USCIS is not looking for a specific type of activity in EB-1A applicants

Here’s a post by immigration lawyer Amber Davis on how USCIS is not looking for a specific type of activity in EB-1A applicants:

USCIS is not looking for a specific type of activity in EB-1A applicants.

So no, publishing papers and having lots of citations does not automatically help you get EB-1A (some fields don’t even involve a lot of research, so it doesn’t make sense to have papers).

EB-1A profiles can differ by field (for example, I’ve had clients get EB-1A with no publications) and you should go into the profile-building process to understand how top professionals in your field were able to rise to the top, not on doing a lot of a specific activity that you think will automatically show USCIS that you are a top professional (also, it’s one thing to be a top 20% professional in your field and another thing to be in the top few percent).

To build a strong case, look at activities in your field of expertise if you have already chosen one that can help show that you have risen to the top of your field.

To find these activities, you may need to speak to more top professionals in your field and also do a bunch of activities to work towards the top opportunities in your field of expertise, which could be speaking opportunities, board memberships, etc.

Try to identify some of these top opportunities and think about how you can build a profile and do activities that will help you get introductions and referrals to these top opportunities.

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Interested in EB-1A, EB-2 NIW or O-1? Feel free to reach out to Amber at info@waypointimmigration.org or via LinkedIn messages.

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