NIW-Nov 04 said:
How come you case got approved so fast. What do you think could be a reason for such fast approval (just 27 days) ? Please share your credentials.
I would like to share my credential with you. Hope to be useful for you.
EB2-NIW @VSC: I-140/485 concurrent filing along with EAD
RD: 1/4/06
AD: 1/31/06 (no RFE)
1. Major: Organic Chemistry
2. 5th year Ph.D.student (F-1)
3. 8 papers were published (first author for 7 papers); 2 papers to be submitted; 1 US patent submitted; 2 national meeting conference abstracts; 3 invited seminars; just around 15 citations
4. 3 fellowships including 1 big pharmaceutical company's predoctoral fellowship from 2003-present
5. 8 recommendation letters; (1) 6 from US (even all same city), 1 from Canada, and 1 from Japan; (2) only 2 independent letters; (3) 6 from school, 2 from pharmaceutical companies
As you saw, my credential is not impressive. I read so many great ones here. By the way, I have a great lawyer. I have a couple of friends from the same lab and they all hired the same lawyer. He is so useful to prepare the template of recommendation letter. He coordinated the letters so efficiently without any flaw. He prevented a lot of hurdles that self-petitioners might have such as repetition of same sentences etc. Every letter is different.
I sincerely believe it is important to have an efficient way to make a presentation of your NIW case. I think my lawyer made a difference. In addition, if your case is strong (for example, your case can satisfy three requirements easily), you have a good chance. In my case, my work is strongly related with preclinical drug discovery program. I sincerely wish a great luck on your NIW case.
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