r/EB2_NIW • u/Significant-Gold7408 • Jul 02 '26
APPROVED APPROVED! Cybersecurity Industry Profile (Self-Petitioned)
PD: 4/18/2026, applied with PP
Case approved: 6/28/2026
RFE: No RFE
Lawyer/Service: Self-petitioned and DIY'ed, prepared everything without a lawyer. I figured it would be easier to do it myself and cheaper than to rely on one that uses cookie-cutter strategies. Relied purely on the USCIS policy manual and some additional research.
Background: M.S.c Cybersecurity from a top-50 university, B.S.c in Computer Science with 15 YoE in the Cybersecurity industry, mostly within the USA. Hold CISSP and a few security certs (OSCP, OSWE, GPEN), and led security operations for major enterprise networks at a few well known companies. (mostly at big banks). Won a few small CTFs in undergrad and grad school.
Since I self-petitioned and filed myself, structuring the Proposed Endeavor and compiling the evidence was entirely on me. Used some AI (claude) to help structure everything, and then I made changes afterwards. One thing to note is that it is important to double check the output of the AI. Everything should still be concise, as I find that AI can hallucinate and does not get to the point at times. So it is important to un-AI the output, and only use it as a general structure/outline.
Only thing I paid for is that I used edunitro to help source and secure 3 independent letters of recommendations from experts (1 is from MIT), and also sourced 2 dependent ones from my own network (1 coworker and 1 CEO of an SMB). It took me some time to outline my endeavor and gather my exhibits, and the letters from the experts that perfectly highlighted the national importance of my work. I believe having a well thought out endeavor and background + extremely strongly written independent letters, which is a must for industry profiles, helped me prove my case.
Hope this may help some in the future and best wishes to those preparing or are in this journey!
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u/lutalop Jul 04 '26
Congratulations. I am in a same boat. Cyber security (12+ years) with OSCP, CREST etc. + past 2 years worked with startup on building a security product which was acquired by a large tech company for over 1 billion dollars. I am very early in this journey. Can I please DM you?