This info may be useful for some guys there prearing for application:
Case history:
I didn\'t use lawyer. Filed in July 2001 at NSC, got RFE on Nov 2001, responsed to RFE on 12/22/01 and a denial on 2/2/02.
Case info: got PhD in 2000 from BIg 10 school, 13 publications (5 are top internation journals);
15 ref letters (inc 5 for RFE) from US, China, Canada, UK, Sweden, Germany;
review 6 internation journal papers; 6 citations; some samll awards (school); 2 memberships; employed by Big 3 as R$D engineer.
Main reason for denial: INS said I met 2 criteria, but lacks 3rd one. Not enough citation; membership is just a \'Member", not in" senior or fellow level". They did not mention at all about "review papers" (actually this is one criteria INS required: as a Judge...) in their rejection letter.
I am thinking if I\'ll appeal to AAU. Since my company sponsors me outstanding researcher, I may not go ahead with appeal.
Seems to me INS tighterns requiremnets if people is not sponsored by an employer now. Don\'t know, just a bad luck for me.
Case history:
I didn\'t use lawyer. Filed in July 2001 at NSC, got RFE on Nov 2001, responsed to RFE on 12/22/01 and a denial on 2/2/02.
Case info: got PhD in 2000 from BIg 10 school, 13 publications (5 are top internation journals);
15 ref letters (inc 5 for RFE) from US, China, Canada, UK, Sweden, Germany;
review 6 internation journal papers; 6 citations; some samll awards (school); 2 memberships; employed by Big 3 as R$D engineer.
Main reason for denial: INS said I met 2 criteria, but lacks 3rd one. Not enough citation; membership is just a \'Member", not in" senior or fellow level". They did not mention at all about "review papers" (actually this is one criteria INS required: as a Judge...) in their rejection letter.
I am thinking if I\'ll appeal to AAU. Since my company sponsors me outstanding researcher, I may not go ahead with appeal.
Seems to me INS tighterns requiremnets if people is not sponsored by an employer now. Don\'t know, just a bad luck for me.