Approved

Research Scientist Restructures His Own Startup to Hold an O-1A

Education & Research | 3 months ago

O-1 Visa
From China
No RFE
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Case Summary.

Jiabin Zhang helped a Chinese research scientist secure an approved O-1A visa to work for his own startup in the U.S. The case required careful corporate structuring to establish a valid employer-employee relationship for a founder, and leveraged a strong extraordinary-ability record originally assembled for an EB-1A petition, supported by the required advisory opinion from a professional organization.

Lead Attorney.

Jiabin Zhang

Jiabin Zhang

Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Jiabin Zhang is a U.S. immigration attorney who advises extraordinary professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs on employment-based immigration matters. He is a co-counsel to Manifest Law—a new kind of immigration law firm. An immigrant himself, he brings a personal understanding of the challenges clients face. Jiabin began his career advising technology startups on visa and green card strategies and later worked at the largest business immigration firm in the United States, managing hundreds of EB-1A, O-1A, and NIW cases.

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