She went from product manager at a multinational tech company to entrepreneur and then to operator in the e-commerce and short-form drama industries, timing each move with the industry's momentum. Her initial L-1 filing ran into problems with the materials, so we re-planned her case around the O-1A for business professionals.

Because she changed jobs, the algorithms she developed at a major tech company did not carry her name on the patents, and "original contributions" became the main point of challenge in the RFE.

We gathered project reports, email correspondence, technical white papers, and statements from colleagues to rebuild her original contributions to the algorithm work. We also compared high-salary data for her peers and used her job descriptions to strengthen the executive-role and high-salary findings.

The O-1A was approved after an RFE, and her previously filed NIW had also been approved, completing her path from work visa to long-term residence.