Hi everybody,
Please help me evaluate my EB1 case and any strong/weak points.
Thank you in advance.
Background:
1. Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering (wireless communication - positioning) from an US university (ranked 50).
2. Recently, have started my OPT; R&D in a start up company doing research on the same topic (positioning).
3. Journal Papers: 6 peer-reviewed journal articles. 4 first author, 2 co author, and 1 in preparation. The journals are very well known in the field, but I do not know about the rankings.
4. Conferences and presentations: 9 in international conferences. 6 first authored. some were paper+poster and some were papers only.
5. Citations: The papers are fairly new and the citations to the papers that I am the first author are mainly self-citation (11 total with 8 self-citation). The co authored papers get 20 citation.
6. Reviewer: I have a constant reviewer of several journals and conferences. The list includes 13 different journals and conferences (4 journals and the rest are conferences). In addition, have been invited to serve as technical program chair of two different conferences and have served the terms.
7. Memberships in scientific societies: Mainly electrical engineering societies for about 10 years.
8. Couple of Fellowships and awards here and there
9. No references yet (but plenty of options are available).
10. In the process of writing one or two patents.
I see that I might be able to qualify based on Reviewer of others work, Scholarly Articles, Contribution to the field.
Questions:
-- Is it possible to file for EB1 before applying for H1B? If so, do I stand a chance?
-- If good, should I wait for my H1B and then apply for EB1?
-- If good, should I wait for more citation and patents?
I truly appreciate your help.
Thanks to yytd for the template.
MH
Please help me evaluate my EB1 case and any strong/weak points.
Thank you in advance.
Background:
1. Education: PhD in Electrical Engineering (wireless communication - positioning) from an US university (ranked 50).
2. Recently, have started my OPT; R&D in a start up company doing research on the same topic (positioning).
3. Journal Papers: 6 peer-reviewed journal articles. 4 first author, 2 co author, and 1 in preparation. The journals are very well known in the field, but I do not know about the rankings.
4. Conferences and presentations: 9 in international conferences. 6 first authored. some were paper+poster and some were papers only.
5. Citations: The papers are fairly new and the citations to the papers that I am the first author are mainly self-citation (11 total with 8 self-citation). The co authored papers get 20 citation.
6. Reviewer: I have a constant reviewer of several journals and conferences. The list includes 13 different journals and conferences (4 journals and the rest are conferences). In addition, have been invited to serve as technical program chair of two different conferences and have served the terms.
7. Memberships in scientific societies: Mainly electrical engineering societies for about 10 years.
8. Couple of Fellowships and awards here and there
9. No references yet (but plenty of options are available).
10. In the process of writing one or two patents.
I see that I might be able to qualify based on Reviewer of others work, Scholarly Articles, Contribution to the field.
Questions:
-- Is it possible to file for EB1 before applying for H1B? If so, do I stand a chance?
-- If good, should I wait for my H1B and then apply for EB1?
-- If good, should I wait for more citation and patents?
I truly appreciate your help.
Thanks to yytd for the template.
MH