Case types
Twelve case types, each one actually modeled.
A case type in Attest is not a dropdown label. Each one carries its own document checklist, its own intake questionnaire, the legal criteria the evidence map is built against, and the grounds USCIS most often comes back on.
Employment
Petitions where the record is built out of an employer's paperwork and a beneficiary's career — and where the criteria are enumerated in the regulation.
H-1B
I-129 · LCA (ETA-9035)
Nonimmigrant petition for a specialty-occupation worker requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field.
15 checklist items · 5 criteria
O-1
I-129
Nonimmigrant petition for individuals with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics (O-1A) or the arts/entertainment industry (O-1B).
18 checklist items · 9 criteria
EB-1A
I-140
Self-petitioned immigrant visa for a person of extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics — sustained national or international acclaim, with no job offer and no labor certification.
17 checklist items · 11 criteria
EB-2 NIW
I-140
Self-petitioned immigrant visa for advanced-degree professionals or persons of exceptional ability whose proposed endeavor merits waiving the job-offer and labor-certification requirements under Matter of Dhanasar.
13 checklist items · 4 criteria
EB-3
I-140 · ETA-9089 (approved)
Employer-sponsored immigrant petition for a professional, a skilled worker with at least two years of training or experience, or an other worker — filed on an approved permanent labor certification.
14 checklist items · 6 criteria
PERM
ETA-9089 · ETA-9141 (PWD) · I-140
DOL labor certification testing the U.S. labor market for a permanent position, followed by the employer's I-140 immigrant petition.
12 checklist items · 6 criteria
Family & citizenship
Cases decided on the authenticity of a relationship or the arithmetic of a residence history, both of which live in documents a client has to be walked through.
I-130
I-130 · I-130A
Family-based petition establishing a qualifying relationship — most commonly a bona fide marriage — between a U.S. citizen or LPR petitioner and the beneficiary.
15 checklist items · 4 criteria
I-485
I-485 · I-864 · I-693 · I-765 · I-131 · I-485 Supplement J
Application to adjust to lawful permanent resident status from within the United States based on an approved or concurrently filed immigrant petition.
12 checklist items · 5 criteria
K-1
I-129F
Petition for a foreign fiancé(e) to enter the U.S. to marry the U.S. citizen petitioner within 90 days of admission.
14 checklist items · 5 criteria
N-400
N-400 · N-648 (disability exception) · N-426 (military service)
Application for U.S. citizenship by a lawful permanent resident meeting residence, physical presence, and good moral character requirements.
12 checklist items · 6 criteria
Humanitarian
Filings where a declaration carries the case, corroboration is scarce by definition, and confidentiality is part of the work.
Asylum
I-589
Application for asylum and for withholding of removal by a person present in the U.S. who has suffered past persecution or fears future persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group.
16 checklist items · 7 criteria
VAWA
I-360
Confidential self-petition on Form I-360 by an abused spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, seeking immigrant classification independent of the abuser under the Violence Against Women Act.
14 checklist items · 7 criteria
What “modeled” buys you
- The intake link a client opens asks the questions this case type needs — and nothing from a different one.
- The document checklist is seeded from the type, so a missing item is visible before it becomes an RFE.
- Evidence analysis runs against the type's own criteria, and reports gaps criterion by criterion.
- Every claim Attest writes cites the page of the document it came from, so you can check it rather than trust it.
These twelve are what ships pre-modeled. A firm admin picks which of them the team can start a case with, and the questionnaire for any of them can be edited into your firm’s own — see intake forms.