In my research I have come across several rejection letter which say that the person applying could you justify/prove National or International Recognition even in Exception Promise category.
According to the Visa Guide an Exceptional Promise should
A ‘leader’ of exceptional talent (or promise) must show extraordinary ability by sustained (or emerging) national or international recognition. The individual will be able to demonstrate a level of expertise (or emerging expertise) which places them at the forefront of their respective field in the digital technology sector.
Someone who has only a couple of years of career in Digital Technology is unlikely to have a lot of media coverage, news clippings etc
How can you properly prove this?
From MC
I can prove this
Outside of your normal day-to-day job role, you led or were a significant contributor to a substantial open source project, as evidenced from compilation of code commit summaries, repo stars or similar metrics such as download statistics, where possible.
I have 5 WordPress plugins on the public/official open source WordPress plugin repository with 15,000+ active installs. A lot of support questions answered and plenty of reviews.
Second I can try for
You command a high salary or other remuneration for your services, as evidenced by commercial or employment contracts with salary information including any bonus and equity options and history of earnings.
I earn 40,000 pounds per year in the UK and according to payscale the average is 30,000. I
Lastly, I have a blog which gets 4000 visitors a month and some premium WordPress plugins which have yearly memberships. They are making $400-$500 in revenue per month for me.
I don’t know if I can use them in any of the Mandatory Criteria. Any suggestion please!
I see there are a couple of MC examples which state commercial success or growth of project led company but they state in the end that to prove you need reference letters. How am I supposed to get reference letters when I am the only person writing articles for the blog and adding new features and fixing bugs on the premium plugins.