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A collection of 15 issues

7 things I did before writing a single paragraph of my petition

7 things I did before writing a single paragraph of my petition Most people think petition writing starts with writing. It does not. The writing was the easy part. Everything that made the writing easy happened before I typed a single paragraph of my cover letter. Here are the seven

You can't edit a blank page

The biggest thing holding most EB-1A candidates back isn't a lack of qualifications. It's the absence of a draft. There's research. There's notes. There are bookmarked success stories and saved Reddit threads and half-finished Notion pages. But there's no draft.

The 3 types of EB-1A candidates I keep meeting

Since sharing my full EB-1A petition and getting hundreds of messages, clear patterns started to emerge. Most serious EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, and O-1 candidates fall into one of three archetypes. This post is to help you figure out which one sounds most like you, and what that means for your

Why I chose 5 criteria (and why you should choose 3)

The legal requirement for EB-1A is 3 out of 10 criteria. That's it. Most people think more criteria = stronger case. It doesn't. More criteria often means a diluted case. You spread your evidence thin. Your narrative wanders. The USCIS officer has to follow five different threads

The moment I stopped researching and started writing

For months, I told myself I was "preparing" my EB-1A petition. I had 20+ browser tabs open. I could quote criteria from memory. I'd read every success story on Reddit. I had a Notion page called "EB-1A Notes" with 47 bullet points and zero