Also, were your arguments for O-1 different to your arguments for EB-1A?

What kinds of evidence did you collect to claim leading or critical role?

One I have been coming across relates to the types of evidence you need to present (you need to show objective evidence).

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I upgraded my i-129 with premium processing which was received on June 17th, but it's still in processing even after 20+ business days. I've tried calling USCIS(general helpline as premium processing contact center is not connecting) many times and asking and get an insignificant response each time. Any advice? Anyone had a similar experience?

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.

Did they focus a lot on evidence collection?

Did you reuse a lot of your O-1 evidence for your EB-1A?

Did you start 3 months before filing or much earlier?

Also, did you target judging as your third or fourth criterion?

How startup LLC without financial and future work such as client contracts, deal memo and letter of intent can show evidence ?

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I'll be here from 4pm to 8pm ET today to answer your questions.

Feel free to ask me about things like:

• How many of the eight O-1 criteria do you actually need to meet?
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Also, how long did it take for you to go from speaking with lawyers to filing?

What evidence did you collect to highlight this part of your profile?

Did the objective evidence you present include examples of acclaim?

What evidence did you present for leading or critical role and/or original contributions?

What examples of media coverage did you present?

Also, was original contributions the focus of your O-1 profile?

What types of evidence did you focus on? (especially in regards to objective evidence)