highlight achievements of referees?

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I have received a few reference letters from individuals who are HHMI investigators or elected members of National Academy of Sciences, NAS. I was wondering if I should highlight their qualifications in the petition (say in cover letter). They do mention in their letters that they are members of so and so organization. Should I leave it at that, or do I emphasis their qualifications when mentioning quotes in the cover letter (from the reference letters)?

Thank you very much.
 
I wrote like this:

According to Prof. ....... (Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Jefferson Science Fellow at the US State Department) in Exhibit 3B, “Using lung cancer as an initial target, [Dr. ......] has developed a novel .........mechanism where ............act as .........factors. He is applying the same methodologies to other cancers like prostate, and breast. This has implications for millions of people affected by this disease every year in United States and it can benefit the healthcare of the people of United States and the world”.

Best of Luck.
 
I second geleya's suggestion. That's the most efficient and appropriate way.
In my original petition letter, I used paragraphs to summarize my references (one for each). But I found my petition letter lengthy, and those paragraphs in fact diluted my points. I got RFE. In my RFE response letter (drafted by a lawyer just retained for answering the RFE), the qualification of each reference was just highlighted as geleya did, simple, neat and to the point.
If you still want to say more about your references, you could provide a detailed CV on top of his/her support letter in the Appendix/Exhibit. If the officer has time, he/she can still flip through the pages.
 
dont over stress their qualifications, you need to show they are as good as you are, not better than you- as per my attorney
 
drabbasr said:
dont over stress their qualifications, you need to show they are as good as you are, not better than you- as per my attorney
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this is absolutely wrong.
It will just be inappropriate to equate your self to your referees/references. They have to be above you to recommend you. IF you are getting your letters from a newly appointed Assistant Prof then you can say they are as good as you.
If you think they are also equally good like you, then you will be sitting in their chair.
Give due respect to people.
 
drabbasr said:
dont over stress their qualifications, you need to show they are as good as you are, not better than you- as per my attorney
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I agree with NIW_help that this is completely wrong. Your attorney is misleading if you are not misunderstanding. Get a second opinion from another attorney.
On the contrary, the references should be well established senior researchers in the fields with high reputation world wide. Only the comments from the independent and highly reputed references are valuable and convincing to the USCIS officers. The comments from an Assistant Professor or new young researcher as you are don't weigh much in the USCIS place.
Having good comments from good references is especially important for EB1A.
 
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