The case intelligence OS for EB-1A, O-1A, and EB-2 NIW petitions.
For EB-1A, O-1A, and EB-2 NIW petitioners — preparing on your own or alongside your attorney — Merito builds one structured Case File and shows you how it reads from the officer's side, criterion by criterion.
Merito is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Nothing on this site is an approval prediction or a substitute for advice from a licensed immigration attorney.
Watch your file being read, sentence by sentence.
Reading desk
0 / 6 reviewed
Officer commentary
Reviewing: original contributions
Built on the real record
criteria covered
across EB-1A, O-1A, and EB-2 NIW
AAO decisions indexed
a real, cited administrative decision corpus
analysis tools
free and Pro, one Case File each
automated document checks
deterministic — code, not AI
background verification functions
run automatically, every case
officer perspectives
neutral, skeptical, seasoned, and a judge
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Free · No login required
Start with a real, criterion-by-criterion score.
A dual-ring gauge scores your per-criterion strength and your final-merits case separately, with traffic-light detail for every criterion instead of one opaque number. Get a shareable badge and a full PDF report emailed to you.
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Pro · Case Canvas
Every criterion, every piece of evidence, one graph.
An interactive graph connects each criterion to the evidence behind it, with evidence-strength badges applied consistently everywhere in the product. Share a read-only Attorney View with your lawyer directly — no platform access required.
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Pro · Officer Simulator
See your file the way a USCIS officer reads it.
Live streaming commentary reviews your file criterion by criterion, in an officer's voice, then a separated final-merits pass — a file can satisfy every criterion and still read as thin overall. Decision-preview documents are always watermarked as simulated.
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Pro · Merito Audit
Deterministic checks, before any AI touches your file.
Missing documents, unsupported claims, and exhibit numbering gaps are caught by plain code, ranked critical, warning, or info by what to fix first. Nothing here is a language-model guess — every finding is exact and reproducible.
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Pro · Debate Mode
An adversarial exchange, argued from both sides.
An Advocate and an Officer argue your file's strongest and weakest points directly, then a Judge's synthesis shows what held up, what fell, and what would settle it. Re-run after new evidence to see exactly what changed.
See Debate ModeThe flagship: Officer Simulator
Meet the officer.
The same file, four different readers. Hover a card to hear how each one opens.
Neutral
Reads for: balance across every criterion
Skeptical
Reads for: gaps and overstated claims
Seasoned
Reads for: pattern-matched context
Judge
Reads for: what would settle the debate
Merito shows you the file the way the officer will read it.
Built for precision
Every claim traced back to a real document — nothing left to memory.
How it works
Upload your documents
Petition draft, exhibits, letters — Merito extracts and structures them into one Case File. Every tool after this reads that same structured file, not raw documents.
See it mapped to the criteria
Every document lands against the criteria it supports, with evidence-strength badges, not guesses. Gaps show up immediately, before an officer ever finds them.
Strengthen it with your attorney
Deterministic audits, AI-assisted review, and exportable reports your attorney can act on directly. Nothing here replaces their judgment — it gives them a faster, more structured starting point.
How Merito compares
| How Merito compares | Merito | Generic AI chatbots | Traditional consultants-prep services | Document template tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Structured Case File | No structure | Manual notes | Not offered | |
Deterministic checks | Not offered | Manual review | Not offered | |
Criteria-specific findings | Generic | Manual, varies by attorney | Not offered | |
Attorney-ready output | Not offered | Yes, but slow | Blank template only | |
No probability language | Often speculates | Varies by attorney | Makes no claims |
The toolset — 26 tools, one case file.
Every tool reads the same structured Case File, free through Counsel.
For law firms
Give your clients a structured, attorney-ready view.
Your associates already spend hours re-reading exhibit lists and cross-checking citations by hand before a filing goes out — work that code does deterministically, in seconds, across every case in the firm's queue. Merito Counsel sits underneath your existing review, not instead of it: it hands you a pre-filing report with the errors already found, so the read-through starts from what's wrong, not from page one.
Every case, one view
See every client's standing at a glance.
A firm dashboard shows every active case's score, status, and what's actually blocking it — not a spreadsheet you maintain by hand. When an RFE lands, it surfaces immediately, not the next time someone happens to open that file.
For law firmsLeft a note for the client
K. Ramos, Esq.
Client
Fixed both, exhibit 8 is renumbered.
Your cases
Built to be trusted with your case
Encrypted storage
Your documents live in private, access-controlled storage tied to your account, not a shared or public bucket.
Not used to train models
Your documents and case data are never used to train AI models — yours or anyone else's.
Delete anytime
Delete your account and every associated document, case file, and report at any time from Settings.
No approval odds, ever
We'll never tell you a percentage chance of approval — no one honestly can. Instead we show you exactly where your case is strong, where it's thin, and what similar cases actually needed.
Pricing
Config-driven, no surprise tiers — every plan and credit cost below reads live from our own billing config.
One Pro month comfortably covers a full case-preparation journey — score, audit, simulator, debate, RFE prep, and letters — reset monthly, no rollover.
Free
For a first look at your case.
$0/mo
- 0 credits / month
- Merito Score
- RFE Decoder
- Pathway Navigator
- Radar Lite
- Citation Quick-Check
- Checklist Generator
Pro
For petitioners building their case with an attorney.
$49/mo
- 40 credits / month
- 7-day trial · 10 credits included
- Officer Simulator
- Case Canvas
- RFE Studio
- Expert Letter Studio
- Merito Audit
Counsel
For solo attorneys and small firms.
$199/mo
- 10 client cases
- 3 seats
- +10 client cases available as an add-on
- + 60 pooled AI-tool credits / month
- AI Drafter
- Citation Lens
Counsel Plus
For firms managing a full caseload.
$399/mo
- 50 client cases
- 10 seats
- +10 client cases available as an add-on
- + 200 pooled AI-tool credits / month
- AI Drafter
- Citation Lens
Representing a client?
Merito Counsel gives your firm multi-case workspaces, client invites, and a read-only Attorney View — without your client needing a Pro plan of their own.
Frequently asked questions
Product
No. Merito is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice, represent you before USCIS, or predict approval odds. It's a self-serve readiness review meant to be used alongside — not instead of — a licensed immigration attorney.
No. Merito never states or implies an approval probability. It shows you how your case reads against the published criteria and where an officer might raise questions, framed as a readiness review, not a prediction.
EB-1A (extraordinary ability), O-1A (extraordinary ability nonimmigrant), and EB-2 NIW (national interest waiver) petitioners.
The free tools (Merito Score, RFE Decoder, Pathway Navigator, Citation Quick-Check, Radar Lite, Checklist Generator) work standalone, with no account and no Case File required. The Pro tools (Officer Simulator, Case Canvas, Merito Audit, RFE Studio, and others) work against your structured Case File and are included or credit-metered depending on your plan.
Pricing & credits
Each paid plan includes a set number of credits per month, spent when you run a credit-metered tool. Running out doesn't lock your account — you can purchase additional credits separately.
Monthly plan credits reset at renewal and don't carry over. Purchased top-up credits are separate and never expire.
Yes — manage or cancel your subscription anytime from Settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period; you won't be charged again after that.
Security & data
Your files are stored in private, access-controlled storage tied to your account. Tools never read your raw documents directly — they read a structured summary built once from your files. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from Settings.
No. Your documents and case data are never used to train AI models — see the encryption and no-training-use section above for the full policy.
Your documents, Case File, and all associated data are removed. This action is irreversible.
For attorneys
Yes — Case Canvas share links support a read-only Attorney View, so you can hand your attorney a structured, exhibit-referenced view of your case without giving them platform access.
No. A read-only Attorney View share link works from any client's Case Canvas regardless of their plan — your client doesn't need Pro, and you don't need platform access to view it.
Counsel and Counsel Plus plans include a set number of firm seats and firm-managed cases, plus a shared pool of monthly credits your firm spends across every case you manage — see the pricing table above for exact numbers.
Still have a question? Reach out and we'll get back to you within a day.
Community
You're not filing alone.
Every category above pulls from real petitioner discussions — evidence gathering, RFE experiences, success stories, questions for your attorney. Answers here are human-only by design: Merito never posts an AI-generated reply into the community, and anything that reads like personal legal advice gets a plain "not legal advice" banner, not a takedown.
Visit the communityOpportunities
Build the record, don't just document it.
Verified judging, peer-review, and speaking opportunities in your field — the kind of activity that becomes evidence for the judging and original-contributions criteria, not just a writeup of what you already did.
Never paid, never purchasable evidence — listings are opportunities to earn evidence, not buy it.
Browse opportunities
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