DEEP VISA LABS · ABOUT

About DeepVisaLabs

An independent US-immigration data lab. We pull DOL OFLC LCA, PERM, USCIS processing tables, travel.state.gov visa bulletins and IRS Pub 519 — then publish the math behind H-1B, green card, OPT/CPT, and non-resident-tax decisions. No lawyer pitch. No sponsored placements.

What we publish

  • Prevailing wage and LCA data — DOL OFLC quarterly LCA + PERM + Prevailing Wage Determinations, by SOC code × MSA × wage level 1-4. The actual federal floor for an H-1B offer.
  • Visa bulletin priority dates — monthly travel.state.gov scrape, plus historical retrogression trend per category × country of birth.
  • USCIS processing times — current and historical, per form × service center; dynamically updated when USCIS publishes.
  • Non-resident tax math — Substantial Presence Test, 1040-NR, FBAR, Sprintax review — all from IRS Pub 519, no Reddit thread aggregations.

What we don't do

  • Recommend specific lawyers or law firms. We are not a law firm and don't provide legal advice.
  • Predict whether a specific case will be approved.
  • Run "cheat sheets" for visa types we believe should be approached with counsel (asylum, deportation, fraud).
  • Accept payment for editorial inclusion or ranking.

Editorial principles

  1. Show the source. Every page links inline to the DOL / USCIS / travel.state.gov / IRS document the number came from. Minimum three citations per page.
  2. Federal first. If DOL/USCIS publishes it, that's our number. We don't substitute lawyer-blog estimates.
  3. Update visibly. "Last verified" timestamp on every data-driven page, synced with our ETL build.
  4. Acknowledge policy churn. H-1B caps, Day 1 CPT enforcement, STEM OPT — all change with administrations. We say so on the page.

Who runs this

DeepVisaLabs was founded in 2026 by Marcus Liang, a labor economist and immigration-policy researcher. Marcus owns the entire stack: ETL ingestion (DOL OFLC, USCIS processing tables, travel.state.gov bulletins, IRS Pub 519), the priority-date and prevailing-wage engines, and editorial review on every pillar.

Why a one-person project? Most consumer immigration sites either (1) bury federal data under "consult our attorney" CTAs or (2) repackage USCIS guidance as paid leads. DeepVisaLabs was built to prove the alternative: the federal data is public; the decision math is publishable; you don't need a sponsored placement to find an answer.

What DeepVisaLabs is not: not a law firm, not a recruiter, not a CPT-school broker, not a tax-preparer. We don't form attorney-client relationships and don't sign opinions. The lawyer pillar exists to publish how to evaluate counsel — not to sell leads.

Disclaimer

Deep Visa Labs publishes data from DOL OFLC, USCIS, travel.state.gov and IRS. This is not legal advice. Consult a licensed immigration attorney for advice on your specific case.

Contact

Editorial corrections, data-source suggestions, partnership inquiries: [email protected].