Please evaluate my case as EB1

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TahoeLake

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Hi all,
I graduated with a PhD in Engineering in 2002 from Australia, and am currently employed by a middle-size company (500-600) as senior software engineer in CA.

Could you please help me determine if my case is strong enough to file EB1 or not.

Here is my background:

1. 11 published international journal papers (8 is first author
2. 17 conference papers, 6 is first author
3. 1 pending patent application at my current employer (filed in June, 2004). it has been adopted in released product.
4. about 40 citations from other journal and conference papers.
5. Peer reviewer for 2 journals and 1 sesion chair for conferences
6. Two working group membership. (membership is balanced so as to reflect international cooperation in its subject and shall be limited to a number not exceeding 30).
7. Seven recommendation letters: three from pre-supervisors and four other independent university or institute ( three of them have never worked with me). They are from US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hongkong.

For citations, I just collected about 40 papers from journal and conference, where they refer my papers. I don't know how to collect citation list for conference papers. Do I need to provide citattion list from public source, for example internet.

Any opinion, suggestion is highly appeciated. Thanks!
 
I think you have good chances in OR....unfortunately not very strong in EA, particulalry so in the absence of awards. You will have to prove the permanent nature of job and your company employs at 3 persons in Full time research (check that with OR conditions) Regarding membership I think CIS thinks only thing that's worth in NAS membership. You might try to get senior membership of IEEE. Moreover you will have to define focus area of your research. You can get citation (exclude self citation) from Web of science or SciFinder and give citation for individual paper.

I hope this help.

Best of luck
 
1+2+4--scholarly articles
3-original scientific/business contribution
5-judge of work of others (session chair is good)
membership--not sure

You seem to qualify with 3 criteria. Make sure your recommendation letters are strong.
 
TahoeLake said:
Hi all,
I graduated with a PhD in Engineering in 2002 from Australia, and am currently employed by a middle-size company (500-600) as senior software engineer in CA.

Could you please help me determine if my case is strong enough to file EB1 or not.

Here is my background:

1. 11 published international journal papers (8 is first author
2. 17 conference papers, 6 is first author
3. 1 pending patent application at my current employer (filed in June, 2004). it has been adopted in released product.
4. about 40 citations from other journal and conference papers.
5. Peer reviewer for 2 journals and 1 sesion chair for conferences
6. Two working group membership. (membership is balanced so as to reflect international cooperation in its subject and shall be limited to a number not exceeding 30).
7. Seven recommendation letters: three from pre-supervisors and four other independent university or institute ( three of them have never worked with me). They are from US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hongkong.

For citations, I just collected about 40 papers from journal and conference, where they refer my papers. I don't know how to collect citation list for conference papers. Do I need to provide citattion list from public source, for example internet.

Any opinion, suggestion is highly appeciated. Thanks!
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Some questions:

4) Are these 40 citations just citations of your papers or do these authors discuss you results in their papers ? That obviously makes a big difference if your citations are good or not for the USCIS.

5) Were you personally invited as a reviewer by both journals and also as asession chair and can you prove it ? How often did you act as a reviewer so far.

6) What are working group memberships ? And what is the procedure to become member of such groups ?

Overall you might have a chance in OR. But you need three years of experience after your PhD to file for OR. Since you made your PhD in 2002 you are allowed to file in 2005. You will also need more very strong recommendation letter from persons who don't know you which are tailored for your needs. (In general I think strong recommendation letter are by far the most important issue in every successful petition).
For EA I don't see to much chances, similar in NIW.
 
TahoeLake said:
Hi all,
I graduated with a PhD in Engineering in 2002 from Australia, and am currently employed by a middle-size company (500-600) as senior software engineer in CA.

Could you please help me determine if my case is strong enough to file EB1 or not.

Here is my background:

1. 11 published international journal papers (8 is first author
2. 17 conference papers, 6 is first author
3. 1 pending patent application at my current employer (filed in June, 2004). it has been adopted in released product.
4. about 40 citations from other journal and conference papers.
5. Peer reviewer for 2 journals and 1 sesion chair for conferences
6. Two working group membership. (membership is balanced so as to reflect international cooperation in its subject and shall be limited to a number not exceeding 30).
7. Seven recommendation letters: three from pre-supervisors and four other independent university or institute ( three of them have never worked with me). They are from US, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hongkong.

For citations, I just collected about 40 papers from journal and conference, where they refer my papers. I don't know how to collect citation list for conference papers. Do I need to provide citattion list from public source, for example internet.

Any opinion, suggestion is highly appeciated. Thanks!
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I am concerned about the engineering Ph.D. and working as a software engineer. USCIS has had issues regarding software engineering and research, but hopefully someone else who has had a similar experience would post. Generally, for employment based immingration under the premium categories, you would need to be employed in your academic field. From the AAO decisions, it seems as if the correlation needs to be a strong one.
 
honkman said:
Some questions:

4) Are these 40 citations just citations of your papers or do these authors discuss you results in their papers ? That obviously makes a big difference if your citations are good or not for the USCIS.

5) Were you personally invited as a reviewer by both journals and also as asession chair and can you prove it ? How often did you act as a reviewer so far.

6) What are working group memberships ? And what is the procedure to become member of such groups ?

Overall you might have a chance in OR. But you need three years of experience after your PhD to file for OR. Since you made your PhD in 2002 you are allowed to file in 2005. You will also need more very strong recommendation letter from persons who don't know you which are tailored for your needs. (In general I think strong recommendation letter are by far the most important issue in every successful petition).
For EA I don't see to much chances, similar in NIW.
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Answer for your questions

5). More than 5 papers have discussed more details about my publication and gave me very good remarks.
6). I have kept the invitation letter for session chair and email for peer review. I did only two times peer review in 2001 and 2002.
7). Membership is not famous. Usually chairman invites 10-30 scientists cross the world for specific research topic in the field.

Appreciate for your reply.
 
tony403 said:
I am concerned about the engineering Ph.D. and working as a software engineer. USCIS has had issues regarding software engineering and research, but hopefully someone else who has had a similar experience would post. Generally, for employment based immingration under the premium categories, you would need to be employed in your academic field. From the AAO decisions, it seems as if the correlation needs to be a strong one.
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Yes, I do concern about my title, senior software engineer. Actually i did a lot research tasks in current company. I requested my employer to change my title to senior research engineer last year. HR did this changes. But I am afriad it is useless because H1B visa was based on software engineer
 
TahoeLake said:
Answer for your questions

5). More than 5 papers have discussed more details about my publication and gave me very good remarks.
6). I have kept the invitation letter for session chair and email for peer review. I did only two times peer review in 2001 and 2002.
7). Membership is not famous. Usually chairman invites 10-30 scientists cross the world for specific research topic in the field.

Appreciate for your reply.
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With 5 "real" citation and two times acting as a referee I would say that this might be enough for OR with your other qualification but not enough for EA. But get more strong recommendation letters. This is the most imprtant point
 
Remember having the right qualifications does not guarantee that your EB1 will be approved. You have the make sure that your lawyer does a good job in presenting your case.

Having said that, I can speak just for EB1-OR and I think you have a very strong case (stronger than mine and mine got approved without an RFE). Make sure that when you include an employement letter in your I-140 it states the title of Research engineer. Your recs/cover letter should be effective i.e. it should strongly highlight your outstanding achievements yet not be over the top.

Good Luck,

BB
 
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