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Where the routes are, what each one demands, and which one fits you.
The directory
Every published pathway
United States
O-1A
O-1A — Extraordinary ability
Temporary work for people at the top of their field.
United States
O-1B
O-1B — Extraordinary ability in the arts
The creative track, with its own criteria and its own consultation.
United States
EB-1A
EB-1A — Permanent, self-petitioned
Permanent residence without an employer. The highest bar.
United States
EB-1B
EB-1B — Professors and researchers
For academics with a permanent offer. Employer-sponsored.
United States
EB-2 NIW
EB-2 NIW — National interest waiver
Self-petitioned permanent residence on a different theory.
United States
E-2
E-2 — Treaty investor
Invest in a US business and run it yourself.
United States
B-1 / B-2
B-1 / B-2 — Business and visitor
Short visits. Not a route to work or to living there.
United Kingdom
UK GLOBAL TALENT
UK Global Talent
Endorsement first. Then the visa is largely mechanical.
Canada
CANADA
Canada — Express Entry and Global Talent
A points-based permanent route, and a fast temporary stream.
Australia
AUSTRALIA
Australia — National Innovation visa
Subclass 858. For internationally recognised talent and investors.
Germany
GERMANY
Germany — Opportunity Card and Blue Card
Enter to look for work, or arrive with a qualifying offer.
Guides
Read before you file
Evidence
How the O-1A criteria are actually read
The criteria are published. The reading is not. What sits behind each of the eight, and how practitioners work with it.
Evidence
Evidence architecture
Why strong careers fail and weaker ones pass: how a petition is built as an argument rather than assembled as a folder.
Strategy
What country of birth changes
Per-country caps, backlogs, and why two identical records can end up years apart.
Strategy
The founder's timeline
If EB-1A is the destination, what to build in year one, two and three.
Route
Exceptional talent vs exceptional promise
The UK's two tracks, how the choice affects settlement years later, and why promise is the right answer more often than people assume.
Route
The national interest three-prong test
Dhanasar explained through what actually gets argued in each prong, including the one most petitions lose on.
Evidence
Avoiding the request for evidence
Most RFEs are not about a weak record. They are about evidence that did not answer the question the criterion asks.
Practical
What a petition package actually contains
A structural walk-through of the document set, the letters, the exhibits and the order.
Report
The Cap-Exempt Advantage
5,530 open jobs at 757 universities and research institutes that do not go through the H-1B lottery.
Where are you going?
Two ends of a journey, and what you do.
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