Help on EB1-EA self-petition! Document list

[tigertiger]

Hi,

I am going to file EB1-EA self-petition soon. The preparation for all the materials is almost done. Here I am listing everything as below I am going to pack. Please help me to check if there is anything missed or wrong. Also hope it would make sense for someone by any chance.

Also I want to file an EB2-NIW petition as the back-up separately later. But I still don¡¯t how to address an explanation for it (INS asks for that in I-140 form). Have you have experiences about it? Or you could drop me emails on tiger6268@yahoo.com about this issue. Thanks a lot.

I am a postdoctoral research associate in university. My research field is Medicinal Chemistry.

List:

1. Cover letter

2. Form I-140
(Double-side copied, is this required or doesn¡¯t matter?)

3. Bank check payable to INS ($115)

4. Form ETA-750B
(Double-side copied as required)

5. Copy of H-1B work permission, F-2 visa, Passport and I-94 card
(I came to States with F-2 visa, and then got a postdoctoral position with H-1B work permission. Should I explain this?)

6. Copy of my wife¡¯s passport, F-1 visa and I-94 card
(Anything else required for my wife¡¯s material?)

7. Copy of Pay stub and ID indicating my employment with University

8. Curriculum Vitae

9. Research Summary

(Item 10-18 will be packed as an exhibition book like a thesis or textbook. Should any item be moved out or added in, Or even nothing should be stapled?)

10. Degree Certificates and the background introduction about the university I graduated

11. Awards: copies of notarized awards certificates and simple background introduction for the awards

12. Journal Reviewers: Copies of the inviting letters from the journal editors and expertise investigation forms.
(Actually I haven¡¯t reviewed any papers till now)

13. Publications: Copies of my publications with journal cover, tables of content
(They were double-side copied to make the exhibition book thinner. Is that OK or is only single-side acceptable?)

14. Presentations: Copies of abstracts submitted for symposiums and conferences with covers (Double-side copied)

15. Citations: Copies of SCI citation data from Web-of-Science and selected journal papers which cited my work (Double-side copied)

16. Memberships: Copies of membership cards, welcoming letters and background introductions about those professional organizations

17. Supporting Letters: Copies of supporting letters from experts in my fields and their resumes

18. Interest of my current project: an introduction and some material from internet

 

[Venkitasamy Kesavan]

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Hi,
I am also planning to file EB1-EA shortly. Should I have to attach form ETA750B for EB1-EA application or
this is for EB2-NIW only.
Thanks

 

[tigertiger]

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as I know, somebody attached ETA-750B with the EB1-EA application. So I want put in my petition. I have no more exprerience. Hope some body else could give us some suggestion.

 

[hsc]

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Hi tiger,

I recently got self-petitioned EB1-EA approved from CSC (see my recent post about details) without using a lawyer. Here is how I organized my stuff.

1. The I-140 form itself filled out. I put this first since everything else is "additional evidence"

2. The main letter. This letter explained item-by-item how I satisfied each of the EB1-EA criteria. (There are 10 of them. I satisfied 6 of them. You need minimum of three) The explanations quoted stuff from the reference letters and referred to attached documents.

3. A list of documents. Categorize and list all the documents attached. I also labeled each document and used these labels in referring to them in the main letter (ie Letter #1, Letter #2,..., Publication #1, Publication #2,..., Citation #1, Citation #2,...) The documents I included were:
   My publications
   Letter from patent lawyer saying a patent was submitted
   Letter from technical organization (Sigma Xi) proving membership
   Reference letters
   Copies of others\' publications citing my papers
   Letters from editors inviting me for reviews
   Letter from current employer stating my salary, what I do, etc
   My official grad school transcripts

4. The documents themselves listed above

That was it!!

I did NOT include ETA750 form, any previous/current passport, I-20, H1, I-94 etc to prove I wasn\'t out of status (I think this is needed in the I-485 stage), pay stubs...

Also, I did NOT include a CV, research summary. Do not overload your package with "general" stuff that doesn\'t directly relate to how you satisfy the criterias in the main letter. You should include those and only those documents that are referred to in the main letter.

Again, your package\'s main goal is to show the officer explicitly and directly how you satisfy the 3+ of the 10 criteria. Don\'t make the officer try to decipher your package to see if you satisfy them or not. Lay it out for him.

Good luck