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Shaodongren,
My comments were mostly based on other posts at this and other forums (I have dealt with only one RFE response my self.
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I would advise to check the old forum (see also the thread of THIS forum "who plan to do NIW and EB1 by yourself comes here" - currently of March 4, 2001). The old forum was more useful (processing times were longer, people had more time for frustration and analysis
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To summarize, usually people advised to deal with 7-point letters as follows:
1. Address each point specifically in your response. Don\'t be afraid to re-frase the same arguments you already submitted (make them stronger if you can). Add any new evidence.
2. Either submit the old materials again, or (like I did) give references to your initial petition.
3. Very useful is to get 1-3 REALLY GOOD letters from "independent" people (not your advisers or collegues) that will say directly (not imply!) that you are exceptional, one of the X% in your field, outstanding, extraordinary, made vital contributions, etc, etc. Do not be afraid to contact people you don\'t know well (or at all). Some of them won\'t write a letter for you, but others will. Those who cited you, or even whom you cited may be the candidates.
3a. Ask them to mention some specifics that you can use in your response, such as to state your awards as very noteworthy awards, your publications as very important, and so on...
4. Cite those letters here and there as evidence to those "points" (some of the points are very similar though).
5. If you have awards, find information about selection criteria, how many competed, and how many awarded - to show how great and unique you are.
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6. If you have publications, you can use Citation Index information about importance of those journals.
7. If you have citations, do the same for journals/persons who cited you (any info that they are very important in your field will work).
If you have MANY citations, this very fact is worth discussion.
8. Be creative! You can find many ways to convince the reader. Think as you are writing about someone else (do not be too shy).
Here is the reference to old forum where I pick up many of the above ideas:
http://dboard.immigration.com
Check these particular threads (no guarantee all of them are useful for you personally):
12/10/99 05:32 PM
12/9/99 03:26 PM
1/17/00 05:19 PM
2/3/00 02:24 PM
2/27/00 05:06 PM
2/24/00 01:37 AM
2/29/00 00:58 AM (Just beware of attorney Thomas Jones mentioned here!
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3/6/00 06:24 PM
3/1/00 09:22 PM
3/23/00 12:31 PM
3/26/00 01:53 AM
Good luck!
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