On September 20 I was approved for an O1 visa as a teacher/educator and communication strategiest. Here's a brief summary of my experience.A bit of a frustrating backstory: I had three attempts to start working with private lawyers from the US but things just didn't work out. When you are used to have more product oriented approach and deadlines, it becomes tough to deal with constant forgetfulness and a ton of unnecessary little tasks. Also, solo attorneys tend to work based on their own ideas of how things should be done, without any clear structure or external oversight. This makes it impossible to follow any established process or seek a second opinion.Based on recommendation, I decided to go with the iDreem team. Long story short: I am super satisfied.Work-wise: within two weeks, the team analyzed my case, put together a strategy and created a tasklist for gathering documents, and completing briefs. Then came the process of collecting documents and preparing the petition. They even set up personal chat for me on Telegram with my dedicated case manager, and lawyer, where we handled all the questions between our calls. It's important to note that my case wasn't standard. The position of a communication strategiest doesn't fit the typical job examples that clearly meet the O1 criteria so I had to combine my teaching experience with my work as a strategist.In other words, they didn't just put together a standard set of documents and broke down my case in detail, highlighting the angles that best showcased my experience across both disciplines and emphasized the right points.Timeline-wise: we had our first call on March 27. The case was submitted on September 9 and I got approval on September 20. The entire process took just under six months.
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