{"id":501,"date":"2012-08-13T22:22:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T04:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=501"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:19:14","slug":"notice-of-intent-to-deny-noid-received-in-an-eb1-extraordinary-ability-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) Received in an EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thank you for providing this service.\u00a0I have filed an EB1 application through another law firm and have received a notice of intent to deny NOID.\u00a0I have about 40 publications, 200 citations and 15 patents and review manuscripts for 5 international journals.\u00a0I thought I had a good case but now I am not so sure.\u00a0Is it possible to change their opinion of me and get my green card approved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First, let me state that USCIS is making all types of applications more difficult.\u00a0That being said, there is no reason why your EB1 case should be denied.\u00a0Your stated qualifications are greater than the majority of our EB1 clients and we can very likely get your case quickly approved.\u00a0There are many reasons that could explain why you received a NOID.\u00a0It could be that your qualifications were not presented well to the USCIS officer.\u00a0It could be that your recommendation letters were poorly written or not from appropriate persons.\u00a0It could also be that the USCIS officer made an error and\/or is not familiar with the regulations or law.\u00a0You should be aware that the USCIS allows 30 days to respond to a NOID, so you will have to act quickly to have your response filed.\u00a0If you would like our assistance, please contact my office as soon as possible to avoid missing your response deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for providing this service.\u00a0I have filed an EB1 application through another law firm and have received a notice of intent to deny NOID.\u00a0I have about 40 publications, 200 citations and 15 patents and review manuscripts for 5 international journals.\u00a0I thought I had a good case but now I am not so sure.\u00a0Is it &#8230; <a title=\"Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) Received in an EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petition\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=501\" aria-label=\"Read more about Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) Received in an EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petition\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,49],"tags":[191,200],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eb-1-extraordinary-ability","category-noid","tag-eb-1-extraordinary-ability","tag-noid"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) Received in an EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petition - US Immigration Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=501\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) Received in an EB1 Extraordinary Ability Petition - US Immigration Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thank you for providing this service.\u00a0I have filed an EB1 application through another law firm and have received a notice of intent to deny NOID.\u00a0I have about 40 publications, 200 citations and 15 patents and review manuscripts for 5 international journals.\u00a0I thought I had a good case but now I am not so sure.\u00a0Is it ... 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