{"id":565,"date":"2012-08-22T19:47:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2012-08-22T19:47:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:47:49","slug":"o1-visa-self-sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"O1 Visa Self Sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I would like to know if it is possible to incorporate my own company to sponsor me for a O1 visa?\u00a0I spoke to one lawyer and was told I can sponsor myself as long as I have strong reference\/creential letters.\u00a0Another lawyer I spoke with told me that I cannot incorporate on my own and self-sponsor.\u00a0So who\u2019s right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While it is true that O1 visa beneficiaries cannot self-sponsor, if the position is one that traditionally involves self-employment, you may be\u00a0sponsored by a US agent rather than an employer.\u00a0Moreover, USCIS has recently taken a tough stance against self sponsorship in the H1B visa area and is likely taking a strong stance against other visa types.\u00a0It would be risky to self sponsor in this environment but a case could be made and even approved.\u00a0They certainly have been in the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to know if it is possible to incorporate my own company to sponsor me for a O1 visa?\u00a0I spoke to one lawyer and was told I can sponsor myself as long as I have strong reference\/creential letters.\u00a0Another lawyer I spoke with told me that I cannot incorporate on my own and self-sponsor.\u00a0So &#8230; <a title=\"O1 Visa Self Sponsorship\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=565\" aria-label=\"Read more about O1 Visa Self Sponsorship\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,83],"tags":[173,224],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-h-1b-visa","category-o-1-visa","tag-h-1b-visa","tag-o-1-visa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":566,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565\/revisions\/566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}