hello everyone,
I had filed for EB2-NIW in Nov2006 at TSC. I have received an Rfe today. I would really appreciate your feedback on how to make my coverletter to answer to this Rfe. I beleive my lawyer did not do a good job of highlighting my accomplishments so i would like to make the draft for this response myself so I would really appreciate your opinions on how to strategically respond to this RFE. Anybody who has tackled a RFE successfully if they can share their coverletter, I would really appreciate that. Please kindly PM me.
My credentials:
1)Six first author publications (Impact factor 3.5 journals, 2005-2, 2006-2, 2007-2), 1 second author publication (2007) and 1 second author book chapter (2006).
Total citations - outside - 7
2)8 conference presentations
3)35 journal papers reviewed for seven different journals (Impact factor 3-4). Letters submitted from the editors.
4)Editor of a international pharmaceutical journal (Impact factor 4)
5)Submitted nine letters of recommendation from around the world from people who do not know me directly except my current and phd boss. (1- UK, 1-Germany, 1-Japan, 1-US national lab, 1- current boss, 1- Phd boss, 3-Professors from US).
6)Memeber - ASBMB, AACR, Protein society (paid memberships. FOr AACR you need two existing members to nominate you but no other criteria and you just pay. For ASBMB I got free membership as for fresh PhD's they give one
year free membership upon nomination by an existing ASBMB member. For protein society you need to become a member before you can present in their conference)
7)Awards - 1) Postdoctoral fellowship grant award from a wellknown cancer organisation. Iam the Co-PI along with my boss
2) NASA research enhancement grant award from Space grant consortium for one of my Phd projects. I was the PI for this grant.
3)Two poster awards in conferences
4)Two Graduate fellowship awards during phd
5)TA, RA throughout grad school
My Rfe details:
CIS notes that the petitioner provided evidence which describe his cancer research, both present and future as well as accomplishments in his field of endeavor. However, the petitioner has not clearly demonstrated the influence which his work has had upon his field of expertise. Please submit documentary evidence of the specific influence the petitioner’s work has had on his speciality or on the field in general. If the petitioner’s research results have been cited by others in this field, submit copies of all published works of others who cite the petitioner’s work, or other evidences such as copies of citation indices.
(At the time of submission I just had 2 citations so I did not submit my citation details. Since then I now have 7 outside citations. Also the citations are just passing references and do not dwell more than a few lines on my work. Kindly suggest how to respond to this as I feel this is the weakest. I have requested couple of people who have cited my work to give me reference letters informing that my work and protocols helped in laying the foundation for their research etc...)
Please describe specifically all of the petitioner’s exact prior achievements and how these have influenced the field?
(I can answer this one)
How does the petitioner’s work compare to others in this field?
(How do I do this? Any suggestions please. I can get more letters from people who can praise my work. )
Have experts in this field recognized the petitioner’s work?
(Any suggestions?)
How do the petitioner’s publications separate her from others in the field?
(Any suggestions?)
Any submitted evidence will be considered in conjunction with the current record to determine the petitioner’s eligibility for this classification.
I had filed for EB2-NIW in Nov2006 at TSC. I have received an Rfe today. I would really appreciate your feedback on how to make my coverletter to answer to this Rfe. I beleive my lawyer did not do a good job of highlighting my accomplishments so i would like to make the draft for this response myself so I would really appreciate your opinions on how to strategically respond to this RFE. Anybody who has tackled a RFE successfully if they can share their coverletter, I would really appreciate that. Please kindly PM me.
My credentials:
1)Six first author publications (Impact factor 3.5 journals, 2005-2, 2006-2, 2007-2), 1 second author publication (2007) and 1 second author book chapter (2006).
Total citations - outside - 7
2)8 conference presentations
3)35 journal papers reviewed for seven different journals (Impact factor 3-4). Letters submitted from the editors.
4)Editor of a international pharmaceutical journal (Impact factor 4)
5)Submitted nine letters of recommendation from around the world from people who do not know me directly except my current and phd boss. (1- UK, 1-Germany, 1-Japan, 1-US national lab, 1- current boss, 1- Phd boss, 3-Professors from US).
6)Memeber - ASBMB, AACR, Protein society (paid memberships. FOr AACR you need two existing members to nominate you but no other criteria and you just pay. For ASBMB I got free membership as for fresh PhD's they give one
year free membership upon nomination by an existing ASBMB member. For protein society you need to become a member before you can present in their conference)
7)Awards - 1) Postdoctoral fellowship grant award from a wellknown cancer organisation. Iam the Co-PI along with my boss
2) NASA research enhancement grant award from Space grant consortium for one of my Phd projects. I was the PI for this grant.
3)Two poster awards in conferences
4)Two Graduate fellowship awards during phd
5)TA, RA throughout grad school
My Rfe details:
CIS notes that the petitioner provided evidence which describe his cancer research, both present and future as well as accomplishments in his field of endeavor. However, the petitioner has not clearly demonstrated the influence which his work has had upon his field of expertise. Please submit documentary evidence of the specific influence the petitioner’s work has had on his speciality or on the field in general. If the petitioner’s research results have been cited by others in this field, submit copies of all published works of others who cite the petitioner’s work, or other evidences such as copies of citation indices.
(At the time of submission I just had 2 citations so I did not submit my citation details. Since then I now have 7 outside citations. Also the citations are just passing references and do not dwell more than a few lines on my work. Kindly suggest how to respond to this as I feel this is the weakest. I have requested couple of people who have cited my work to give me reference letters informing that my work and protocols helped in laying the foundation for their research etc...)
Please describe specifically all of the petitioner’s exact prior achievements and how these have influenced the field?
(I can answer this one)
How does the petitioner’s work compare to others in this field?
(How do I do this? Any suggestions please. I can get more letters from people who can praise my work. )
Have experts in this field recognized the petitioner’s work?
(Any suggestions?)
How do the petitioner’s publications separate her from others in the field?
(Any suggestions?)
Any submitted evidence will be considered in conjunction with the current record to determine the petitioner’s eligibility for this classification.
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