An O-1 needs four things. Get all four in one place.
Whether you meet the requirements, a U.S. employer who signs, a petitioner for the I-129, and a petition that is ready to file. Most people assemble these from four different places and lose months in the gaps. We built the platform that does it as one job.
Get your O-1 Evaluation. Free review of your profile against the eight O-1 criteria. No login, no card.
Hire the world's best, without sponsoring a visa.
The candidate secures their own O-1. You sign a one-page interest letter confirming the work. No petition to file, no sponsorship obligation, no liability on your books.
No sponsorship. You sign a one-page letter.
Agent-based O-1 and P-1 work has supported talent at
Four things every O-1 needs. One place that does all four.
Each is a service you can use on its own. Together they are the whole petition, start to finish, with one team holding the file.
Do you meet the criteria?
An eligibility review reads your record against the eight criteria. Free, before you spend anything.
An employer who will sign
A real person on the team identifies U.S. employers open to agent-based O-1 work and sends your profile. The employer signs one page.
Someone to sign the I-129
Our agent petitioner signs the petition for multi-employer, self-employed and foreign-employer work, including the itinerary.
A petition ready to file
Letters, agreements, deal memos and the free course. Your attorney does the law; the paperwork arrives organized.
Not an algorithm that waits. A person who calls around.
A real person runs every match. Here is what that person does with your profile.
- We review your profile
A specialist reads your evaluation and the evidence behind it, and asks for what is missing.
- We identify employers open to agent-based O-1 work
Companies in your field that already understand they are not sponsoring a visa, only confirming work.
- We send your profile and secure the interest letter
Your matcher pitches the fit, coordinates terms, and brings back the signed one-page letter.
You're not trying to become extraordinary. You probably already are.
The O-1 gets lumped in with "celebrity visas," but the real bar is three of eight criteria, and most senior professionals already clear it on evidence they have. Conference talks count. Peer review counts. Trade-press write-ups count. Salary above peers counts. Industry awards count, not just Nobels.
Awards & prizes
Industry awards count, not only Nobels.
Selective membership
Associations that require outstanding achievement.
Press about you
Profiles, interviews, trade coverage.
Judging others
Peer review, panels, competition judging.
Original contributions
Patents, research, products that advance the field.
Authorship
Articles, papers, industry publications.
Critical role
Senior roles at recognized organizations.
High remuneration
Compensation above peers in your field.
The whole O-1, explained. Free, no login.
educate.o1dmatch.com is a twelve-part explainer course: who signs your petition when you cannot sponsor yourself, how the itinerary works, what an interest letter is, what the agent does, and what your attorney does. Watch it before you spend a dollar.
No login, no card.
The H-1B path is failing the people who default to it.
The H-1B is a lottery with an annual cap. The O-1 has neither. If your record already meets the criteria, the O-1 is the move, and it can be decided in weeks.
120,141 of 343,981 eligible registrations were selected. Roughly one in three, regardless of qualification. The rest wait a year.
No cap, no lottery, no registration window. You file when your case is ready.
USCIS takes adjudicative action on a premium-processed O-1 within 15 business days or refunds the fee.
The 2025 fee on new H-1B petitions filed from abroad was vacated by a federal court in June 2026; an appeal is pending. Employer appetite for new H-1B sponsorship has not recovered.
Two documents do most of the work. Here they are.
No one else shows you the documents. The agreement makes multiple employers one petition. The letter is what an employer actually signs. Both are redacted real formats.
Re: Interest in engaging under an O-1 petition filed by an authorized agent
To whom it may concern,
("the Company") confirms its interest in engaging as a for the project described below, in the event an O-1 petition filed on their behalf by their authorized agent is approved.
Nature of the work: . Anticipated dates: to . Location: . Compensation: .
The Company understands that it is not the petitioner, is not sponsoring a visa, and incurs no filing fee or petitioner obligation. This letter confirms interest in the work described and does not create an employment contract.
Built by the team behind 15 years of agent-based O-1 and P-1 work.
"For most people, the blocker isn't your qualifications. It's getting a U.S. employer to write the letter."
Sevyn is our AI call assistant. Ask anything about the O-1, any time.
Federal litigation
The team's background includes federally litigated agent-based O-1 cases on how USCIS evaluates talent without a traditional employer.
AILA treatise
Contributors to the AILA treatise on immigration options for artists, entertainers and athletes.
Multi-visa platform
The same infrastructure supports O-1 for professionals, P-1 for athletes, and F-1 OPT and CPT for students.
Find out where you stand before you spend a dollar.
Start with the free evaluation, or ask Sevyn anything about the O-1. If you want a person, the form on the right books a callback from the team.
Get your O-1 Evaluation. Free review of your profile against the eight O-1 criteria.
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Tell us about your work. A specialist reviews it against the eight O-1 criteria and calls you back.