U.S. MS degree working with H1-B... help

[matkok78]

Hello, I am new here and I am just starting to think about my green card. I have a u.s. master degree in electrical engineering and I work for a big company since one year (3 months under OPT and 9 with H1B). I wrote several conference papers and co-authored a best paper in a famous international conference. My company will sponsor me for GC not before than 2 years so I was thinking to start alone. How much it will cost and what do you suggest for my case?
Thank you guys, I am so happy I am not alone in this valley of tears called "immigration in U.S.A".

 

[nscagony]

You are unlikely to qualify for NIW but you can try. EB1 is almost certainly not going to work out for you. Get a job offer from a different company and give your company a simple choice: GC now, or I leave. Worked for me, unfortunately a couple days too late (already had the NIW approved at that time).

 

[matkok78]

So you think my chances to get the green card "all by myself" are low. What about the sentence: "member of the profession holding an advanced degree" (By the way I have another master degree from my own country) and the EB2 option? I do not plan to leave my company since right now my job is at the top of my field. The costs?
Thank you

 

[creados]

Eb2 - niw

You are unlikely to qualify for NIW but you can try. EB1 is almost certainly not going to work out for you. Get a job offer from a different company and give your company a simple choice: GC now, or I leave. Worked for me, unfortunately a couple days too late (already had the NIW approved at that time).

Hi,

I have a MS in Software Engineering from BITS Pilani(India).
I have worked on the following
1. Pacemaker Programmer as an Architect.
2. ID systems for Washington Department of Licensing, Connecticut Department of Social Security
3. Worked in a Utility as an Architect which was working on Automated Metering Systems and Automatic Connect/Disconnect of the Electricity Connection, Automatic Load Reduction

Please let me know what chance I have for an NIW. What is the documentation that I would need?

Thanks and Regards,
Sylvester

 

[GC-Hopes]

To the OP,

NSC-Agony is correct in that having an advanced degree and working in an area of intrinsic merit to national interest alone do not satisfy all of the NIW criteria. I would advise you to read up on the NYDoT case, which has now become a benchmark for NIW evaluations/decisions these days.

However, no harm trying, if you have the resources. I would say go for it. Anyways, in two years your employer will be filing for you. So, there is nothing to lose here.

Good luck.