EB Visa Talk

Hosts Lily and Mia dissect NIW prong two: the five Dhanasar factors, record of success, the plan by field, progress documentation, stakeholder interest, expert letters, the positioning-not-prophecy standard, three worked cases, RFE patterns, and the year-long building strategy. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia dissect NIW prong one: substantial merit versus national importance, the Dhanasar factors, economic impact, healthcare, education, national security, critical technologies, infrastructure, emerging fields, the endeavor statement, entrepreneurs, endeavor evolution, physicians, three worked cases, and RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia open the National Interest Waiver block: what the waiver removes, who it serves, the three-prong Dhanasar test, the self-petition advantage, fields that qualify and struggle, positioning versus standard EB-2 and EB-1A, the proposed endeavor, priority-date mechanics, misconceptions, and the eleven-episode roadmap. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia compare the two talent paths honestly: the eligibility gap between exceptional and extraordinary, the PERM timeline versus direct filing, employer dependence versus independence, the parallel-filing strategy, who should aim where, the ten EB-1A criteria, category strategy across the Visa Bulletin, three worked cases, and the timing judgment. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia examine the forgotten half of the EB-2 equation: genuine minimum requirements, business necessity, the mismatch and tailoring traps, industry norms, the wage connection, alternative requirements, duties supporting requirements, internal promotions, PERM recruitment, four worked cases, and RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia go deep on experience letters: the seven elements of a strong letter, supervisor versus HR authorship, proving progression, the ten-year letters, tracking down former employers, defunct companies, uncooperative supervisors and secondary evidence, self-employment documentation, PERM alignment, four worked cases, and RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia go deep on credential evaluations: document-by-document versus course-by-course, choosing a reputable evaluator, three-year degrees, the Bologna system, diplomas versus degrees, country patterns, transcript procurement, career changers, closed institutions, four worked cases, and RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia take the six EB-2 exceptional-ability criteria one by one: academic record, ten years of experience, licenses, salary, professional associations, and recognition — plus the final totality determination, arts and business applications, three worked cases, RFE patterns, and the NIW connection. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia go deep on the EB-2 advanced-degree door: what counts as a master's, professional degrees, foreign-degree equivalency and credential evaluations, the bachelor's-plus-five rule parsed word by word, the single-source rule, three-year and online degrees, the mismatch trap when the job does not require the degree, four worked cases, and RFE patterns. General information only — not legal advice.

Hosts Lily and Mia open the EB-2 chapter: the advanced-degree and exceptional-ability doors, the PERM labor certification most cases need, the National Interest Waiver side door, the job-offer and ability-to-pay requirements, priority-date backlogs, EB-2 versus EB-3 and EB-1A positioning, three worked cases, and the approval-protection value of the I-140. General information only — not legal advice.