Hi, friends,
Here are what I got for the RFE. I need to prepare them in 40 days or so. Please give me some advice. Again my background are
--MS in statistics in USA ( my program was ranked within top 5 in USA)
--MS in neuroscience in my native country
--BS in biochemistry in my native country
Being a statistician for 4 years in a national childhood cancer study founded by National cancer institute (founded for 10 years already)
Some publications (but in most, I was a statistician, not the first author), some citations
INS letter and my proposed answers, any suggestion will be very appreciated.
“It is agreed that your field is one of substantial intrinsic merit and the results of the research being conducted would be national in scope. However, the following criteria have not been satisfied:
(1) Please submit evidence related to your ability to perform the duties of the proposed employment position. To be considered in the national interest you must make a showing significantly above that necessary to prove the prospective national benefit: required of all aliens seeking to qualify as “exceptional”;
--I sent about 15 letters including one from my supervisor and our division head which demonstrate this. Isn’t it enough? What else I can do to prove this?
--I may also say that I had double degrees. The knowledge of other sciences would be benifit for me to communicate with my non-statistician collgues
(2) You must persuasively demonstrate that the national interest would be adversely affected if a labor certification were required
-- Can I argue that I had more than 4 years experience in this study. I am very familiar with our data (which is huge) and all the net work. If they hire somebody who is OK for the minimum requirement of this job, given this person had same capability as I do, the study still has to waste lots of money for the training etc…
(3) You must establish your are not seeking national interest waiver based on a shortage of qualified workers
-- I was selected from more than 50 qualified candidates which my supervisor mentioned this in his letter. What else can I do?
(4) You must establish you have a past record of specific prior achievement with justifies projections of future benefit to national interest.
I can give numbers of studies (or papers) I involved in the past four years which shows the significant increasing over the years, and maybe citation too.
Here are what I got for the RFE. I need to prepare them in 40 days or so. Please give me some advice. Again my background are
--MS in statistics in USA ( my program was ranked within top 5 in USA)
--MS in neuroscience in my native country
--BS in biochemistry in my native country
Being a statistician for 4 years in a national childhood cancer study founded by National cancer institute (founded for 10 years already)
Some publications (but in most, I was a statistician, not the first author), some citations
INS letter and my proposed answers, any suggestion will be very appreciated.
“It is agreed that your field is one of substantial intrinsic merit and the results of the research being conducted would be national in scope. However, the following criteria have not been satisfied:
(1) Please submit evidence related to your ability to perform the duties of the proposed employment position. To be considered in the national interest you must make a showing significantly above that necessary to prove the prospective national benefit: required of all aliens seeking to qualify as “exceptional”;
--I sent about 15 letters including one from my supervisor and our division head which demonstrate this. Isn’t it enough? What else I can do to prove this?
--I may also say that I had double degrees. The knowledge of other sciences would be benifit for me to communicate with my non-statistician collgues
(2) You must persuasively demonstrate that the national interest would be adversely affected if a labor certification were required
-- Can I argue that I had more than 4 years experience in this study. I am very familiar with our data (which is huge) and all the net work. If they hire somebody who is OK for the minimum requirement of this job, given this person had same capability as I do, the study still has to waste lots of money for the training etc…
(3) You must establish your are not seeking national interest waiver based on a shortage of qualified workers
-- I was selected from more than 50 qualified candidates which my supervisor mentioned this in his letter. What else can I do?
(4) You must establish you have a past record of specific prior achievement with justifies projections of future benefit to national interest.
I can give numbers of studies (or papers) I involved in the past four years which shows the significant increasing over the years, and maybe citation too.