A PhD holder should be coming in under O-1.

A PhD comes as a student with F1 student visa that expires the day of their graduation.

O1 is unlikely to be granted to a student who has not graduated yet. What are they going to show for evidence? Manuscripts in preparation? Or class grades?

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stale2002 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> What are they going to show for evidence?

I guess they wouldn't have much to show for evidence. Which is exactly why they would be correctly classified as not being a specialist, and therefore undeserving on an O-1 visa.

These visas are not meant to allow company to hire underpaid employees that quite literally just graduated.

	▲	whatever1 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		A company conducts a technical interview to assess a candidate. Their public record is not their only criterion of hiring. USCIS relies exclusively on public record (and maybe recommendation letters)

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bigfatkitten 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

How many businesses have ever found a fresh graduate to be provably essential?

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whatever1 4 days ago | parent [-]

Name one person who is provably essential to a company.

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tester756 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Jensen Huang

	▲	whatever1 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Nvidia will continue to exist even if JH disappears today. All companies of that size have succession plans. See Apple and Alibaba.

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bigfatkitten 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That’s my point. The problem you’ve raised doesn’t really exist.

	▲	whatever1 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		:facepalm: