About
Lana is built for people who undersell themselves
The EB-1A is the U.S. green card category for individuals of extraordinary ability. The strange truth about EB-1A petitioners is that almost all of them are too humble to describe what they have actually done. Lana digs the work out for them.
Why we built this
Most people qualified for EB-1A never apply. They look at the ten criteria USCIS lists, decide they are not “Einstein enough,” and abandon the case before it begins. Of those who do start, many spend $15,000-$25,000 on an attorney to research and assemble what is largely public-record work — press coverage, citations, awards, recommender shortlists — that an AI can find in an afternoon.
Lana automates the research and drafting layer of an EB-1A petition. She reads your CV and LinkedIn export, finds the press mentions, traces the citations to your papers, identifies the industry awards you forgot you won, drafts the per-criterion sections of the petition brief, and produces an exhibit binder. What she will not do, and what she will not let you do, is file without an immigration attorney signing off.
What Lana is — and is not
Lana is an AI research and drafting assistant. She produces an attorney-ready package: a petition brief, an exhibit binder with cover sheets, a Form I-140 worksheet, and a recommender-letter portfolio with first drafts you can hand to your supporters.
Lana is not a law firm. She does not provide legal advice. She does not file petitions. She does not respond to USCIS Requests for Evidence on your behalf. Every petition she produces is delivered with the explicit instruction that an immigration attorney must review and sign off before submission.
Who built it
Lana is built by Yusifli Labs, an independent software studio based in Baku, Azerbaijan. The project is led by founder Elshad Yusifli, an engineer and EB-1A petitioner himself who started building Lana after watching how much manual work his own case required, and how many qualified peers had given up before starting.
The system is engineered with attention to USCIS evidentiary standards — every web evidence item is screenshotted and archived to the Wayback Machine, every non-English document is flagged for certified translation, and a deterministic rules engine enforces USCIS-style integrity checks before output.
How to start
Upload your CV. Lana takes it from there. Read the step-by-step EB-1A guide if you want the process first, or jump in at /onboarding.
Questions? Reach us at /contact.