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Post by Someone1234 »

sjtgraham wrote: post #5

Unfortunately not currently possible as EB1 priority dates are no longer current for any country. Will take a while longer than 6 months at the moment.

I believe due to the new "extreme vetting" (without enough additional funding) backing up the whole immigration system. Unfortunately there's no getting around that since all the vetting is done in the US and there's very few exceptions for faster processing.

The vetting has always been a major bottleneck in the US's immigration processing, it is just even worse now.

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Post by sys_64738 »

I had a Green Card within 14 months of moving to the USA. I came over on a H1B then filed adjusted status within 6 months. It helps to be married to an American though which isn't the case for everybody.

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Post by latchkey »

Forget the visa... this is how to get a high paying job in software engineering. If I saw an applicant put in this amount of effort into an open source project of their own creation, I'd hire them in a heartbeat.

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Post by Someone1234 »

This is a fantastic article.

I have a Green Card, so have read and know more about US Immigration policy than anyone should ever wish to, and I had no idea that the EB-1 was this attainable, and I've actually sat down and read USCIS's EB-1 page and parts of the policy manual.

I genuinely believe there's going to be someone out there that reads this having previously dismissed the EB-1 (just like I myself did) and gives it a shot. The visa is definitely set up to seem out-of-reach for non-celebrities/field specific rock stars.

Another example of this working, Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss) earned an EB-1 while being a mid-tier model with no huge acclaim. Although she was assisted by her agency and similar, so they may have a marketing budget to get her name/acclaim out there.

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Post by garryterm »

You seem to be underestimating the value of your citizenship. I know of an Indian friend who had really good credentials but was refused. I guess a hidden criteria is "white and western"

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Post by 7granddad »

latchkey wrote: post #13

Forget the visa... this is how to get a high paying job in software engineering. If I saw an applicant put in this amount of effort into an open source project of their own creation, I'd hire them in a heartbeat.

Whether their hireable isn't the problem. They legally can't be employed by you. You would have to employ then without tying their employment to their SSN.

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Post by mhjas »

lostmsu wrote: post #9

Frankly, that guy seems to deserve his EB-1 just for his popular JS framework (if it is really that popular). Not many good developers are that lucky.

To some extent, but I also think people severely overestimate what it takes to be notable. We live in such an extreme consumer culture that even a small amount of effort added to what you are already doing will set you a part from a lot of people. That doesn't necessarily mean you get a visa or that it is possible in every snarky field. But if you can write, speak, organize things, help people out and have a good attitude about it, showing up counts for a lot.

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Post by anontn »

As a Canadian, I'm surprised the author didn't mention a 3rd way - work for a US company on a TN visa that will sponsor you for a green card. This is doable (albeit a little riskier) despite the common conception that it is not.

A few articles/forum posts on the topic for those interested:

- https://www.prizant-law.com/tn-visa-professionals-and-applic...

- https://forums.immigration.com/threads/i-am-no-longer-curiou...

- https://forums.immigration.com/threads/gc-from-tn-visa-throu...

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Post by narak »

garryterm wrote: post #15

You seem to be underestimating the value of your citizenship. I know of an Indian friend who had really good credentials but was refused. I guess a hidden criteria is "white and western"

I'm brown and born in a brown country and got an EB-1 in a very similar way as described in this article.

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Post by godelmachine »

>>Tell them you don't want to finish writing the post, but have done the heavy lifting for them.

I am not quite sure what he means by this. Would someone kindly explain?

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