Green card for Postdocs / Phds

Question:

Hello,
I am a 5th year graduate student with anticipated graduation date of August 2010. I expect to have published 2 first authored papers by the time I graduate. I was wondering if I were eligible to self-petition for permanent residency under either the EB1 or EB2 category. I am interested in purchasing your self-help packets and would like more information on what to document and what activities to participate in during my last year in graduate school.
Thank you
Sincerely,

Answer:

Thank you for your interest. We are aware of people with as few as 3
publications and 5 conference publication (this counts as succeed
in EB2-NIW. In these cases the strength of the case lied much in how
it relates to national interest and why the work is important. There
are of course a number of other criteria, in addition to the
publications, that can be considered as evidence. We suggest you
review the USCIS criteria (for both EB1 and EB2) and make the best
judgment by looking at some example petitions. Please read the free
ebook on the web page www.greencardforphd.com to see this criteria. It
should give you an idea on how to enhance your CV to make it suitable
to a GC application.

best of luck
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Source: USCIS

Applies to: I-485 applicants

Name Checks Pending More Than Six Months Now Completed

WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that, working in close partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the backlog for FBI name checks pending more than six months has been eliminated. This is the fourth milestone met by the agency as part of its joint plan with the FBI to completely eliminate the backlog of pending name checks.

Just 16 months ago, more than 349,000 name checks were pending; of that, nearly 150,000 had been pending for more than six months. All USCIS requests pending for six months or more as of February 28, 2009, have now been responded to by the FBI’s National Name Check Program (NNCP).

In April 2008, USCIS and the FBI established milestones prioritizing work based on the age of the pending name check. Priorities included processing all name checks pending more than three years by May 2008 (the FBI had already eliminated all cases pending more than four years); those pending more than two years by July 2008; and those pending more than one year by November 2008.

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Bulletin Source: Department of state

Applies to: Green card applicants

Detailed Bulletin: April 2009

Summary of Visa Bulletin Relevant to EB1A and NIW

1. EB1 is current for all countries
2. EB2 is current for all countries except for India and China. The cutoff dates of India and China have remained the same (February 15, 2004 for India and February 15, 2005 for China).