Haimi,
Sorry to hear that. I heard that they give RFE to most people if their PhD is within last 5 years. Hopefully your RFE is minor. Isn't it too late like 7:30 pm their time to send email? Did they describe anything about RFE? Did you do self-petition?
Thanks,
Triv
Haimi,
Thanks for the info. Since you have a faculty position shouldn't university sponsor you in EB1B-OR? You have a strong case, I believe they just need some more time. Also I guess you have 90 days to respond unless it is NOID where it is about 30 days.
Thanks,
Triv
brief info about me: 2nd year tenure-track assistant professor, Ph.D. from top US university (2006)
I just got the RFE in fax. They actually sent it to my office yesterday (before I called them to ask for a fax copy). They did process it and the RFE asked some specific information. They did ask the question regarding degree and employment (I got PhD in 2006, but started faculty employment in 2005). They also want more specific information (e.g., for a certain award, they want to know how many competitors; for each conference presentation, they want to know how many presenters and how many atendees, etc.). So I will have to work carefully on the reply letter then.
Thanks madgu and dgrajan! This is really big help!
One critical question after I read the RFE letter more carefully. The main question seems to be that I provided many evidence predating my faculty employment (e.g., awards/publications during PhD study and earlier). So they ask me to "please provide evidence how awards and other achievements predating your employment satisfies any of the criteria for Extraordinary Ability"? How to respond to this question? My thought is that I should focus on the research nature of my job and state clearly that research experience during PhD study and earlier in the same field is an important indicator of my research ability and my current research experience since employment is a continuation of prior research experience. Is this in the right direction? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
btw, how many days do I have before I resubmit more evidence? 30 days after the date they sent RFE notice on 4/23? If so, maybe I should contact some people about letters ASAP now? Or should I wait to see the paper notice first so that I know what they want?
brief info about me: 2nd year tenure-track assistant professor, Ph.D. from top US university (2006)
claiming 4 criteria for EB1-EA, cover letter 22 pages. I did it myself using sample from a friend's successful case. No lawers.
1) awards: I have 3 major interational awards in my area, and more than 10 others during my undergraduate study and master study in home country.
2) original contributions: 5 recommendation letters from famous scholars in my field, including 2 outside US. I also included my 8 invited talks at leading international schools/conferences (1 keynote speech) to support my original contributions.
3) authorship: 1 patent, 1 book chapter, 10 papers, more than 10 conference procedings/presentations
4) judge/review: editorial board member for 1 journal, reviewer for 2 journals, 3 major conferences, 1 doctoral competition, and other services (doctoral committee member, mentor for undergraduate student fellowship and high school student Intel Talent Search award).