Extraordinary ability, evidenced

Build your O-1A case, faster

Merit turns your research and open-source work into O-1A evidence. Track all eight criteria, generate the papers and tools that count, and walk into your attorney hand-off with the dossier drafted.

USCIS asks for evidence in 3 of 8 criteria to qualify. Merit helps you build and track them all.

AwardsMembershipPublished materialJudgingOriginal contributionsScholarly articlesCritical roleHigh salary
Track

Your O-1A evidence ledger

Declare evidence across all eight criteria, see your coverage at a glance, draft a petition-quality narrative for each, and export an attorney-ready dossier.

Builds: every criterion

Productize

Turn your code into contributions

Point Merit at a GitHub repo. It drafts a publishable paper and packages a reusable Claude plugin (skills, commands, subagents, and an MCP build plan) from the same code.

Builds: scholarly articles, original contributions

Market

Get on the record

Draft sharp outreach in your voice and reach the people who get you featured, invited to judge, and recognized in your field.

Builds: published material, membership, critical role

Start building the case for your work

Free to start: the evidence ledger and per-criterion narratives cost nothing. The attorney-ready dossier PDF is a one-time $99. Your evidence is private to you.