Do you need research papers for EB-1A?

A post from a while back (source):

You don’t need to publish research papers to qualify for an EB1-A.

That is not to say that you don’t need to be well-regarded and have an influential role within a well-regarded company.

A lot of clients I work with have actually never been published or done any research (most are executives at well-known companies and you’re not really expected to have done research or published anything as a seasoned executive).

That is not to say that you don’t need to meet the other EB1-A criteria. 

You still need to show extraordinary ability and be able to show evidence to meet three of the 10 EB1-A criteria.

As for how long an EB1-A might take to get approved, processing times can vary but in my experience it is possible to get approved in as quickly as three weeks.

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This post is by Amber G. Davis. She started her career working at a boutique immigration firm before moving on to two different large immigration firms (one of which is one of the largest immigration firms in the world). She’s advised numerous high-tech companies of all shapes and sizes, from startups to top ten Fortune 500 companies, and from nonprofits to companies in the IPO process. She now runs Waypoint Immigration USA, representing only individual employees for EB-1A, EB-2 NIW, O-1, etc. and is well-known on LinkedIn with 7.7K+ followers.

Want to get in touch with Amber? You can reach her at amber.davis@waypointimmigration.org or through a LinkedIn connection note (Amber’s LinkedIn profile).