What are my chances for EB1-EA ...pls help

[sri2377]

I am a Post doc. My history is as follows

PhD from IITM India
CSIR-India Fellowship award
Few prizes
Several conference participations and presentations
6 journal articles - 5 first authored
25 citations total on all the articles
3 travel awards (1 International and 2 within US)
Two post docs...the second one is very prestigious - a Fellowship
One news highlight about my research
Acted as peer Reviewer for several journals
Membership in a couple of Societies
I can get reference letters from at least 7 people. 4 - collaborators and 3 -leaders in the field

Do I have a chance to make a case? I am very scared....Please let me know asap.

Vidhya

 

[akmm]

I am a Post doc. My history is as follows

PhD from IITM India
CSIR-India Fellowship award
Few prizes
Several conference participations and presentations
6 journal articles - 5 first authored
25 citations total on all the articles
3 travel awards (1 International and 2 within US)
Two post docs...the second one is very prestigious - a Fellowship
One news highlight about my research
Acted as peer Reviewer for several journals
Membership in a couple of Societies
I can get reference letters from at least 7 people. 4 - collaborators and 3 -leaders in the field

Do I have a chance to make a case? I am very scared....Please let me know asap.

Vidhya

Hi Vidhya

-there is no harm in trying. i would suggest to go ahead and give it a shot.
-publications, citations, review of manuscripts would work in your favor
-i am sure csir fellowship won't help a lot (I myself had one) but there is no harm in including
-one good thing is news highlight. does it also mention you by name, such as - Vidhya and coworkers showed this....if yes, that would be great ...otherwise also its a fair evidence

you mentioned you can get some letters...here are my suggestions -

- try to get letters from editors of the journals for whom you reviewed manuscripts.
- try to get letters from people who cited your paper. If you have a citation where they actually discuss your work (as opposed to just mentioning it)...that would be ideal.

take your time ......my best wishes

 

[sri2377]

Thanks akmm. Especially for those two suggestions for reference letters. Actually I never thought about that. In fact some papers discuss my work and state that our work has helped their research.

I am planning to go through a lawyer. I will update as I go.

Thanks once again.

 

[akmm]

Thanks akmm. Especially for those two suggestions for reference letters. Actually I never thought about that. In fact some papers discuss my work and state that our work has helped their research.

I am planning to go through a lawyer. I will update as I go.

Thanks once again.

great...

regarding letters, in addition to what I mentioned, do get the letters from leaders in your field.

I myself got letters from editor-in-chief/managing editors etc and also from people who cited my work....and I am sure it helped my case. I filed EB1A myself and never talked to any attorney...it was approved without any RFE.

 

[nightsman]

Frankly keep NIW as a back up. EB1-EA is 50% credentials and 50% luck. You will be banking a lot on the latter.

Prizes do not count unless they are international/national with no limitations (anybody should be eligible)

6 articles is too low - this is a category to show you already have reached the top. Of course 6 will do if you have 100's of citations from them and other articles discussing your papers (not just referencing)

Travels wards dont count - so does post doc.

The following 2 count:
One news highlight about my research
Acted as peer Reviewer for several journals

Good luck.

I am a Post doc. My history is as follows

PhD from IITM India
CSIR-India Fellowship award
Few prizes
Several conference participations and presentations
6 journal articles - 5 first authored
25 citations total on all the articles
3 travel awards (1 International and 2 within US)
Two post docs...the second one is very prestigious - a Fellowship
One news highlight about my research
Acted as peer Reviewer for several journals
Membership in a couple of Societies
I can get reference letters from at least 7 people. 4 - collaborators and 3 -leaders in the field

Do I have a chance to make a case? I am very scared....Please let me know asap.

Vidhya