winter2002
Registered Users (C)
Hi all,
I am working(postdoct) in a research institute in the field of biochemistry. I applied I-140 in EB1-EA this May and got RFE this week. In my petition,I checked out 6 of 10:
1. awards
I have three awards from universities and two patents in my own country.
2. membership
two memberships (ACS and MGMS)
3. citations
57 from 15~20 contries.
4. judge
some national grants review in my own country.
5. original contributions
addressed them based on my research work, publications and by all reference letters.
6. papers
more than 20 journal papers and 8 conference papers (mostly 1st author and ~10 of them published in good international journals (Biochemistry, JACS, etc.)
INS didn't question 4 and 6 but seems to say 1 and 2 are too weak to be accounted. They also asked for more evidence for 3 and 5. I have provided citation search results and some citation papers but they still want to know more details for establising the significance of these citations. I should be able to provide INS the details. For original contributions, they wanted more evidence for the originality and significance.
I don't know which is better:
1. reply all 6 or just focus "citation" and "original contribution" (INS allowed me to choose);
2. reply the RFE or drop it and reapply later if many people think my chance for the approval is low;
I have 8 referece letters from famous professors, department directors, Ph.D. and postdoctoral advisors. Should I submit more reference letters
for the RFE?
Any tip and suggestion, PLEASE!!! Thank you very much!
I am working(postdoct) in a research institute in the field of biochemistry. I applied I-140 in EB1-EA this May and got RFE this week. In my petition,I checked out 6 of 10:
1. awards
I have three awards from universities and two patents in my own country.
2. membership
two memberships (ACS and MGMS)
3. citations
57 from 15~20 contries.
4. judge
some national grants review in my own country.
5. original contributions
addressed them based on my research work, publications and by all reference letters.
6. papers
more than 20 journal papers and 8 conference papers (mostly 1st author and ~10 of them published in good international journals (Biochemistry, JACS, etc.)
INS didn't question 4 and 6 but seems to say 1 and 2 are too weak to be accounted. They also asked for more evidence for 3 and 5. I have provided citation search results and some citation papers but they still want to know more details for establising the significance of these citations. I should be able to provide INS the details. For original contributions, they wanted more evidence for the originality and significance.
I don't know which is better:
1. reply all 6 or just focus "citation" and "original contribution" (INS allowed me to choose);
2. reply the RFE or drop it and reapply later if many people think my chance for the approval is low;
I have 8 referece letters from famous professors, department directors, Ph.D. and postdoctoral advisors. Should I submit more reference letters
for the RFE?
Any tip and suggestion, PLEASE!!! Thank you very much!