Welcome to an edition of the "Extraordinary Visa Library", created by the Unshackled community in collaboration with Schmidt Futures.

Here, we share the inside stories of past O1/EB1/NIW recipients, how they built their profiles, and the journey they took to successfully get their extraordinary visas.

In this edition, we have Debarya Dutta. Debarya has an interesting story. He doesn’t currently live in the United States, rather he lives in the UK. But, in January of 2023, he began working on his EB-1A application to move to Silicon Valley and establish a network here. Even though he was hit with an RFE, he eventually got his EB-1A approved in August 2023. With a strong background in machine learning and a wealth of experience at companies like Ola and Uber, Debarya is now the Head of Machine Learning at Deliveroo. He hopes to move to the US once he can travel on his EB-1A.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:01:09 - 00:04:00 - What motivated you to apply for an extraordinary visa?
00:04:00 - 00:05:57 - When did you start your EB-1A process?
00:05:57 - 00:07:46 - What was the desire behind EB-1A, specifically?
00:07:46 - 00:08:59 - What was your niche?
00:08:59 - 00:10:11 - What were your top 3 criteria?
00:10:11 - 00:12:59 - What evidence did you submit for High Salary?
00:13:01 - 00:18:00 - What evidence did you submit for Critical Capacity?
00:18:04 - 00:18:57 - What was your role when you filed?
00:18:57 - 00:23:02 - What evidence did you submit for Original Contribution?
00:23:05 - 00:24:39 - Macro trends around Judging criterion
00:24:39 - 00:27:23 - What was the first step you took toward Judging?
00:27:23 - 00:30:23 - Submitting the evidence for the Membership criterion
00:30:23 - 00:32:13 - Submitting the evidence for the Press criterion
00:32:13 - 00:33:54 - How was your experience submitting for the second time?
00:33:54 - 00:36:00 - How was your experience working with your lawyer?
00:36:00 - 00:38:13 - How did you finalize your lawyer?
00:38:13 - 00:41:05 - How did you choose your recommenders?
00:41:05 - 00:44:29 - What helped you, emotionally, during this journey?
00:44:29 - 00:47:35 - What was missing in your immigration journey?
00:47:35 - 00:48:45 - If given a chance, what would you do differently?

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