Check your chances

Our firm

We run the petitions ourselves: an advocate, teams in Moscow and Miami, more than five hundred approvals — and an honest read of your chances before you pay for representation.

Overview

Every petition is led by advocate Sergei Voronin: 13 years of practice, a PhD in law, a professor, more than 500 approved cases. We read scientific, business and creative profiles the way USCIS reads them. When we say which criteria are closed, it is based on practice, not on a polished résumé.

Our result is tied to yours. If the evidence is short, we say so at the start and build the record — we do not sell a weak petition. We measure ourselves by approvals and by how an officer reads the package, not by the length of a presentation.

500+

approved petitions

13

years of experience

11

countries

3

categories: EB-1A, NIW, O-1

Team

The team

Sergei Voronin

Sergei Voronin

Advocate

PhD in Law, professor

He has led EB-1A, EB-2 NIW and O-1 petitions since 2013 — more than 500 approved cases for clients from eleven countries. A PhD in law, a professor, author of more than forty scholarly publications and a reviewer for an international journal: he knows how USCIS reads papers, citations and recommendation letters because he lives in that system. He leads every case himself — from the audit to the finished package.

Liubov Voronina

Liubov Voronina

Partner

Moscow

Your first contact on the case and the constant link at every stage: consultation, documents, timelines, answers to questions. She hosts video briefings on visa categories and rule changes on the Forward Visa channels.

Amelia Fenwick

Amelia Fenwick

Partner

Miami

Client support on the U.S. side: consular and AOS stages, work with U.S. attorneys and petitioners.

Principles

How we work

01

An honest read before you pay

The complimentary consultation and the $250 audit exist so we can say no before you have paid for representation. We do not file petitions we know are weak: a denial hits you harder than it hits us.

02

Led by an advocate, not a manager

Strategy, evidence, letters and the petition are done by the advocate in person. There is no account manager between you and the lawyer retelling the case.

03

We answer with the result

If a petition we prepared receives a final denial, we refund the fee or prepare a refile at no charge — your choice, on the terms of the guarantee.

Business day to first reply

1

Months to a finished package

3–6

From the request to a finished package

Request and consultation
We reply within a business day. A consultation by video or messenger is complimentary, with a direct answer on whether there is a basis.
Audit
A written advocate's opinion within a week: category, closed criteria, what to build and how. $250.
Agreement
A legal-services agreement, a work calendar, payment in full or in installments over up to six months.
Work on the petition
3–6 months: evidence, letters, petition, forms. Regular status updates — you always know where the case stands.
Filing and follow-through
The finished package is handed to you or the petitioner; we support the filing, answer questions and stay on the case through the decision.

Cases and testimonials

Real cases

More than 500 approved petitions for clients from eleven countries.

Alina — professional guitarist, EB-1A. Video testimonial: petition approved with no RFE after 11 months of regular processing, category E11.

“My path to EB-1A was built around the profession of professional guitarist. In concrete terms: 11 months of review. The outcome — the petition was approved with no RFE. What I value in Forward Visa is that they help separate real evidence from noise and assemble it into a story an officer will understand quickly”

Alina

Professional guitarist, EB-1A

0 RFE

additional USCIS requests

11 mo.

regular processing

E11

approval category

01 / 06

Questions

Working with us — FAQ

Insights

Articles and cases

Visa-category breakdowns, USCIS criteria, and real cases.

Talent visa

A closed document folder on a desk by a window, glasses beside it, morning light

October 21, 2026

A denial on EB-1A or NIW: do you refile, ask for reconsideration, or appeal - and how do you read the denial notice?

A denial notice is written in the same language as a request for evidence, and that is the main clue: the officer explains what was missing - so the next petition can be built from it. You have 33 days for a motion or an appeal, and unlimited time for refiling, but the choice is not emotional. It turns on two questions: where the officer went wrong, and whether the priority date matters to you. The answers are different for EB-1A and for NIW. We set out all three paths, with the figures. Current as of 21 October 2026.

Talent visa

A fountain pen on a sheet of heavy paper by a window, soft side light

October 21, 2026

Recommendation letters for EB-1A, NIW, and O-1: who should write them, what goes inside, and why do letters from colleagues not work?

Nine letters from supervisors, colleagues, and friends in the field - and one from a professor the applicant had never met. In an RFE (Request for Evidence), the officer called the nine "letters from interested parties" and cited the tenth as proof of the contribution. That is how the most undervalued document in a petition works: a letter is worth something not because a well-known person signed it, and not because of how many there are, but because of the author's independence and the facts inside. We set out who should write, what has to be in the text, how many letters you need, and which seven mistakes turn them into dead weight. Current as of 21 October 2026.

Talent visa

An opened letter on a desk beside a folder, soft window light

October 21, 2026

An RFE arrived on an EB-1A or NIW: what do you do, how much time do you have, and why is sending more documents the worst response?

An eight-page letter from USCIS that says, criterion by criterion, what the officer did not see - that is not a denial and not a disaster. It is the most informative document in the whole petition: for the first time someone tells you how your file is actually read. Half of applicants answer it the same way - they send more documents - and turn the request into a denial. We set out what an RFE (Request for Evidence) is, how much time you have, how to read every sentence the officer wrote, and how to build a response that gets accepted. Current as of 21 October 2026.

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in two minutes

Seven questions — and a preliminary read of your profile and category.

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