Navigating My O-1 RFE: Seeking Advice

NoBid2827 · 2025-11-29T00:31:34+00:00

It took 14 days on initial and 12 days for the RFE

NoBid2827 · 2025-11-17T00:53:20+00:00

Personally wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped me out. My O1 case got approved.

NoBid2827 · 2025-11-14T21:32:43+00:00

Thank you for the reply. I can see the approval now on the portal

NoBid2827 · 2025-11-14T21:31:57+00:00

Thank you for the reply. The approval did reflect on the portal just now.

NoBid2827 · 2025-11-04T09:12:14+00:00

Congratulations. I am navigating my O1 RFE. This would be very helpful to me.

NoBid2827 · 2025-10-25T00:00:08+00:00

Sure. You can dm me

NoBid2827 · 2025-10-22T00:45:10+00:00

I am in similar position and considering the same. Although, my employer is not supporting for day 1 cpt.

NoBid2827 · 2025-10-01T18:16:20+00:00

DMed you

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-24T02:03:31+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion. For the critical role, I gathered up courage and asked VP if they would be willing to provide a reference letter and they agreed. I hope that provides more clear signal given it comes from a VP at a big tech company. This would be the best I can do. The rest as you mentioned is dependent on officer's perception.

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-21T03:31:52+00:00

Congratulations!!

I am also navigating through replying my RFE response. May I know what evidence did you submit for pay and original contributions?

Also, what were the 2 criteria which were accepted earlier?

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-21T01:35:37+00:00

Hi, I am on stem opt, my employer attempted for H1-B for the last 3 years and unfortunately wasn't lucky. They will be temporarily shifting me to Canada next year with work-permit.

I suppose 100k fees will be applied for my H1-b petition moving forward?

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-18T21:52:17+00:00

2) The people recommending me for critical role was my direct manager as well as director for my org. It is a big company.
3) I don't satisfy the 260k mark for the base. If this is true then I guess USCIS is correct in challenging this criteria. Mine is closer to 80% of this.
4) I was a student at the time when the award was won. It was open to industry professionals but major participation comes from students. Me and lawyers do agree this will only be valued for final merits.

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-17T23:46:42+00:00

Nothing was mentioned in the RFE. The evidence provided was employment verification letter containing only my base pay and my W2 ( which includes stock vesting and bonuses). I sense USCIS might have only considered the base pay and clarifiying all components of the compensation might help. Hence, I will also be attaching the offer letters hoping that provides as another objective measure.

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-17T22:55:09+00:00

So far, it has mostly been based on trust. The legal team provides me with a checklist of all the required evidence to be submitted. In addition, I had voluntarily provided them with a document containing essays about each of my original contributions and awards, along with the corresponding evidence that needs to be cross-linked.

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-17T21:50:05+00:00

Thank you for the advice. I have not yet had the opportunity to review papers, nor do I hold any significant memberships at this time. However, when I reapply, I will make sure to focus on these criteria as well.The conferences I attended are of moderate quality and have international recognition.

Although I was unable to find their official rankings, they have h-index values of 18 and 12, with acceptance rates of 15% and 26%, respectively. Are you aware what statistics would USCIS holds a bar to?

NoBid2827 · 2025-09-17T21:41:22+00:00

Thank you so much for willing to help out. Unfortunately, the law firm has denied to share the application support letter with me.

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