O-1 Visas for Extraordinary Ability

Evidentiary standards, consultation letters, and recent adjudication patterns for O-1A and O-1B petitioners.

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An office setting, representing an O-1 worker whose change-of-status request was denied from parole or TPS.

O-1

You Can't Change to an O-1 From Parole or TPS

A change of status to O-1 requires you to be maintaining a nonimmigrant status. Parole and TPS don't count, and an RFE will say so. Consular processing is the route.

Sep 19, 2026 • 5 min read

A USCIS sign, representing falling approval rates for extraordinary-ability and national-interest green card petitions.

EB-1A

EB-1A, NIW and O-1 Approval Rates Fell Sharply in 2025

EB-1A dropped from 70% to 46% and EB-2 NIW from 60% to 36% in 2025, per data an attorney cited on air. Why the high-skill categories got harder.

Aug 5, 2026 • 5 min read