“Without LOIs or MOUs to support a three-year itinerary, I do not have a starting point” — a real inquiry, and the most common structural confusion in our inbox. Here is what the itinerary is, what belongs on it, and how it actually gets built.
An agent-based O-1 is filed for work across multiple engagements, and the itinerary is the document that shows those engagements are real: what you will do, for whom, roughly when, across the visa period. It is not a wish list and not a diary — it is evidence that professional work awaits you, assembled from letters, agreements and invitations.
Nobody starts with a finished itinerary. The realistic sequence: your profile and evidence record go up free, employers respond with interest letters as the platform’s native mechanic, and each accepted letter becomes an itinerary entry. The itinerary grows out of the matching — that is the point of doing this on a platform instead of cold-emailing companies for paper.
The platform in one sitting - where the itinerary fits in the whole flow.
Each accepted letter is an itinerary entry taking shape.
There is no fixed number in the regulations - the itinerary must show real prospective work across the visa period, and more genuine engagements make a stronger case than fewer. The agent side shapes the right set for your situation.
The itinerary covers your US work. Engagements abroad can continue alongside it, and the agent-based structure exists precisely so a portfolio career does not have to collapse into one employer.
Careers move, and material changes are handled on the agent side through the petition architecture. What matters is keeping the itinerary honest - real engagements, evidenced.
That is the normal starting point. A free profile with a strong evidence record is how employers find you and respond with letters - the itinerary follows from there.