VisaCanvas

VisaCanvas is an AI platform that prepares the materials for a first preference employment based immigration petition for individuals of extraordinary ability, the category that researchers and postdoctoral scholars commonly pursue. It reads a candidate's CV and evidence, maps that evidence against the ten USCIS criteria and drafts the petition documents, so an applicant arrives at their attorney with an organized, evidence backed package rather than a blank page. It is built for postdocs and academic researchers. The workflow runs in five stages. Assess, which is free, reviews the CV and returns a verdict of Ready, Borderline or Not yet with specific gaps. Map aligns the evidence to each criterion with a MET, PARTIAL or MISSING status. Plan recommends which three or four criteria to pursue given the applicant's field and record, with analysis that treats disciplines differently, for example distinguishing statistical genetics from machine learning. Draft generates six documents grounded in the actual evidence: a personal statement, a petition letter, recommender templates, an exhibit list, a submission checklist and a risk audit. Audit and Export reviews the draft the way a USCIS officer would, flags weak claims and missing exhibits, and exports to PDF or Word. Citation counts exclude self citations so that only independent attributions count. Pricing is published in two tiers. The readiness assessment is $0 with no card required and takes a couple of minutes to start. The full package, covering the remaining four stages and complete document generation, is $399. VisaCanvas is explicit that it is not a law firm; applicants engage their own US immigration attorney before filing.