Do you see a changing trend in number applications, accepted ones or visa cancellations ?

proberts 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

USCIS is reporting - and we're seeing - much higher RFE and denial rates for EB1A, EB1B, and NIW green card applications and O-1 applications.

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throwaway219450 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you get the impression this is a cause for concern for qualified applicants? Rephrased: what sort of applications are now getting denied/RFE'd that would have been fine say a couple years ago?

Anecdotes would suggest that a lot of people were able to get these visas because there was some fairly loose interpretation of the criteria.

I'm particularly interested in EB1A.

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proberts 6 hours ago | parent [-]

EB1As are extremely difficult to get right now. This is particularly true for non-scientific/research/academic employees who are not very highly compensated.

	▲	throwaway219450 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Small clarification on wording here (non-). Do you mean academics/researchers are finding it challenging? For context, am postdoc and I was told by a local immigration firm, within the last year, that I had a good profile for EB1A.

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proberts 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

While U.S. companies continue to hire lots of foreign nationals and while foreign national founders in large numbers continue to try to build businesses in the U.S., the numbers appear to be down. The recent H-1B lottery seems to confirm this. Regarding cancellations/rejections, I would say it's getting harder to get cases approved but our success rate is still high.