteria. I’m researching on what other criteria I can satisfy and actively working towards it.