What is a deal memo in the O-1 agent scheme?

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

• A letter of intent is mainly a term used for EB-1; for O-1, the same letters are called deal memos. They refer to the same thing - confirmation of future employment.

• There was an example of an agency scheme for O-1, where the only deal memo came from the beneficiary's company, opened shortly before filing. It worked, but there were various 'buts' along the way.

• Be mindful of the dates: my visa had 'not valid until' - the start date of the contract from the petition. I could not enter before the start of the contract.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

Sources

• USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2
• USCIS: the EB-1 category

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• O-1 self-petition
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