See a surge of posts in blind claiming they got EB1A approval and it is not difficult as it may seem and blah blah. With many attorneys posting they can process your case and refund if it doesn’t go through. This feels very spammy to me. I know many PhDs even cannot get EB1A as the bar for it is very high. I hope these posts are not preying on FOMO! I also exchanged blind messages with the attorney and they asked me to schedule a assessment call from a website only to find that it would need $100 for even the call and they claim they will refund your money when your application doesn’t go through lol.
I think the criteria has changed to allow startup founder and employees to qualify
Doesn’t look like from USCIS website. It has been literally the same for atleast the last 5 years
There was an uptick of over 30k EB-1 applications per USCIS. In a quarter.
I doubt if it’s true. Could be an error.
I think this is real. These are not new applicants, mostly Eb2/3 trying to get ahead in the queue. Many big tech have started doing this with good amount of success.
1. Lot of people in ML/AI fields of study. New research is constantly going on in this field so they have more papers/citations/patents. 2. Confirmation bias. My two friends applied. One had more citations and higher income and he got rejected while other got approved. So it’s all stupid and not everyone gets approved. Case by case basis.
What are those attorneys who said they will refund the amount? I reached out to some who said they wouldn’t.
Don’t want to name them here as not 100% confident if they are fraud or not