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USCIS Updates Guidance for O-1 Petitions with a Focus on STEM Fields

7/22/22 AILA Doc. No. 22072252. Business Immigration, O & P Visas

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to further clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with a focus on persons in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields.

Policy Highlights

  • Clarifies that being named on a competitive government grant for STEM research can be a positive factor towards demonstrating that a beneficiary is at the top of the beneficiary’s field.
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