The eight O-1A criteria, decoded
What each criterion means in practice, what evidence USCIS actually accepts, and how to prove the three you need.
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What each criterion means in practice, what evidence USCIS actually accepts, and how to prove the three you need.
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Read guide →The lottery problem, the salary floor, the documentation lift — a side-by-side breakdown for engineers and researchers.
Read guide →The five most common RFE patterns, what USCIS is actually asking, and how to build a response that closes the issue cleanly.
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Read guide →The 5-year retention clock, what belongs in the file, and what every people team gets wrong before the audit shows up.
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