ryanoberoy Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Hello, I am considering filing the green card application through EB1A. I have a Masters and a PhD degree from reputed US universities. 7 peer-reviewed publications. 77 independant citations. I have reviewed 6 journal papers. A couple of lawyers indicated that I have a low chance of approval in the EB1A category, while a strong case for NIW EB2. I am thinking of taking my chances with the EB1A category anyway and would certainly hire a law firm to represent my case. However, if the I-140 is denied in this category (EB1A), I could apply for the NIW on my own. Now, my main question is: What is the expiration date on the recommendation letters that I will be acquiring to support my EB1A petition? If the processing time for EB1A takes 6 months and the petition is denied, by the time I draft a new petition for the NIW case, the letters might be almost a year old. Thank you in advance for your thoughts. Link to comment
jairichi Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 No expiry date at all. Link to comment
ryanoberoy Posted August 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Thank you for the reply. This means that if I request letters from my referees today and use them for NIW petition 1-2 years later, the letters will still be valid as exhibits. Am I right? Link to comment
jairichi Posted August 7, 2015 Report Share Posted August 7, 2015 Thank you for the reply. This means that if I request letters from my referees today and use them for NIW petition 1-2 years later, the letters will still be valid as exhibits. Am I right? That is correct. Because a referee's opinion about you and your work is not going to change after a year or two. Link to comment
Reporter Posted August 19, 2015 Report Share Posted August 19, 2015 Yes, there is no expiration for recommendation letters. I drafted recommendation letters in such a way that they will be useful in the same way for both NIW and EB1A I-140 petitions. Your case is sureshot for NIW. 3 years back I am in the same situation, applied for NIW I-140 with 4 publications, 68 independent citations and only 1 journal review and got the approval within 30 days. I had to wait for 18 months for improving my citation count to 77 and journal review count to 25 and then applied for EB1A I-140 and got it approved within 5 months. All recommenders helped me in changing the date on the letters before applying EB1A except one recommender and I had to use the old letter without any date change. I took help from the same attorney for both NIW and EB1A. Link to comment
Raj654 Posted May 8, 2018 Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 On 8/6/2015 at 11:43 PM, ryanoberoy said: Hello, I am considering filing the green card application through EB1A. I have a Masters and a PhD degree from reputed US universities. 7 peer-reviewed publications. 77 independant citations. I have reviewed 6 journal papers. A couple of lawyers indicated that I have a low chance of approval in the EB1A category, while a strong case for NIW EB2. I am thinking of taking my chances with the EB1A category anyway and would certainly hire a law firm to represent my case. However, if the I-140 is denied in this category (EB1A), I could apply for the NIW on my own. Now, my main question is: What is the expiration date on the recommendation letters that I will be acquiring to support my EB1A petition? If the processing time for EB1A takes 6 months and the petition is denied, by the time I draft a new petition for the NIW case, the letters might be almost a year old. Thank you in advance for your thoughts. Hi There, I have applied for EB1-A and because of low citation, I am having less chance of approval. Can anyone here suggest me if I can use the same letter (which I used in EB1-A) for the NIW? My letters contain the word EB1 in some letters, so can I use the same for EB2? Also, I have the cover letter for EB1 by the attorney, and I want to modify it for NIW. can anyone guide how to change it for NIW? Link to comment
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