USA announces more generous guidelines for O-1A eligibility

The US government is also working to make it easier for STEM graduates and other non-immigrants to remain in the US on an O-1A visa ( “people with extraordinary ability” in certain areas).

The DHS is issuing an update to its guidance for how applicants for O-1A can be evaluated going forward: “The new update provides examples of evidence that may satisfy the O-1A evidentiary criteria and discusses considerations that are relevant to evaluating such evidence, with a focus on the highly technical nature of STEM fields and the complexity of the evidence often submitted.”