EB-1A Case Validator

44% of EB-1A petitions
get denied.
Find out if yours will.

Upload your petition draft. Get a pre-submission read on where it falls short before you file.

See How It Works
EB-1A I-140 Denial RateFY26 Q140%45%47.2%peak44.1%FY26 Q1 ↓FY 2024FY 2025FY 2026

44.1%

Denial rate

FY2026 Q1

40–50%

RFE rate

All I-140 petitions

$5k–$15k

Avg RFE response

Attorney fees + delays

When USCIS is not convinced, the costs stack up

Most RFEs and denials trace back to a weakness that existed before filing. Nobody caught it in time.

Denial

  • $3,500 to $10,000 to re-file
  • 6 to 18 months of added wait
  • Status complications if visa expires

RFE

  • $5,000 to $15,000 response cost
  • 3 to 6 months delay per round
  • Multiple rounds on the same case

NOID

  • 30-day response window
  • Extremely difficult to overcome
  • Usually leads to denial

How it works

Upload. Analyze. Get your report.

1

Upload your petition

Add the petition draft you are preparing to file. Drop in supporting exhibits if you have them. PDF, Word, images.

The system pulls text from every page and maps each document to the EB-1A criteria it supports.

Upload Documents

Drop your documents here

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EB-1A Criteria Scan
C1Awards and prizes
C2Elite association membership
C3Published articles in field
C4Judging others' work
C5Original contributions
C6Scholarly articles about you
C7Critical role at organizations
C8High salary vs. peers
C9Commercial success
2 criteria need strengthening before filing
2

AI scans every criterion

The Kazarian two-step standard gets applied criterion by criterion. Each of the 10 EB-1A criteria gets a verdict: Strong, Borderline, or Weak.

Specific gaps get flagged. Not "strengthen criterion 5" but the exact document that is missing and what it needs to say.

3

Get a report with specific fixes

Three outcome scenarios with probabilities. A ranked weakness list. Specific fixes, not "add more evidence" but exactly which evidence, from where, and how to frame it.

Case Analysis Report

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Approval

0%

RFE

0%

Denial

C5No peer-reviewed citations in major journalsCRITICAL
C6Only 3 media mentions. Threshold is 5+IMPORTANT
Full report: 6 specific fixes

The full report

Not a score. A diagnosis.

Every finding ties to a specific criterion, a specific document, and a specific USCIS concern. With a fix attached.

Three outcome scenarios

Approval, RFE, NOID, each with probability and the primary evidence driver.

All 10 criteria analyzed

Met, borderline, or insufficient, with the specific evidence gap for each one.

Named weak points

"Expert letter does not establish judging experience under C4 because..." Not generic warnings.

Ranked fix list

Ordered by impact on your denial probability. Address the top items and the odds shift.

Step 2 merits analysis

Kazarian final merits determination. Most petitions fail here even after clearing Step 1.

RFE trigger language

Phrases in your documents that flag a likely RFE, with alternatives to use instead.

$199 once, or $15,000 after an RFE

Less than one billable hour with an immigration attorney. Fix one weakness before filing and it pays for itself.

Case Validator

$199

One-time · One case

Attorney hourly rate

$350–$500/hr

Typically 3 to 5 hours minimum

RFE response cost

$5k–$15k

On top of original fees

Upload your petition · Results in 60 seconds · Pay for the full report only

Common questions

Know your odds before you file.

44% of petitions are denied. Most had fixable weaknesses.