Stage 1 Review: Exceptional Talent (MC, OC1, OC3)

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Hi all,

I hope you’re doing well. I’m currently working on my Global Talent Visa application under the Exceptional Talent route and would appreciate any feedback on my evidence documents. Below is an overview of the documents I’ve prepared for the Mandatory Criteria, Optional Criteria 1, and Optional Criteria 3. Your guidance and suggestions would be incredibly helpful!

MC

Evidence 1: Leadership in a Product-Led Digital Technology Company
This evidence outlines my role as Lead Product Owner at Company A, where I led multiple product teams and drove key launches, including a mobile app and a web app. During this period, I was promoted to Area Product Owner, expanding my responsibilities to oversee additional product teams and manage broader product strategies. I provided screenshots, product development data, and user adoption metrics to support this evidence.

Evidence 2: Reference Letter from Head of Product (Company A)
A reference letter from the Head of Product at Company A, detailing my leadership in developing the mobile app and web app, as well as my ability to bridge business and product teams. The letter is supported by contact details and the company’s credentials.

Evidence 3: Development and Launch of Mobile App
This document focuses on my role as Lead Product Owner for the development and launch of a mobile app at Company A. It includes user engagement reports, regional market rollout strategies, and screenshots from the app’s listing in major app stores.

Evidence 4: Development of Web App
Here, I showcase my work on a web app at Company A, where I led the product’s redesign and strategy. I included data on user adoption post-launch, along with supporting screenshots, customer feedback reports, and news mentions.

OC1

Evidence 1: Proven Track Record of Innovation
This evidence highlights my work at Company B as a Senior Front-End Engineer, where I contributed to the development of fintech products using machine learning for banks like Huntington Bank in the USA and OCBC Bank in Singapore. I also referenced a patent number issued to Company B (prior to my joining) to demonstrate the innovative nature of the products we developed. Materials provided include product screenshots, user engagement data, and links to news articles.

Evidence 2: Product Development for Huntington Bank (USA)
A detailed account of my technical contributions to Company B’s product for Huntington Bank. This evidence includes screenshots of the product interface, user engagement data, and client feedback reports to showcase the impact of the product.

Evidence 3: Product Development for OCBC Bank (Singapore)
This document outlines my role in developing a machine learning-based financial management tool for OCBC Bank. I provided screenshots of the product, integration data, and news mentions from OCBC to support this evidence.

OC3

Evidence 1: Significant Technical Contributions at Company C
This evidence highlights my role at Company C as a Senior Front-End Engineer, where I contributed to developing a CRM platform and a website builder. I provided changelogs, screenshots of the product updates, and user feedback reports to demonstrate my contributions. I also included the news coverage about the company being acquired by a large US corporation.

Evidence 2: High Salary Command at Company A
This document showcases my compensation as a Lead Product Owner and later Area Product Owner at Company A, with a salary significantly above the industry average. I included salary comparison data from platforms like Glassdoor and PayScale, as well as my latest payslip and a verification letter from Company A.

Evidence 3: Open-Source Contributions in React Development
In this evidence, I highlight an initiative I led at Company B to improve the performance of major front-end framework. I shared my findings with the broader tech community through articles that attracted over 50,000 views and created an open-source solution that gained traction among developers. I provided links to the articles, screenshots showing engagement metrics, and a GitHub repository as supporting evidence.

I’m currently in the process of communicating with previous employers and senior managers to collect the required recommendation letters.

Thanks so much for taking the time to review my evidence! I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts and any advice you might have for improving my application.

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Good set!

Few questions:

  • do the news articles across evidences mention your name?
  • what are the supporting evidences to support your self-documented claims in OC1, OC3 and MC last two app development projects?
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hi @pahuja

Thanks so much for your feedback and questions!

  • Regarding news articles and name mentions:

The news articles I’ve included don’t specifically mention my name, but they do highlight the success and impact of the products I worked on at all the three companies. To back up my role, I’ve included reference letters from senior managers who know my contributions well, along with lots detailed documentation of my work on these products.

  • Regarding supporting evidence for OC1, OC3, and MC:

In my evidence documents, I’ve included a range of materials to support my contributions across the products:

  1. Links and screenshots of the mobile app published on both Google PlayStore and Apple AppStore. In this MC document, I tried to show that my team built the mobile app from zero and grow it to have over 100k downloads.
  2. Screenshots of product planning and collaboration with the team on Jira and Confluence. Plus, files and screenshots of product designs and mockups to showcase the development process.
  3. Links to publications about all three companies and the products I was involved in. With news coverage and articles about Company B and Company C, both of which were startups that raised public funding and were acquired by larger companies while I was working there.
  4. Links to my open-source work (GitHub repo and technical articles), along with a screenshot showing the article stats.
  5. Screenshots of user engagement data for all products I worked on, including PowerBI and Google Analytics data reports. Where possible, I even included public data showing user traction.
  6. A screenshot of Company A’s org chart (from BambooHR) showing my name and role as a leader of several product teams.
  7. Reference letters from senior managers (separate from the three letters of recommendation).
  8. Company B’s public press releases and changelogs showcasing the features we built.

I hope this helps clarify things! Let me know if you have any other questions or suggestions, I’d love to hear more feedback.

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You need to be cautious about wording your documents.

It shouldn’t come across team work: your significant individual contribution highlight is important.

Lot of your evidence is self claims, even external links don’t mention your name. This would need further support try to create linkage with support letter for each story where there’s no external proof with your name specifically.

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