EB-1A · Extraordinary ability green card

The EB-1A petition, organized around the criteria that decide it.

Lexfill guides your EB-1A beneficiary through a focused intake, gathers and labels their evidence, and maps every exhibit to the ten regulatory criteria — so you assemble a stronger I-140 in a fraction of the time.

Form I-140, self-petitionEvidence mapped to 10 criteria
EB-1A criteria coverage
Meets 6 of 10 — 3 required to qualify
Nationally recognized awards3 exhibits
Published material about the beneficiary4 exhibits
Original contributions of major significance2 exhibits
Judging the work of others2 exhibits
Membership requiring outstanding achievement
High salary / remunerationneeds proof
What Lexfill prepares

Every form an EB-1A filing needs.

Form I-140Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
Exhibit indexCriteria-mapped evidence list
Petition letterMerits argument & final merits
I-485 readyAdjustment of status, if eligible
Built for EB-1A

Everything an EB-1A case demands, in one workflow.

The EB-1A lives or dies on evidence and the final-merits argument. Lexfill helps your client produce the record — and helps your team turn it into a petition that reads clearly against the criteria.

Criteria mapping

Every exhibit mapped to the criteria USCIS grades.

As evidence comes in, Lexfill sorts it against the ten EB-1A criteria and shows you where the petition is strong and where it's thin — before you start drafting, not after an RFE.

  • Live coverage across all ten criteria
  • See gaps while there's still time to fill them
  • Tracks the final-merits determination too
Criteria coverage
Meets 4 of 10 so far
Awards3 exhibits
Published material4 exhibits
Judging others' work2 exhibits
Scholarly articlesneeds proof
High remunerationneeds proof
Evidence intelligence

Turn a folder of PDFs into a labeled exhibit list.

Your client uploads awards, press, contracts, and reference letters. Lexfill reads each one, names it, tags what criterion it supports, and stacks it into an ordered exhibit list — so the record assembles itself.

  • Auto-named, auto-lettered exhibits
  • Key facts and dates pulled from each document
  • You confirm the tagging before anything is saved
Exhibit list · auto-built
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ACM Prize certificate (2023)
Award · issued by ACM
Awards
B
Feature in Nature News
Press · published Mar 2022
Published
C
Peer-review invitation, IEEE
Letter · dated Jan 2024
Judging
D
Reference letter — Dr. Osei
Letter · 3 pages
Contributions
Guided intake

Your client tells their story; you get a structured record.

A calm, guided intake tuned for extraordinary-ability cases walks the beneficiary through their achievements one question at a time — no blank forms, no legalese — and hands you an organized narrative to build the petition on.

  • Questions tailored to the EB-1A criteria
  • Runs in the beneficiary's own language
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Lexfill intakeguiding Dr. Amara
English
Which awards or honors have recognized your work — and who grants them?
The 2023 ACM Prize, and a national research medal in 2021.
Achievements · 9 of 24
Review flags

A second pair of eyes before it goes out the door.

Lexfill reads the intake and the exhibits together and flags what doesn't line up — an award dated before the beneficiary's field entry, a citation count that contradicts the CV — in plain English, so nothing surprises you at filing.

  • Cross-checks claims across the record
  • Explained in a sentence, not a score
Petition & evidenceAI reviewed
BasisSelf-petition
Total citations1,240 claimed
The CV lists 980 citations — this figure is higher. Confirm which source is current.
Field of expertiseComputational biology
EB-1A questions

EB-1A filing, answered.

What is the EB-1A green card?

The EB-1A is a first-preference employment-based immigrant category for individuals with extraordinary ability. It allows self-petition without an employer or labor certification, and — like the O-1 — it is won on documentation and a persuasive final-merits argument.

What evidence does an EB-1A petition require?

EB-1A petitions satisfy at least three of ten regulatory criteria — awards, memberships, published material, judging, original contributions, scholarly articles, exhibitions, leading roles, high remuneration, and commercial success. Lexfill collects the documents and organizes them against each criterion so you can see coverage at a glance.

Which forms does Lexfill prepare for an EB-1A case?

Lexfill auto-fills Form I-140 from the intake and builds a criteria-mapped exhibit index for the petition. If the beneficiary is eligible to adjust status, the I-485 record is ready to carry forward. The attorney reviews, edits, and approves everything before it's filed.

How long does the intake take for the beneficiary?

Most beneficiaries complete the guided intake in one or two sittings and can pause anytime. Because the conversation is tailored to EB-1A criteria, they spend their time on what matters to the petition rather than deciphering a blank questionnaire.

Does the beneficiary need to speak English?

No. The intake runs in English, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish, or Arabic — the I-140 questionnaire itself is fully translated into Chinese for Mandarin- and Cantonese-speaking clients — and every answer arrives in your console in English.

Can we switch to Lexfill from Clio or another practice management tool?

Yes. Lexfill integrates with Clio directly: connect your account, import your contacts and matters in a click, and push completed work back to Clio when you're done. On a different vendor? We'll do your migration for free — our team moves your clients and matters into Lexfill for you, usually within a few days.

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