[throwaway219450]

Do you get the impression this is a cause for concern for qualified applicants? Rephrased: what sort of applications are now getting denied/RFE'd that would have been fine say a couple years ago?

Anecdotes would suggest that a lot of people were able to get these visas because there was some fairly loose interpretation of the criteria.

I'm particularly interested in EB1A.

[proberts]

EB1As are extremely difficult to get right now. This is particularly true for non-scientific/research/academic employees who are not very highly compensated.

[throwaway219450]

Small clarification on wording here (non-). Do you mean academics/researchers are finding it challenging?

For context, am postdoc and I was told by a local immigration firm, within the last year, that I had a good profile for EB1A.

[proberts]

Sorry for the poor wording. It's tougher for those who are not in academia or research.

[throwaway219450]

Thanks, no problem!