O-1B Deep Dive Part 2: What Constitutes National Or International Recognition?

Part two of our six-part deep dive into the O-1B visa.

The USCIS regulations for the O-1B visa require evidence that the foreign national “has achieved national or international recognition for achievements evidenced by critical reviews or other published materials by or about the individual in major newspapers, trade journals, magazines, or other publications.”

What’s so difficult about this criterion? And why do so many people get it wrong? What IS national or international recognition?

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