The US issues just 140,000 employment-based visas and 85,000 H-1B visas a year.
The O-1 visa has eight criteria; applicants must meet three out of eight to qualify.
"A lot of it is a storytelling exercise about yourself to meet the criteria of the O-1," Wehden said.
AdvertisementGabriel Petersson, a Midjourney engineer and high school dropout, initially considered an H-1B visa before realizing it required a college degree.
While 85% of the company's petitions have been for O-1 visas thus far, it also supports green card applications.
Persons:
—, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Lisa Wehden, Wehden, Lisa, Justin Bieber, Plymouth's, Gabriel Petersson, Petersson, Minn Kim
Organizations:
Service, Plymouth, Business, Immigrants, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Immigration, Employers, O1, Institute for Progress, Schmidt, Emergent Ventures, Talent Mobility Fund
Locations:
Plymouth, America