Welcome to the Extraordinary Ability Visa Blog

This blog is intended for employers, employees, people hoping to emigrate to the United States for employment, and in particular those immigrants with special talents, abilities and impressive qualifications who would like to learn about and keep up with developments in the field of green cards for extraordinary artists, athletes, scientists, professionals, etc. The author, Laurie Woog, Esq., has 20 years experience in the immigration law field, is an adjunct instructor of immigration law and has developed a specialty in preparing successful green card petitions based on extraordinary ability (EB-1) and national interest waivers (EB-2) through careful evaluation, research and writing.