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Hierarchy in papers is never an issue. For patents authorship is always presumed to be equal. For academic papers, it does not matter to the USCIS (unlike academia) because scientific endeavors are considered (by USCIS) to be collaborations. Having said that patent applications won't help unless...

1. PhD in Mechanical Engineering from top 20 US university in Dec 2006 -- Thesis on renewable energy design - good 2. For last 3 years, working for Fortune-500 company (specifically between # 35 and 40). Among other things, also working on renewable energy products. 3. 3 journal publications...

If I were you, I would skip all the "travel awards" "Xi Phi" stuff and FOCUS on Publications, AUA Awards, Judge. Put all the bells and whistles in the CV because it might hurt the application if presented as evidence. I might add, as a personal opinion, that the bar on NIW is higher than on...

Think you should try for OR if you have a permanent research position. II would suggest that you wait for a month for the editorial position. In principle, you just need to satisfy 2/6 categories. Also, it would be great if you could get a 6th letter from someone who has used your work/cited...

Yes it is.

Good luck for your application. I think EB2 NIW is more like it but with a good lawyer, you never know.

thanks for all the input ;-) my application got approved recently.

In reality each application is unique and the presentation is always of paramount importance. In any case, you don't have a choice but to make a good case for EB1-EA (or EB2-NIW?) I feel the items that need to be given prominence are 1. 16 publications (9 first author, 5 second author, 1...

sounds like a glowing background is LPT an award or a certification exam? is the membership to EC Council Paid or Elected?

And I decided to follow-up with my lawyer and found out that a PhD is not a must and he is clearly aware of other applicants without a PhD who have managed to get thru via EB1B.

Thanks for the input baikal3. I'll take a shot at it and see what happens :-)

I have taken the first few steps to get my app together for EB1-OR. Wondering if folks could comment on my case given the diverse experience. BS, MS (at a Top-5 US school), 5 years experience post-school. Small (70) Company with 3+ PhD's 5 Journal articles - 30+citations, including books, 1...

1. I have lost about 2 years of quality time urging my employer(s) to file my GC. They will file my LC now. 22 years Education + 2+ years of experience Qn 1: Can I add an addendum with the NIW element AFTER the PERM is already in the system or after PERM has been approved? 2. I am...