[marymkearney]

Hi, yes, you're right, most of the info out there is for researchers and academics. It's not a template that fits well for makers and engineers in private industry, who actually build real things and sell them.

There's an EB-1A template that works much better for proving extraordinary ability for industry accomplishments. It's just not well-known or publicized.

If you have open-source commits and users for your products, then you're well on your way to a successful EB-1A portfolio.

The "academic EB-1A" template is such a universal pain point for tech founders and engineers, that I just launched an online course (my first! yay) on this topic. It explains how to structure O-1s and EB-1As for industry tech and engineering specialties, not academia. https://pro.visabuilder.com/tech-toolbox-product-page