{"id":336,"date":"2010-05-14T11:16:55","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2010-05-14T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:16:55","slug":"eb1-extraordinary-ability-approvals-%e2%80%93-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=336","title":{"rendered":"EB1 Extraordinary Ability Approvals \u2013 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EB1 Extraordinary Ability \u2013 Part I<\/p>\n<p>In continuation of our ongoing segment of national interest waiver  approvals, we\u2019re going to discuss another type of self sponsored residency applications.\u00a0 The EB1 Extraordinary Ability carries both a higher standard of approval and a higher priority for approved applicants.\u00a0 For Indian and Chinese nationals, an EB1 application means they can obtain US residency (green card) in a matter of weeks or months because the EB1 category is current and is not backlogged or retrogressed like the EB2 NIW category.<\/p>\n<p>In the case I am going to discuss, the applicant was a Chinese national.\u00a0 We filed the EB1 petition on October3, 2005 and the case was approved on October 11, 2005.\u00a0 Unfortunately the issuance of the green card in this case was delayed due to an incomplete medical examination by the USCIS civil surgeon but it was still ultimately approved.<\/p>\n<p>EB1 Extraordinary Ability Requirements<\/p>\n<p><span>In order to qualify for the EB1-EA, the applicant  must have won a Nobel Prize OR show documentation in three of the  following areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Receipt of lesser nationally or  internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Membership in associations in the field that  demand outstanding achievement of their members, as judged by  recognized national or international experts; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Published material about the alien in  professional or major trade publications; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Evidence that the alien is a judge of the  work of others in the field; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Evidence of the alien\u2019s original  contributions of major significance to the field; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Authorship of scholarly articles; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Display of the alien\u2019s work at artistic  exhibitions or showcases; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Evidence the alien has performed in a  leading or critical role for organizations that have a distinguished  reputation; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Evidence that the alien commands a high  salary in relation to others in the field; or <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Evidence of commercial success in the  performing arts.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol><\/ol>\n<p>EB1 Extraordinary Ability Approved Case Part I<\/p>\n<p>Degree: BA in Biology<\/p>\n<p>Position: Research Associate at a US University<\/p>\n<p>Field of Expertise: HIV\/AIDS<\/p>\n<p>Publications: 25<\/p>\n<p>Citations: 200 including self citations<\/p>\n<p>Conferences: 54<\/p>\n<p>Recommendation Letters: 6<\/p>\n<p>The applicant in this case was a Chinese national.\u00a0 The EB1  application was  approved in approximately 1 week.\u00a0 This application was filed in 2005 and processing times do vary.\u00a0 From 2006 through 2008 we saw processing times range from 6-12 months but now they have settled back down and we are regularly seeing approvals issued in 3 months or less.<\/p>\n<p>While the applicant was certainly lacking an advance d degree, she more than made up for it by producing a large volume of high impact research and presenting that research at both national and international conferences.\u00a0 Based on her objective accomplishments, we were able to show that the applicant played a leading role in high level research and that she would continue to play a leadership role in future research.\u00a0 USCIS agreed with our position and approved the petition in just over one week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EB1 Extraordinary Ability \u2013 Part I In continuation of our ongoing segment of national interest waiver approvals, we\u2019re going to discuss another type of self sponsored residency applications.\u00a0 The EB1 Extraordinary Ability carries both a higher standard of approval and a higher priority for approved applicants.\u00a0 For Indian and Chinese nationals, an EB1 application means &#8230; 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