Immigration Pathway Selector

What this tool does

The pathway selector walks through a series of general questions (nationality, corporate relationships, capital available and professional background) and surfaces the classifications that are commonly associated with those circumstances.

It is designed to organize your thinking before a consultation, not to replace the individualized analysis an attorney performs once the specific facts, documents and objectives are reviewed.

How to use the result

1. 1

   Review the surfaced pathways

   Read the general description of each classification the tool identifies as potentially relevant to your inputs.

2. 2

   Note open questions

   Identify which of your answers were estimates or assumptions, since these are the points most likely to need verification.

3. 3

   Gather baseline documents

   Passport information, corporate records and a general sense of available capital are useful to have ready for a consultation.

4. 4

   Schedule a consultation

   Bring the tool's output to a consultation so the conversation can start from an informed baseline rather than from scratch.

What the tool does not do

The tool does not verify treaty status, evaluate the strength of your specific evidence, assess marginality for a proposed enterprise, or account for prior immigration history, all of which materially affect eligibility.

It does not create an attorney-client relationship and its output is general orientation only, not individualized legal advice. No outcome is predicted or guaranteed by using it.

Why pathway selection benefits from early planning

Many of the entity, capitalization and documentation decisions that support a given pathway need to be made before a business is formed or funded, not after. Understanding the likely category early allows those decisions to be made with the eventual filing in mind.

Common pathways the tool may surface

• E-2 Treaty Investor: for treaty-country nationals investing in and directing an active enterprise.
• L-1A/L-1B Intracompany Transfer: for executives, managers, or specialized-knowledge employees of a related foreign company.
• O-1 Extraordinary Ability: for individuals with a documented record of sustained achievement.
• EB-1A, EB-1C, EB-2 NIW and EB-5: immigrant pathways relevant depending on record, corporate relationship, or investment.