GC under EB1 attending Citizenship interview- help needed urgently

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ssr1

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I am a legal permanent resident since 5 years. I got my GC through EB-1 applied independently (No sponsorship). I am not working anywhere since my job demands citizenship (Aerospace and Defense). Also I have attended school during my GC period. I had applied for citizenship sometime back and my interview has come now. My concern is the issue/problem that might arise during the interview regarding the unemployment :confused:. Did anyone come across a situation like this ? or if you know the answer, please reply.
 
You must be a distinguished scholar! Am I correct?
Be prepared to answer a "how do you support yourself" question.
I think you'll be approved on the spot since US needs people like you.
But if you dont mind me asking, how do you applied GC by yourself?
 
DulyNoted said:
I think you'll be approved on the spot since US needs people like you.
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A CIS officer has no obligation to approve someone even if they have high regard for the person or believe the country needs more people like him/her.

They have to review the case and decide on its merits.

To the OP, being unemployed has no bearing on naturalization, but the question of "how do you support" might come up - this is mainly to validate if someone has an off the records employment (in other country, within country but off books) and is not paying taxes on it.
 
ssr1 said:
I am a legal permanent resident since 5 years. I got my GC through EB-1 applied independently (No sponsorship). I am not working anywhere since my job demands citizenship (Aerospace and Defense).
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Do you mean you have never worked anywhere since obtaining your GC? Or just that you are not working right now?
 
I did worked for sometime

I came to US under H4 (dependent) visa. Then I hired an attorney and applied to GC under EB1 category. My EB1 application got approved after an interview. Officer asked the question during an interview on "how are you going to support yourself" ?. My wife responded positively by saying she is supporting.

After obatining GC, I couldn't work as there is no opportunities in space science for GC holders. However, there is a good number of opportunities for citzens. I did work for sometime (less than a year) though. I have been supported by my wife all these time and she continues to support till I successfully employed. Since I am a space scientist, probable opportunities exists at very few places like NASA, Lokheed, Boeing etc. Unfortunately, these organizations are asking US citizenship as one of their requirements while hiring. This is my brief background and would like to hear more suggestions from you all.

Thank you for all those who have responded. I am just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
 
Under what category of EB1 did you apply? Some categories under EB1 require you to submit job offer, whereas some do not. If they was never a requirement to provide job offer, then you should be fine.
 
Eb1-ea

I did apply under the category EB1-EA where job offer requirement wasn't there.
 
Your extended lack of employment could make the interviewer doubt whether you really were as "extraordinary" as you claimed to be when applying for your Extraordinary Ability EB1 GC. To address those doubts, you should bring proof of several jobs in your field of expertise showing a requirement of US citizenship, in case you get a skeptical or hostile interviewer who won't take your word for it. And bring tax returns and your wife's W-2's, to show that your wife was legitimately earning enough to support the two of you.
 
Similar case was approved 2 year back. Person is national award winner film maker from …. . Came on H4 and met lawyer and lawyer told that why not to file EB1-EA? Case was filed under extraordinary ability in film and television arts.
Filed EB1-EA and husband wife both got GC. Husband never worked he took care of children and was writing film scripts. On N400 he wrote as “homemaker”. Was approved 2 years back and got US citizenship.
EB1-EA Eligibility documents were only attached with I-140 and documents included lot of news paper cuttings, international film festival participation and copy of national award and membership in film television related associations and proof that his films have been shown on International cable television, Dish network. No proof of his EB-1 eligibility was asked at the time of N400 interview.
 
ginnu said:
No proof of his EB-1 eligibility was asked at the time of N400 interview.
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His case was different in that he chose to stay home to take care of the children, as opposed to being unable to find a job in the field for 5 years. And that guy could have just gotten a friendly interviewer. The OP cannot count on that, so he needs to be prepared with the answers and documents that may be needed for a hostile interviewer.
 
There is no job offer requirement for EB1 extraordinary ability, so why would it come up as a question at interview? Also, any work requirement for EA determination was already made when the visa was obtained, so not having a job after wards doesn't matter.

http://www.murthy.com/news/UDanaeb1.html
 
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Bobsmyth said:
There is no job offer requirement for EB1 extraordinary ability, so why would it come up as a question at interview?
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If somebody cannot find work for 5 years, and they don't have a good explanation for it, that's an indicator that they are not extraordinary.
Also, any work requirement for EA determination was already made when the visa was obtained, so not having a job after wards doesn't matter.
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But the determination could have been made in error or the result of fraud. That's why green cards are revocable.
 
US Citizenship requirement

It is not that I am unable to find the Job for 5 years. There are jobs out there that specifically ask for US Citizenship and they are not waiving this requirement. Potential employers are not even ready to discuss anything with those who do not have citizenship. As mentioned earlier, there was no job requirement when I got approved my EB1-EA. Infact I received few job offers from other fields with no restriction on citizenship. But I didn't accept those as I wanted to pursue my career in my field. Also, it is not legal to do so.
 
Jackolantern said:
If somebody cannot find work for 5 years, and they don't have a good explanation for it, that's an indicator that they are not extraordinary.
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In the OP's case, US citizenship is ironically a requirement for many of the jobs in his field , so they can't hold that against him if he has a spotty employment history after obtaining his GC.
 
Jackolantern said:
If somebody cannot find work for 5 years, and they don't have a good explanation for it, that's an indicator that they are not extraordinary.
-------------------------One needs to be having extraordinary ability at the time of filing I-140. Extraordinary ability is not required at the time of US citizenship. USCIS has clear guidance of extraordinary ability to file I-140. USCIS has no requirement that the person should be top of his field or should have extraordinary ability at the time of US citizenship.

But the determination could have been made in error or the result of fraud. That's why green cards are revocable.
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Bobsmyth said:
In the OP's case, US citizenship is ironically a requirement for many of the jobs in his field , so they can't hold that against him if he has a spotty employment history after obtaining his GC.
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That's why I mentioned having a good explanation. The OP has a good explanation; the only thing to worry about here is gathering the documents to support the explanation, in case the interviewer wants supporting documents.
 
ginnu said:
-------------------------One needs to be having extraordinary ability at the time of filing I-140. Extraordinary ability is not required at the time of US citizenship. USCIS has clear guidance of extraordinary ability to file I-140. USCIS has no requirement that the person should be top of his field or should have extraordinary ability at the time of US citizenship.
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Correct, but the issue is not about having extraordinary ability at the time of applying for citizenship. It's that the failure to find a job in one's field for the FIVE YEARS immediately after GC approval is a sign that one did not have extraordinary ability when applying for the GC, and one should be prepared to provide an explanation for it. In this case there is a valid explanation. In others the USCIS adjudicator was fooled into approving the GC by fraudulent "proof", then the individual failed to get jobs because the people in the industry aren't so easily fooled.
 
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