EB Visa Talk

Hosts Lily and Mia dissect the EB-1A published-material criterion: the about-you vs by-you distinction, what qualifies as major media, documenting circulation and independence, a worked press portfolio, tricky cases like op-eds and podcasts, and the most common RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia dissect the EB-1A membership criterion: why selective, expert-judged associations count and pay-to-join ones do not, the fellow-vs-member distinction, documenting bylaws and election processes, a worked scientist portfolio, and the most common RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia begin the EB-1A deep dive with the awards criterion: what the regulation requires, which prizes count and which do not, team awards, documenting lesser-known and foreign honors, the two-step Kazarian analysis, a worked researcher portfolio, and RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia close the foundations section with a step-by-step decision tree for choosing among EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and EB-5: the sponsor question, achievement and education levels, investment capital, country-of-birth and timeline modifiers, four worked applicant examples, and the four wrong choices to avoid. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia explain the seven percent per-country cap: why India- and China-born applicants wait years while others wait months, how chargeability works by country of birth, unused-number spillover, cross-chargeability and other backlog strategies, and the costliest backlog mistakes. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia explain derivative beneficiaries: who qualifies (spouses, unmarried children under 21, stepchildren, adopted children), timing rules for marriage and birth, aging-out protection, follow-to-join consular processing, independent admissibility, interim benefits for families, and the costliest derivative mistakes. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia explain concurrent filing: when current dates allow filing the petition and adjustment together, what it buys (time, interim benefits, the portability clock), the mechanics of the package, the risks of a denied petition, costs, children aging out, and the costliest mistakes. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia compare the two paths to the green card: adjusting status inside the United States versus consular processing abroad through the National Visa Center. Covers eligibility, interim benefits, portability, the NVC's documentarily-qualified stage, travel risks on advance parole, a three-question decision framework, and the costliest path-choice mistakes. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia explain the petition where the government decides whether you personally qualify: the three decisions (beneficiary eligibility, the job itself, ability to pay), premium processing, concurrent filing, RFEs and denials, how the approved I-140 unlocks H-1B extensions beyond six years, and what revocation really means. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia explain why most employment-based cases start with PERM: the labor market test's purpose, who needs it and who skips it, the four stages (prevailing wage, recruitment, filing, decision), the 180-day use-it-or-lose-it rule, who pays, and the costliest pre-filing mistakes. General information only — not legal advice.