Many EB-1A applicants can show that their work was new, useful, successful, profitable, or technically difficult. The more demanding question is whether the evidence establishes an original contribution of major significance in the field. A new engineering system may improve one employer’s product. A physician may develop a useful clinical protocol. A researcher may publish a new method. A founder may introduce a profitable business model. An artist may create a distinctive technique. Each achievement may be valuable. But originality and major significance are separate legal questions: Did the applicant make