Responsibility
It was yours. You built it or the decision was yours to make, and the people who watched it happen will say so.
“I was the one responsible for the swaps valuation engine.”
EB-1A extraordinary ability · self-petition
Could your achievements support an EB-1A green card?
EB-1A is an immigrant pathway to U.S. permanent residence for people with extraordinary ability. This focused screening looks at your work, recognition, and impact to help you decide what to explore next.
- About 3 minutes
- No sign-up to see your read
- Informational screening only
STEP ONENine questions.
Nine questions.
An honest read.
About three minutes. No sign-up to see your read. Here is everything it asks:
- 01Your role, tenure, and where you work
- 02Your pay compared with others in your role
- 03The one project that could not exist without you
- 04Who outside the company relied on it
- 05Who saw the work and would vouch for it
- 06Birth country and position in the visa queue
- 07Any date that matters
- 08What changes for you the day it is approved
- 09Anything you have filed before
What is your role and where do you work?
Seniority and tenure help show whether you were in a position to own meaningful work.
STEP TWOThree questions about
Three questions about
one project.
Silmi Law builds EB-1A petitions around qualitative, documented evidence. A case built on one project, proven in three steps, gives the story depth and a reason to believe it.
Significance to the organization
The company relied on it, in numbers a stranger can understand: volume, dollars, users, headcount.
“Fifty thousand swaps and fifteen thousand caps were priced through it.”
Significance to the field
People outside the company relied on it: regulators, clearing houses, counterparties, clients, or a public record of the work.
“LCH, the regulator, and our counterparties settled against those numbers.”
Depth over breadth. One project, documented from three angles, gives an adjudicator a story to follow and a reason to believe it.
STEP THREE
A green card you file for yourself.
EB-1A is built for professionals whose work stands out in their field. No job offer, no sponsor, no waiting on someone else’s paperwork.
No employer required
You are the petitioner. Your status does not depend on a company’s willingness to sponsor you.
Reason 01No labor certification
Skip PERM entirely. The case rests on your documented record, not on a job posting.
Reason 02A shorter line for India & China
Compared with EB-2, the queue for applicants born in India and China can be dramatically shorter.
Reason 03STEP FOUR
A clear path, next.
Once your read is in hand, here is how an engagement actually moves.
Assessment
Nine questions and an honest read against the pattern in approved petitions.
Strategy session
An attorney reviews your record and tells you what we see and what we would do.
Evidence roadmap
We identify the flagship project and map the proof for each of the three steps.
Petition drafting
Letters, exhibits, and a legal brief written against the statute and regulations.
Filing & follow-through
Confident submission, with support through any request for evidence.
STEP FIVE
Before you decide.
Straight answers about the screening and the EB-1A category.
Is this assessment legal advice?
No. It is a screening estimate generated from your answers using a general pattern observed in approved petitions. It does not evaluate your eligibility for any immigration benefit, predict the outcome of any petition, or create an attorney-client relationship.
Do I need to sign up to see my read?
No. Your read appears at the end of the nine questions. If you want to talk it through, you can book a consultation afterwards.
Do I need an employer to file an EB-1A?
No. EB-1A is a self-petition category: no employer sponsor and no labor certification.
Why does it focus on one project?
A petition that lists ten criteria and proves none of them deeply is a checklist. A petition built on one project, proven through responsibility, significance to the organization, and significance to the field, is a case.
What are the six factors scored here?
They are the ones the firm's intake team screens for. They are a starting point for a conversation, not a rule of law.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR CASEEvery situation
Every situation
is different.
Every new inquiry is personally reviewed by Attorney Sharif Silmi. We will tell you honestly what we see, what your options are, and what we would do in your position.