EB1-EA approved at CSC (ND Feb 2, 2001)

hsc

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According to automated system, my self-petitioned EB1-EA has been approved at CSC.

Category: EB1-EA (self-petition)
RD: Jan 22, 2001
ND: Feb 2, 2001
WAC-01-094-51xxx
PD: Current (not China/India)
No RFE, did not use lawyer

Here is my background:
PhD (1997) from top-20 US university in EE
2-yr experience at a famous corporate research lab
Currently working for small company in Silicon Valley
Area of research is communications
2 IEEE journal publications
8 international conferences (most of them IEEE)
3 book chapters
12 citations
No major awards/prizes
5 letters (all from people I personally know, 3 from US, 2 from Europe)

Good luck
 
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Hi, When you refer to \'citations\' do you mean the references made to your papers in other papers? Please clarify
Thanks!
 
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Hi HSC,
Would you please tell me some information about your lawyer who worked on your case or you can recommend a lawyer who is good at handling national interest waiver or outstanding research? I am working in a small company in silicon valley and have a hard time to find a good lawyer. Your help will be very much appreciated. JIC
 
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Hi,

As I noted in my original message, I DID NOT use a lawyer. I gathered all the information and organized it myself to make my case. I think the most important thing is to explicitly explain item-by-item how you satisfy their criteria for EB1-EA (there are 10 of them, you need to satisfy 3+). They don\'t want a long general essay saying how outstanding you are.

I don\'t know who is/isn\'t a good lawyer in case you want to hire one.

Good luck
hsc
 
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Hi HSC,

I\'m seeking your advice. Form your background, I could only see you well satisfy two criteria: contributions of major significance to the field and authorship of scholarly articles in professional publications. But you should have to emphasis third one to qualify EB1-EA.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Hi HongZ,

I didn\'t mean my original list of credentials to be exhaustive. I actually claimed satisfying 5 of their criteria.

1. Contributions of major significance to the field
2. Authorship of scholarly articles
3. Membership in organization (I am a member of Sigma Xi. All you need to become a member is get a recommendation from a current member. My advisor recommended me, at my request)

4. I was judge/referee of others work in field (I reviewed several journal/conference papaers)

5. This one was a bit iffy (I guess the INS officer bought it!), but I claimed I played a leading role in the activities of a major organization. I sort of led a (small) part of a big project while employed at the "famous" corporate research lab.

hsc
 
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Hi HSC,

I am also in the field of communications (Optical Communications) although not a Ph. D. (and hence my chances are very very dim for EB-1 EA) but still might wish to try my "luck" some day.

Can you name me any other professional society like Sigma Xi except IEEE and SPIE/OSA ? I found several names but most of them are for top performing college students. I am not a student but a researcher at a federal government organization.

Thank you.

Jigesh
 
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Hi,

Just wondering two things
1. Contributions of major significance to the field
How to understand this? I have a Ph.D. Can my ph.d. thsis be claimed as a contribution to the field.
2. Membership in organization
I have a membership in IEEE. But everyone can be a member as long as you pay the membership fee. Does my membership in IEEE qualify?

Thanks.
 
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