Evaluate my case for EA NIW

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mkutra

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Hello friends,

Can you please evaluate my case for EA and NIW?

Many thanks in advance :)


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- Ph.D. from top school
- Working for 4 years in industry doing research after Ph.D.
- Total 11 years research experience in my field (including 1 year M.S. research, 5 years Ph.D. research)
- 15 journal publications, 20 conference papers
- 10 conference papers presented in 4 countries other than the U.S.
- 10-15 citations, none uses my work as a foundation for their work
- 4 invitations to contribute my papers/research results to journals,books
- Letter sent to me by a professional society recognizing two of my papers as outstanding papers
- Biography listed in several Who's Who books
- Membership of Sigma Xi (membership given by nomination only) and MENSA (membership give to top 1% highest IQ individuals in the world)
- Have been personally invited to do reviews of paper on 10 ocassions
- Have worked for 3 years on several committees of a reputed professional organization to review/evaluate technical papers for reciept of an award
- 7 reco letters, 2 from professors how have never worked with me, 4 from my collaborators, 1 from my company's vice president
- 12 emails showing unsolicited correspondance. These emails were written by individuals whom I don't know, from 6 different countries, asking me about my research and asking my opinion on the work they are doing referring to my papers
- Good track record of establishing collaborative research projects with industry
- Roughly 20 invited lectures in academia and industry
- Have trained 200+ engineers from various companies on advanced research topics as a part of my current job.
- Session organizer and chair for one conference
- Worked as an industrial advisor in a NSF program
- Mentored junior professional members (not students) in a professional society. Have certificate of appreciation for this.
- A student award received 17 years ago with associated letter saying that this award is given to top 1% amongst 100,000 students how participate
- Funding awards during Ph.D.
- Certificates of appreciation from professional societies

Specific evidences for NIW:
- My research is aimed at reducing fuel consumption and pollutant emissions of vehicles. Every year the U.S. spends more than 100 billion dollars on automotive fuel and vehicles release millions of tons of toxic gases into the atmosphere. Have copies of DOT, EPA reports to support this.
- Have letter from local senator who emphasizes that it is important for the U.S. to invest in developing advanced technologies that reduce automotive fuel consumption and pollutant formation
 
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mkutra said:
Hello friends,

Can you please evaluate my case for EA and NIW?

Many thanks in advance :)


====================================
- Ph.D. for top school
- Working for 4 years in industry doing research after Ph.D.
- Total 11 years research experience in my field (including 1 year M.S. research, 5 years Ph.D. research)
- 15 journal publications, 20 conference papers
- 10 conference papers presented in 4 countries other than the U.S.
- 10-15 citations, none uses my work as a foundation for their work
- 4 invitations to contribute my papers/research results to journals,books
- Letter sent to me by a professional society recognizing two of my papers as outstanding papers
- Biography listed in several Who's Who books
- Membership of Sigma Xi (membership given by nomination only) and MENSA (membership give to top 1% highest IQ individuals in the world)
- Have been personally invited to do reviews of paper on 10 ocassions
- Have worked for 3 years on several committees of a reputed professional organization to review/evaluate technical papers for reciept of an award
- 7 reco letters, 2 from professors how have never worked with me, 4 from my collaborators, 1 from my company's vice president
- 12 emails showing unsolicited correspondance. These emails were written by individuals whom I don't know, from 6 different countries, asking me about my research and asking my opinion on the work they are doing referring to my papers
- Good track record of establishing collaborative research projects with industry
- Roughly 20 invited lectures in academia and industry
- Have trained 200+ engineers from various companies on advanced research topics as a part of my current job.
- Session organizer and chair for one conference
- Worked as an industrial advisor in a NSF program
- Mentored junior professional members (not students) in a professional society. Have certificate of appreciation for this.
- A student award received 17 years ago with associated letter saying that this award is given to top 1% amongst 100,000 students how participate
- Funding awards during Ph.D.
- Certificates of appreciation from professional societies

Specific evidences for NIW:
- My research is aimed at reducing fuel consumption and pollutant emissions of vehicles. Every year the U.S. spends more than 100 billion dollars on automotive fuel and vehicles release millions of tons of toxic gases into the atmosphere. Have copies of DOT, EPA reports to support this.
- Have letter from local senator who emphasizes that it is important for the U.S. to invest in developing advanced technologies that reduce automotive fuel consumption and pollutant formation
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If your company is willing to sponsor you go for OR. It is the savest bet. For EA you don't have good award and also your membership is weak. (Mensa is not related to your research field. To be intelligent doesn't mean your an outstanding scientist). You need also way more than 2 reference letters from independent top notch researchers for OR and EA. The emails you mentioned won't count as reference letters since the USCIS expect some keywords in such reference letter and normally such emails (which by the way are nothing special because scientists ask other scientists often about their opinion about research) dont' have these words.
For NIW you have not only to show the national interest but also why it is critical not to go through LC process (One of the main reasons why NIW is denied. National interest is not enough
 
Many thanks

honkman, topew many thanks for your comments.
I have already applied for OR through my company 6 months ago. While I am waiting for a result, I am going to pitch in EA and NIW applications as well.

My company is headquartered under the VSC jurisdiction and have a "grandfathering" agreement with VSC, so my OR petition is submitted to VSC. But I reside in NSC jurisdiction, so the I will be sending the self-petitions
(EA and NIW) to NSC. Do you see any problem with applying to different centers?

Thanks!
 
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