Approved Technology O-1 cases

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFEJurgen G. Negron - Immigration Attorney at Manifest Law

Jurgen Negron helped an Indian product manager achieve an approved O-1 visa for individuals of extraordinary ability. The petition was built around a set of detailed expert recommendation letters, a personal statement, and objective evidence of her professional achievements, alongside corporate documents establishing the U.S. petitioning company. Approval came about three weeks after USCIS received the filing.

🇲🇽MexicoTechnologyNo RFERobby Rubin - Immigration Attorney at Manifest Law

Robby Rubin helped a Mexican technology founder secure an O-1 visa after his student work authorization was about to expire and a planned employer sponsorship fell through. Filed through an agent with premium processing, the petition tied his product-development work across several ventures into one extraordinary-ability narrative, anchored by a first-place finish among thousands of global applicants in a technology innovation challenge.

🇨🇳ChinaTechnologyNo RFEAvalon L. Paul - Immigration Attorney

Avalon L. Paul helped a Chinese UX designer move from an expiring H-1B to O-1 status through an agent-based petition. The approval came together quickly, with strong documentation of independent design engagements supporting the extraordinary-ability case.

🇩🇪GermanyTechnologyNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

A German entrepreneur amended his O-1 status to launch his own venture-backed startup after stepping down from his previous role at a technology company. With most of his existing evidence still valid, the amendment was approved without complication, clearing the way for him to lead his new company full-time.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyRFEMeaghan Tuohey - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Meaghan Tuohey helped an Indian technology director secure O-1 approval after responding to a Request for Evidence, with strong employer backing helping establish his critical role at a specialized technology company. Despite a tight OPT deadline, the case succeeded through updated documentation and expert letters of recommendation.

🇮🇩IndonesiaTechnologyNo RFEYasmin Malek - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Yasmin Malek helped an Indonesian product leader who left a senior role at a major technology company to pursue full-time entrepreneurship, earning O-1 approval as co-founder of a new AI-focused startup. Strong judging credentials, competitive salary benchmarks, and letters of recommendation helped establish his standing as an individual of extraordinary ability.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFEAvalon L. Paul - Immigration Attorney

Avalon Paul helped an Indian UX engineer earn O-1 approval built on a national design fellowship, mentorship at top design programs, and front-end engineering contributions at a global professional services firm. Her selection as one of a small number of fellows nationwide, combined with hands-on product work, met the O-1's extraordinary ability standard ahead of her STEM OPT deadline.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyRFEJoshua Griffin - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Benjamin Joshua Griffin helped an Indian robotics engineer continue his career in the U.S. with the O-1 visa after multiple unsuccessful H-1B lottery attempts. The case was built on his portfolio of granted patents — credited in national business media with helping a billion-dollar food-tech startup scale — along with peer-reviewed engineering publications and his leading role developing subsea sensing software for a major offshore wind project. The team also successfully overcame a Request for Evidence to secure the approval.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyRFEAvalon L. Paul - Immigration Attorney

Avalon Paul helped an Indian tech entrepreneur continue his career in the U.S. with an approved O-1A visa. The case centered on his work building an AI- and data-analytics-powered platform that connects event organizers with attendees, and was filed under time pressure after his H-1B employment ended and his grace period began. A Request for Evidence was raised and successfully overcome on the way to approval.

🇳🇵NepalTechnologyNo RFEYasmin Malek - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Yasmin Malek helped a Nepali economics professor continue his academic career in the U.S. with the O-1A visa. The case was anchored by his service as a panelist reviewing dozens of grant proposals for a federal research agency, his published scholarly articles, and memberships in national professional associations. The petition was prepared and filed on an expedited timeline ahead of his visa expiration.

🇦🇺AustraliaTechnologyNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped an Australian data scientist take his career to the U.S. with the O-1A visa. The case drew on his professional memberships, press articles covering his work, original contributions to his field, and the critical role he played for his employer. A strong salary relative to peers in his home market rounded out the petition.

🇧🇩BangladeshTechnologyNo RFESiel Timperman - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Siel Timperman helped a Bangladeshi fintech founder take on a leadership role at a U.S. startup with the O-1A visa. The case featured national entrepreneurship and technology awards, feature coverage in leading industry publications, and her experience judging a prominent industry awards program. Her original secure-payments technology, which dramatically sped up transaction processing for banks in emerging markets, anchored the original contribution argument.

🇵🇱PolandTechnologyNo RFEYasmin Malek - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Yasmin Malek helped a Polish software developer specializing in architecture technology gain career flexibility in the U.S. with an agent-based O-1A visa. The case drew on her senior role building software in a highly specialized niche, the sold-out workshops she teaches at the industry's biggest conferences, her judging of international coding competitions, and authored articles in industry magazines. Structuring the petition through an agent freed her to consult for multiple companies.

Christian Herrmann helped an Indian semiconductor engineer continue his U.S. career with the O-1A visa. The case combined his critical role building AI-driven predictive models to optimize wafer manufacturing yields at a major data storage company, nine publications in international journals and conferences, and a series of national-level engineering awards earned earlier in his career.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFESang Kim - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Sang Kim helped an Indian entrepreneur and AI product leader move from H-1B to the O-1A visa so he could launch his own venture. The case framed him as a business development leader who consistently delivers results, anchored by partnership deals with a major professional sports league covered in national newspapers, additional print and TV coverage of his ventures, and quantifiable achievements including roughly $4 million in annual revenue.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFELucia Maxwell - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lucia Maxwell helped an Indian tech entrepreneur continue building his U.S. business with an O-1 visa renewal. The case centered on his critical role as co-founder and CEO of an AI-powered hiring assessment startup, his service judging hackathons and startup incubator competitions, membership in a government-backed innovation program, and press coverage in a leading Indian national newspaper.

🇺🇦UkraineTechnologyNo RFEPatrick Duckett - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Patrick Duckett helped a Ukrainian technology professional secure an O-1A visa through consular processing, bringing her husband and son with her. The case was anchored by her original contributions to an AI project in education technology, feature coverage in major international business media, her experience judging the work of others in her field, and a critical role at an education-technology company.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFENadia Zaidi - Business Immigration Attorney and Practice Lead

Nadia Zaidi helped an Indian entrepreneur secure his first O-1 visa to build his AI-powered hiring assessment startup in the U.S. The petition featured his critical role as co-founder and CEO, membership in a government-appointed innovation body, judging at startup competitions and a major technology company's hackathon, and press coverage in a leading national newspaper, reinforced by support letters from highly prominent figures.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped an Indian senior product manager move from H-1B to O-1A status, preserving his ability to work in the U.S. With his H-1B grace period expiring within months, the O-1A was prepared and filed in a matter of weeks, and the strategy set the stage for a future EB1A Green Card petition.

🇮🇹ItalyTechnologyNo RFELahaina Araneta McBeth - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Lahaina Araneta helped an Italian tech executive continue leading his company in the U.S. with an O-1 renewal. The case centered on his role as chief executive of a gaming company, which sponsored the petition, and included consular processing for his spouse and two children so the whole family could remain together.

🇷🇸SerbiaTechnologyNo RFENadia Zaidi - Business Immigration Attorney and Practice Lead

Nadia Zaidi helped a Serbian UX designer advance his career in the U.S. with the O-1 visa. The case centered on his lead and critical roles, including design work for a Fortune 500 consumer brand, and his standing in the top 3% of an elite global talent network. It was further strengthened by his published writing, media coverage, high remuneration, and invitations to judge student work at a prestigious design school.

🇮🇳IndiaTechnologyNo RFERami Lee - Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Rami Lee helped an Indian software engineer join his San Francisco startup employer in person with an O-1A visa after two unsuccessful H-1B lottery attempts. Working remotely from India, he had led multiple major projects for the crypto-industry startup and earned remuneration well above local norms. Strategic profile building - scholarly publications, judging, peer review, and selective memberships - brought the case over the line.