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EB Visa Talk — 107 episodes · page 1 of 2
Ep. 108: Dual Intent — How the H-1B and L-1 Let You Hold a Temporary Visa and Chase a Green Card at the Same Time
Ep 107: Change of Address — the Ten-Day Rule, and Why a Missed Notice Can Sink Your Case
Ep 106: The Biometrics Visit — Your Trip to the Application Support Center
Ep 105: The Medical Exam — the I-693, the Civil Surgeon, and the Clock on Your Results
Ep 104: When the Agency Takes Too Long — Mandamus and APA Lawsuits Against Unreasonable Delay
Ep 103: H-1B or EAD and Advance Parole — Keeping Status While Your I-485 Is Pending
Ep 102: Premium Processing — the Fast Lane, and When It's Worth the Fee
Ep 101: H-1B Beyond Six Years — The AC21 Lifeline
Ep 100: The Finish Line — Approval, the Green Card in Hand, and What Changes on Day One
Ep 99: The EAD/AP Combo Card — Working and Traveling While Your Case Is Pending
Ep 98: NOIDs — When Denial Is on the Table, and How to Fight It
Ep 97: RFEs — The Request for Evidence, and How to Answer Strong
Ep 96: Mock Interview — EB-5 Investor, Source of Funds Under Questioning
Ep 95: Mock Interview — NIW Applicant Defending the Endeavor
Ep 94: Mock Interview — EB-1A Applicant Telling the Achievement Story
Ep 93: The Employment-Based Green Card Interview — What Officers Ask
Ep 92: CSPA — When Your Child Ages Out, and the Math That Saves Them
Ep 91: Cross-Chargeability — Using Your Spouse's Country of Birth
Ep 90: Interfiling — Moving Your Pending I-485 Onto a New I-140
Ep 89: Successor in Interest — Mergers, Acquisitions, Your Petition
Ep 88: AC21 Job Portability — Changing Employers After 180 Days
Ep 87: Priority Date Retention — Keeping Your Date
Ep 86: The Employer's Ability to Pay — Evidence Deep Dive
Ep 85: PERM Denials — Reconsideration, BALCA Appeals, Refiling
Ep 84: PERM Audits — Supervised Recruitment, Targeted Audits
Ep 83: The Recruitment Report and ETA-9089 — Filing Right
Ep 82: Professional vs. Non-Professional Recruitment
Ep 81: PERM Recruitment — The Mandatory Ads, Job Order, Postings
Ep 80: Prevailing Wage — The PWD Request, Wage Levels
Ep 79: The PERM Process, Step by Step
Ep 78: Direct EB-5 — The Do-It-Yourself Path
Ep 77: Visa Set-Asides — Rural, High-Unemployment, Infrastructure
Ep 76: Regional Center Compliance — Audits, Terminations, Protections
Ep 75: The I-829 Petition — Removing Conditions
Ep 74: Concurrent Filing — EAD and Advance Parole While You Wait
Ep 73: Redeployment — What Happens After Job Creation
Ep 72: The Sustainment Period — How Long Capital Stays at Risk
Ep 71: Regional Centers — How They Work, How to Vet One
Ep 70: The Business Plan — Matter of Ho
Ep 69: Job Creation — The 10-Job Rule
Ep 68: Path of Funds — Tracing Every Transfer
Ep 67: Source of Funds — Documenting Every Dollar
Ep 66: The Investment Amount — $800K vs $1.05M and TEAs
Ep 65: EB-5 at a Glance — The Investor Green Card
Ep 64: Other EB-4 Subcategories — Broadcasters, Translators, Special Cases
Ep 63: EB-4 Religious Worker Evidence Deep Dive
Ep 62: Religious Workers — The R-1 to EB-4 Path
Ep 61: EB-4 at a Glance — Special Immigrants
Ep 60: EB-3 to EB-2 Upgrade — Moving Up
Ep 59: EB-2 to EB-3 Downgrade — Jumping the Line
Ep 58: The EB-3 Job Offer — Full-Time, Permanent, Ability to Pay
Ep 57: Schedule A — Nurses and Physical Therapists Skip PERM
Ep 56: EB-3 Other Workers — Unskilled Labor and the Longest Line
Ep 55: EB-3 Skilled Workers — Two Years of Experience, Documented Right
Ep 54: EB-3 Professionals — The Bachelor's Degree and Related Field
Ep 53: EB-3 at a Glance — The Three Subcategories and Who Each Is For
Ep 52: NIW Denials and RFEs — Top Reasons Cases Fail and How to Answer
Ep 51: NIW vs. PERM-Based EB-2 — Which Route Fits Your Profile
Ep 50: Self-Petitioning — The NIW's Biggest Advantage and Its Real Limits
Ep 49: Physicians and the NIW — Underserved Areas and the 5-Year Commitment
Ep 48: Entrepreneurs and the NIW — When Your Startup Is the Endeavor
Ep 47: NIW RFE Patterns — the Requests You'll See and How to Answer Them
Ep 46: NIW Expert Letters — Who to Ask, What They Say, How to Brief Them
Ep 45: NIW Evidence Package — What to Include and How to Organize It
Ep 44: NIW Prong 3 — Why the Waiver Benefits the United States
Ep 43: NIW Prong 2 — Well Positioned to Advance the Endeavor
Ep 42: NIW Prong 1 — Substantial Merit and National Importance
Ep 41: NIW Introduction — What the Waiver Is and Who It's For
Ep 40: EB-2 vs. EB-1A — Two Talent Paths, Compared Honestly
Ep 39: The Job Itself — the Position Must Genuinely Require the Advanced Degree
Ep 38: Experience Letters — the Former-Employer Evidence That Decides Cases
Ep 37: Degree Evaluations and Foreign Credentials — Getting Equivalency Right
Ep 36: Exceptional Ability — the 3-of-6 Criteria, One by One
Ep 35: The Advanced-Degree Route — Master's Degrees, Equivalency, and the Bachelor's-Plus-5 Rule
Ep 34: EB-2 at a Glance — Advanced Degrees, Exceptional Ability, and the PERM
Ep 33: Functional Managers — Managing an Essential Function, Not People
Ep 32: EB-1C Evidence — Org Charts, Payroll Records, and the Paper Trail
Ep 31: New Offices and Small Companies — the EB-1C Hard Cases
Ep 30: The L-1A to EB-1C Path — Nonimmigrant Executive to Green Card
Ep 29: Executive vs. Managerial Capacity — the EB-1C Definitions
Ep 28: One Year Abroad — the EB-1C Employment Requirement
Ep 27: EB-1C Case Studies — Approvals and Denials
Ep 26: EB-1C Evidence Deep Dive
Ep 25: EB-1C Multinational Executives and Managers — Overview
Ep 24: EB-1B Evidence Deep Dive
Ep 23: EB-1B Outstanding Professors and Researchers — Overview
Ep 22: EB-1A Denials and RFEs — How to Respond
Ep 21: EB-1A Putting It Together — Final Merits and Case Strategy
Ep 20: EB-1A Criterion Ten — Commercial Success in the Performing Arts
Ep 19: EB-1A Criterion Nine — High Salary or Remuneration
Ep 18: EB-1A Criterion Eight — Leading or Critical Role
Ep 17: EB-1A Criterion Seven — Artistic Exhibitions and Showcases
Ep 16: EB-1A Criterion Six — Scholarly Articles
Ep 15: EB-1A Criterion Five — Original Contributions of Major Significance
Ep 14: EB-1A Criterion Four — Judging the Work of Others
Ep 13: EB-1A Criterion Three — Published Material About You
Ep 12: EB-1A Criterion Two — Membership in Associations
Ep 11: EB-1A Criterion One — Awards and Prizes
Ep 10: Choosing Your Lane — the Decision Tree
Ep 9: Backlogs by Country — the 7% Per-Country Cap