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Thanks vectorP and BigJoe5 for the help. (dunno why I did not get update re your replies) I will update them. I think they have filed for political asylum and their pro bono lawyer has made them sure that they are safe at least until a decision comes. I also suggested them to look for other...

Dear Friends (especially BigJoe), A friend of mine has been caught up in a very strange and bad situation and he was desperately seeking some help. So I post his case, in case somebody could shed some light here. The entire family was on J visa, J1 and J2s respectively. J1 is suddenly...

I had the impression that you can re-file without significantly decreasing your chances. But, then again, that was mainly based on my lawyer and friends' stuff and not statistically collected data.

I would say you have very good chance of getting it approved. If retrogression was not a problem, NIW can also be a parallel option.

It is all about presentation. A well-presented case similar to yours in credentials should have no problem. Obviously, you can satisfy "authorship of scholarly books or articles" through papers/talks. For "Original scientific, scholarly, or artistic contributions in the field", they will most...

To re-emphasize on bigJoe5's point, immediate (or close) change of job will look suspicious later on (i.e. naturalization). If jobs are similar in description, you will at least have more room to answer questions if they ever question the intent.

My take (and I am not a lawyer): You can file concurrently, the advantage is that if I140 is approved, your I485's approval would be faster (order of couple of months). The disadvantage is that if your I140 is rejected, I485 is also automatically rejected (although you can file for appeals) and...

I do believe that for engineers the following three are the criteria to focus on 1) scholarly publication (ANY paper + chapter) 2) contribution to the field (citation + recoms) 3) judge of work of peers (reviews) Based on these, I think your chances are on little bit slim. O/c this is only my...

I second baikal3. For EB1-EA, your chances are slim mostly due to limited number of reviews (which for engineers is a tool to make a case for "judge of works of others".) I would say around 20-30 reviews should be enough for your case. For EB1-OR, however, I think you have good case. You have...

I think your chances are good at both OR and EA.

Thanks anderson24, While that is true, but if I understood correctly, both J1 and J2 could change their status to F1. This specific problem has happened because of applying late (after J2 turned 21). Any thoughts here?

Hi Gurus, This is a question for a friend. His son was on J2 since himself was on J1 for over 5 years. Although, J2 was extended for another year, his son turned 21 this summer. Not realizing they had to immediately apply for F1, they sent the documents a month later. Officer has denied...