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in case of I140OR, the cover letter needs to scream "international recognition" and there are 6 major points that you try to prove that you have in the cover letter.
I was wondering what would be the general organization of I140NIW?
I know it needs to scream "National interest", but what are the points that would prove that, e.g. original contributions, membership, ...?

any help will be appreciated
 
NIW-2005 said:
in case of I140OR, the cover letter needs to scream "international recognition" and there are 6 major points that you try to prove that you have in the cover letter.
I was wondering what would be the general organization of I140NIW?
I know it needs to scream "National interest", but what are the points that would prove that, e.g. original contributions, membership, ...?

any help will be appreciated
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You are correct. Every page needs to demonstrate that you are significantly better than your peers and your work merits national interest. How exactly one goes about doing it depends on your quals and the strategy. If you can give us the details of your quals, you will get better help.

good luck

trojanblue
 
trojanblue said:
You are correct. Every page needs to demonstrate that you are significantly better than your peers and your work merits national interest. How exactly one goes about doing it depends on your quals and the strategy. If you can give us the details of your quals, you will get better help.

good luck

trojanblue
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I can easily fit the first 2 prongs of the NIW, i.e. intrinsic merit and the national in scope). I can easily link my studies to neurological diseases and have recommendation letter that states clearly the importance of my research in treatment of such diseases.
here are my qualifications:
12 articles (10 first author)
1 book chapter
honorary membership
4 minor prizes (travel awards and student/postdoc research award)
review of 3 articles in 2 different journals
an article (like news and views; but it is more neutral) written about one of my articles
few excellent recommendation letters (mostly from independent

now I would really appreciate it if you could tell me how to present my case and if you have any suggestions or comments, that would be really great

thanks a lot
 
NIW-2005 said:
I can easily fit the first 2 prongs of the NIW, i.e. intrinsic merit and the national in scope). I can easily link my studies to neurological diseases and have recommendation letter that states clearly the importance of my research in treatment of such diseases.
here are my qualifications:
12 articles (10 first author)
1 book chapter
honorary membership
4 minor prizes (travel awards and student/postdoc research award)
review of 3 articles in 2 different journals
an article (like news and views; but it is more neutral) written about one of my articles
few excellent recommendation letters (mostly from independent

now I would really appreciate it if you could tell me how to present my case and if you have any suggestions or comments, that would be really great

thanks a lot
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Your quals are pretty good for NIW.

I am going to list a set of questions. Try your level best to answer as many of them as possible. Get as much evidence as possible to substantiate all your claims (emails, letters of correspondence etc). I believe it will help your case.

1. # of papers seem alright. But what about citations? How many do you have? How many of these citations quote your paper and describe its usefulness? How many of those citations quote you by name or your paper? These issues are very important. Get evidence for this.

2. Are you the first author? Or a co-author? Why were you asked to write a book chapter? Did you get the invitation to write the book chapter?

3. What is the importance of this honorary society? What is its criteria? How well is it known?

4. Minor prizes like travel grants and other student awards are utterly useless.

5.Why were you asked to write the review paper? Did you get the invitation to write the paper?

6. These newspaper articles cite your work by name? Or does it merely refer to the subject of your work? If it is the latter, it is pretty much useless? If it is the former then they would cite you by name or your work.

Recommendation letters, especially from independent experts, are extremely important. Request these writers to cite your accomplishments and a few lines of their worth. For example, you can try and get an independent or semi-independent letter to mention that you are a member of an honorary society and a few lines on how good the society is, how difficult it is to become its member blah, blah, blah.

Although you dont need international recognition, it will be very helpful if you can get recommendation letters from scientists in Europe, Asia etc.


good luck

trojanblue
 
thanks a lot for your input. I know these points and I actually prepared the I140-OR with the help of many in this forum (especially eb1doc). my inquiry this time is what would be the main organization of the cover letter. for example, in OR you have 3 main points (international recognition, 3 year experience and job offer letter). in the international recognition, there are 6 points that you are trying to prove.
my question here is the presentation. what are the main points that I should fill in...right under it?

thanks a lot
 
Its interesting and pleasing to get help from forum people.
When I got the RFE for Eb1-OR long back. Eb1doc helped me a lot in getting things straight. I was amazed the way he helped me as he provided me with many of format letter which I wanted. Thanks Eb1doc!

NIW2005 ..The main thing about NIW other than you said is to prove third prong!
1. That need is not due to shortage of labor but owing to your exceptional abilities.
2. If you are on H1 explain why you need GC what are you losing.
 
nsceb1 said:
Its interesting and pleasing to get help from forum people.
When I got the RFE for Eb1-OR long back. Eb1doc helped me a lot in getting things straight. I was amazed the way he helped me as he provided me with many of format letter which I wanted. Thanks Eb1doc!

NIW2005 ..The main thing about NIW other than you said is to prove third prong!
1. That need is not due to shortage of labor but owing to your exceptional abilities.
2. If you are on H1 explain why you need GC what are you losing.
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Well...strictly speaking, not quite. You need to show that your accomplishments so far proves that you are substantially better than an American with similar qualifications and work experience. Secondly, you need not touch upon H1B at all...in my RFE, I did not.

trojanblue
 
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