American Business Expo: does this award count for the talent visa?

Award

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General International • United States of America • Ukr...abcarnival.com

From the organisation's official site

What the organisation itself states on its site abcarnival.com. Paraphrased, checked Oct 2, 2026.

Organiser: The award is organised by a coalition of American Business Carnival, Crazy Unicorns, Neuron Expert Corporation and CASES&FACES, as part of the American Business Expo.
Country: The award is held offline in the US; the venue address is in Aventura, Florida.
Frequency: The site has pages for two 2025 editions: June and December (28 December 2025, Hilton Aventura).
Who can enter: Open to individuals and organisations of any size: startups, businesses, non-profits, solo professionals and creative leaders worldwide.
Jury: The site says judging is unpaid and by invitation only, and in the same block offers an "apply to join the jury" button.

The full regulations are posted as a file on an external drive and were not read; the site's pages state no entry fee, while tickets to the event are sold.

Source: the organisation's site abcarnival.com (pages /award, /awarddec25), checked Oct 2, 2026; the version on the site applies.

What officers look at: 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3)(i) - who grants it and how winners are selected

American Business Expo counts under the awards criterion if it is given for merit in your field, not for participation: the officer looks at selectivity and the awarding body.

The "Awards" criterion: what USCIS requires and how to meet it

Engineering / STEM Business / entrepreneurship Marketing / PR Beauty industry Also criterion: Judging

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