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I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA

206 points proberts | 1 comments | 16 May 25 15:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source

I'll be here for the next 5-6 hours. As usual, there are countless topics given the rapidly changing immigration landscape and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and I'll try to do the same in my answers.

Edit: I am taking a break now and will return later this afternoon/evening to respond to any comments and answer any questions. Thank you everyone for a great and engaged AMA so far.

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iply ◴[16 May 25 17:29 UTC] No.44007931[source]▶
How hard is it to get approval for an o1 visa with no bachelors degree?
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1. proberts ◴[16 May 25 18:28 UTC] No.44008463[source]▶
Education is irrelevant. A PhD in and of itself doesn't help but it usually means that the individual has published, engaged in original research/work, etc. but someone can have published, engaged in original research/work, etc. without a PhD or any degree. So it's about what the individual has done, not his or her education. That being said, there's no question that USCIS's view of an O-1 petition is colored by the applicant's education and there's sort of a presumption that someone with a PhD qualifies for an O-1.