This page is written to be forwarded — or printed — for the person who has to approve
using O1DMatch. Two minutes, no jargon.
What is being proposed
Engaging pre-identified extraordinary-ability candidates through O1DMatch, a matching
platform for O-1 visa talent run by a licensed immigration attorney's team. The team member
proposing this wants permission to (a) list open roles at no cost and (b) respond to matched
candidates with a one-page, non-binding interest letter.
What the company is NOT taking on
- No petition. The candidate's case is filed through an authorized agent or
petitioner. We do not file, and we are not the petitioner of record.
- No USCIS filing fee and no immigration counsel retainer for the petition
— that is the candidate side's cost, not ours.
- No H-1B process. No lottery registration, no LCA, no sponsorship
infrastructure.
- No platform cost. Listing roles and receiving matches is free; no payment
method is collected.
- No lock-in. An interest letter is non-binding; hiring decisions stay
ours, on our paper, at our pace.
What the company gets
- Access to candidates who never reach our applicant tracking system, because the
"requires sponsorship?" filter removes them before a human sees the résumé.
- Candidates arrive with profiles, evidence summaries and O-1 readiness indicators — an
organized record, not a cold résumé.
- A hiring path that works right now: this year's H-1B cap closed on July 17, 2026 and the next
window is approximately March 2027. The O-1 has no cap or lottery and files year-round, with premium
processing decided in 15 days.
The one action being requested
Approval to send a one-page, non-binding interest letter when a candidate fits an open
role. Legal can review the skeleton once and reuse it. The letter
is described in full here.
Context: the agent-based O-1 structure is how organizations like Team Canelo, the Raiders, the Packers, the Chargers, NASCAR teams, ONE Championship
engage extraordinary-ability talent — an established mechanism, not an experiment.
