Under 12 Years of Experience, Zero RFE: A Data Engineer’s EB1A Win
At a Glance: A Senior Data Engineer from India, based in Washington, with 11.6 years of experience in Data Engineering with a focus on Distributed Systems and Cloud Infrastructure, received EB1A approval with no Request for Evidence (RFE) on January 28, 2026. No patents were filed or granted.
Many engineers think EB1A is for people with twenty years behind them. This case says otherwise.
With under twelve years of experience, this senior data engineer had already built distributed data systems that operate at enormous scale. The question was not whether they were extraordinary. It was whether the petition could make that obvious in one read.
Distributed data systemsdesigned systems that process huge volumes of data reliably.
Cloud infrastructure for databuilt scalable cloud foundations for analytics and services.
Performance at scaleimproved speed and efficiency across critical data pipelines.
U.S. data infrastructurestrengthens the systems American businesses run on.
We focused on depth over length. Instead of years, the petition highlighted the scale and originality of the systems the applicant built. Our guide to achievements that strengthen EB1A shaped how evidence was chosen.
The client expressed gratitude to the team for its continued guidance throughout the EB1A process.
building the next generation of distributed data systems in the United States.
On January 28, 2026, the petition was approved as filed. Extraordinary ability is not measured in years.
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How many years of experience do I need for EB1A?
There is no minimum. What matters is the evidence of extraordinary ability.
Can data engineers get EB1A without an RFE?
Yes, with a clear, well-mapped petition.
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