The talent visa platform that does the thinking for you.
One platform that takes you from “Am I even eligible?” to a USCIS-ready petition — combining AI drafting, expert-vetted opportunities, and a 15-year attorney bench, with or without a lawyer.
15+ visa pathways · one workspace
Find the route that fits your story
Every talent pathway from self-petitions to employer-sponsored and investor routes — each with its own evidence blueprint, timeline estimate, and AI Drafter tuned to USCIS adjudication patterns.
Extraordinary Ability Green Card
Top tier of employment-based permanent residency. Self-petition — no employer, no labor cert. Reserved for those with sustained national or international acclaim.
Best fit: 10+ years of impact, awards, press, or original contributions of major significance.
National Interest Waiver
Self-petitioned green card for professionals whose work has substantial merit and national importance. Bypasses the PERM labor certification process entirely.
Best fit: Advanced degree or exceptional ability, with a project that benefits the US.
Extraordinary Ability Visa
Non-immigrant visa for individuals of extraordinary ability in sciences, education, business, or athletics. Renewable indefinitely; common stepping stone to EB-1A.
Best fit: Sustained recognition, awards, publications, or judging others' work.
Outstanding Researcher / Professor
Employer-sponsored permanent residency for outstanding professors and researchers with at least three years of experience and international recognition.
Best fit: Tenure-track academics and senior research scientists with a sponsoring employer.
Multinational Executive / Manager
Green card for executives and managers transferring from a foreign qualifying organization to a US affiliate, subsidiary, or parent company.
Best fit: 1+ year of executive/managerial service abroad in the last 3 years.
Investor Green Card
Permanent residency through qualified investment of $800K–$1.05M in a US commercial enterprise that creates 10+ full-time jobs.
Best fit: High-net-worth individuals seeking a capital-led route to a green card.
Intracompany Transferee
Non-immigrant visa for executives and managers transferring to a US office of the same employer. Dual-intent — can transition to EB-1C.
Best fit: 1+ year of managerial service abroad within the past 3 years.
Specialty Occupation Visa
Non-immigrant visa for specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher. Cap-subject with an annual lottery; dual-intent.
Best fit: Degree-holders with a sponsoring US employer in a specialty field.
Treaty Investor Visa
Non-immigrant visa for investors from treaty countries who commit substantial capital to a US enterprise. Renewable indefinitely.
Best fit: Entrepreneurs from treaty countries making a substantial, at-risk investment.
The AI workbench
Six tools that do the boring 80% of your petition
Diagnostics, drafting, opportunity discovery, and petition generation — purpose-built for talent visa applicants and tuned on 1,400+ approved cases. You bring the achievements; we structure them into something an adjudicator can actually read.
AI Petition Drafter
Turn scattered achievements into a structured cover letter, recommendation letter, and exhibit index in minutes — tuned to USCIS adjudication patterns for your pathway.
Profile Strength Engine
Score each EB-1A or O-1A criterion against the 10 evidence types USCIS uses. See exactly what's strong, what's borderline, and what's missing — before you file.
Opportunity Engine
3,000+ expert-vetted awards, conferences, judging invitations, and society memberships refreshed monthly — filtered to your field and current gaps.
Visa Compare
Side-by-side comparison of any two visa pathways on criteria, cost, timeline, portability, and dual-intent. Replace guesswork with a decision matrix.
Visa Match Quiz
A 5-minute adaptive quiz that surfaces your three best-fit pathways based on background, goals, timing, and constraints — with a custom roadmap for each.
Petition Generator
Upload your evidence, answer structured prompts, and generate a complete I-140 petition package — cover letter, exhibit list, and RFE-response scaffolds included.
Three steps · one workspace
From 'Am I even eligible?' to filed petition
No spreadsheets, no email chains, no attorneys guessing. Pathrise walks you through a diagnostic, a build phase, and a filing phase — each with concrete artifacts and full visibility.
Diagnose
Take the 5-minute Visa Match quiz. We analyze your background, achievements, and timeline against USCIS criteria across 15+ pathways and surface your top three options with fit scores.
Build
Use the AI Drafter, Opportunity Engine, and Profile Strength tools to assemble a criteria-ready petition. Expert-vetted awards and judging invitations close your gaps in weeks, not years.
File & Defend
Submit with confidence. Track every artifact in your case workspace, route to a vetted attorney for review, and respond to any RFE with templated scaffolds from real approvals.
The transformation
What changes when you stop DIYing in the dark
Most self-petitioners burn out before they file — they piece together advice from Reddit, get three different answers from three attorneys, and spend months second-guessing their evidence. Pathrise replaces that with a structured, observable pipeline.
- Hours spent on Reddit threads and YouTube videos
- Three attorney consults, three different answers
- Generic templates that miss your pathway's nuances
- $8K – $25K in legal fees before filing
- No visibility into case status or RFE risk
- 5-minute quiz narrows 15+ pathways to your top 3
- AI Drafter tailored to your specific field and pathway
- Expert-vetted opportunities fill real gaps weekly
- Flat fees from $49 — attorney review only when you need it
- Full case workspace with status, risk flags, and deadlines
Free tool · no signup
Visa Compare
Pick any two pathways and see them side-by-side on every dimension that matters: cost, timeline, sponsorship, premium processing, dual intent, and whether it leads to a green card.
Both EB-1A and EB-2 NIW lead to a green card. Use the Visa Match quiz to see which fits your background.
The expert course
12 modules · 7+ hours
The full talent visa curriculum — written and delivered by attorneys and successful self-petitioners. Each module is hands-on: watch the lesson, apply it to your case workspace, mark it done.
Real petitions · real approvals
The receipts
Pathrise members have filed across 15+ pathways from 60+ countries. Here are six of them — every quote attached to a real approved case.
I had been told by two attorneys that I needed an H-1B first. The Pathrise quiz flagged EB-2 NIW in 4 minutes — I filed 5 months later and was approved without an RFE.
The Profile Strength tool told me exactly which two criteria were weak. I spent six weeks closing those gaps with the Opportunity Engine and filed with confidence.
I was quoted $18,000 by a traditional firm. I spent $49 on the first month, $249 for three more, and got an attorney review on the final package for a fraction of that.
As a founder moving my company to the US, I needed speed and certainty. The attorney connect matched me with someone who had done 30+ L-1A → EB-1C transitions.
What sold me was the transparency. Every artifact in my case workspace had a status, a risk flag, and a deadline. I never once had to chase anyone for an update.
The RFE response kit paid for an entire year of Pro. Two of my three criteria were challenged; the kit walked me through dismantling each one paragraph by paragraph.
Pricing · cancel anytime
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready to file.
Three tiers. The first month is discounted on every paid plan. No contracts, no setup fees, no hidden attorney surcharges.
Starter
Diagnose & explore — free forever
- All 15+ visa pathways
- Visa Match quiz (unlimited)
- Visa Compare tool
- 1 Profile Strength analysis
- 1 Field of Expertise generation
- 5 AI Drafter generations
- Browse 100 opportunities / month
- Community access
Pro
Build a criteria-ready petition
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Field of Expertise built from USCIS data
- Unlimited Profile Strength analyses
- Personalized opportunity recommendations
- Full opportunity library — 3,000+ new / month
- AI Petition Drafter (unlimited)
- 12-module expert video course (7+ hours)
- RFE response kit
- Petition Generator
Elite
White-glove + attorney connect
- Everything in Pro, plus:
- Dedicated success manager
- Bi-weekly 1:1 expert sessions
- Personalized action plan
- Expert-vetted priority opportunities
- Unlimited profile reviews
- Vetted attorney connect (avg. $5K savings)
- Concierge filing support
All plans include the Visa Match quiz, Visa Compare tool, and access to the community. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel from your dashboard at any time. Pathrise is an educational platform and does not provide legal advice; Elite members can be matched with licensed attorneys for case-specific guidance.
Free resources
Start before you sign up
Four lead magnets we keep free on purpose. They're a real preview of how we think about talent visas — not a thinly disguised sales pitch.
Field Guide to EB-1A
The criterion-by-criterion breakdown of the EB-1A standard, with annotated excerpts from 12 approved cover letters.
EB-2 NIW Masterclass
Why the Dhanasar framework changed everything — and how to argue national importance without an advanced degree.
RFE Response Templates
Plug-and-play scaffolds for the four most common RFE patterns, with paragraph-by-paragraph commentary.
Weekly USCIS Digest
Every Monday: policy updates, approval rate shifts, and one approved case dissected. Read in 4 minutes.
Every Monday, one approved case dissected.
Policy updates, approval-rate shifts, and a single approved case broken down to its moving parts. Read in 4 minutes — written by people who actually file these.
Frequently asked
Everything you wanted to ask before signing up
Still have a question?
Take the Visa Match quiz — even your specific edge case is covered.
Five minutes from now, you'll know your three best pathways.
Take the Visa Match quiz, see your fit scores, and decide whether to keep going. No credit card, no attorney call required to start.