Title: Enhance Your Ability to Work in the US in Bad Economy: Self-Petition Your Green Card
On November 7, 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported that non-farm payroll employment fell by 240,000 in October and the unemployment rate rose from 6.1% to 6.5%.
High-tech companies are laying-off employees because of the bad economy and universities are facing budget cut and the lack of funding. In this economic downturn, many international students, scholars and engineers without green cards frequently encounter a number of problems, including:
1. Many PERM Labor Certification Applications have been terminated or have failed because the employers laid off foreign workers who were in the process of applying for a green card, or laid off others that were in positions similar to the foreign workers. The immigration laws do NOT permit a U.S. employer to hire a foreign worker if the company laid off employees in similar employment positions in the last 6 months.
2. More and more employers have stopped hiring new employees, and will not hire again until later next year.
3. Many companies withdrew their support for green card applications for their foreign employees.
4. It has become harder and harder to secure a job offer without a green card.
One of the effective solutions to these problems is to self-petition your green card application when you are still in school or before your employer files a PERM Labor Certification Application.
So, the question remains: Are you qualified for a self-petition green card application? What documents do you need to secure an approval of self-petitioned green card application? When is the best time to file a self-petitioned green card application?
Based on some of our recently approved self-petition green card applications, we present the following information to help you understand the process. These information are based on our recently approved self-petitioned green card application to show you the way of self-petitioning your green card.
1. Researcher in computational chemistry
This client applied EB2NIW and submitted the following documents: Ph. D. and MS degrees, journal publications, 10 independent citations, 11 conference presentations. The EB2NIW as approved in 4 months and 24 days
2. Researcher in Cardiovascular Diseases and Stem Cells Research
This client applied EB2NIW (624) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. from a foreign country, journal publications, 58 independent citations of Applicant’s works, 7 conference presentations. The EB2NIW was approved in 7 months and 26 days.
3. Researcher in Immunology, Anti-aging intervention
This client applied EB2NIW (871) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. and MS degrees from a foreign country, journal publications, conference presentations, more than 290 independent citations of Applicant’s works. The EB2NIW was approved in 4 months and 8 days.
4. Researcher in Multimedia, Mobile Computing, Information, Security and Privacy
This client applied EB2NIW (915) submitted the following documents: Ph.D. and MS degrees. 1 Patent application, journal publications, New York Times report about the research group with which the Applicant worked, 21 independent citations, 15 conference presentations. The EB2NIW was approved in 7 months and 6 days.
5. Researcher in Higher Education, College Student Administration, Diversity and Equity in Higher Education, Higher Education Policy
This client applied EB2NIW (927) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. degree, two M.A. degrees, journal publications, 4 conference presentations, 3 independent citations. The EB2NIW was approved in 4 months 20 days.
6. Researcher in Optical superlensing, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Optical nanoimaging techniques, Micro/Nano fabrication, Advanced optical characterization techniques, Laser technology, Instrumentation, Near-field optics, Nonlinear optics.
The client applied EB2NIW (918) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. and MS degree, 2 Invention Disclosures for patent applications, journal publications, New York Times Report about Applicant’s work, hundreds of independent citations, 10 conference presentations, reviewer experience for professional journals. The EB2NIW was approved in 11 months and 15 days.
7. Researcher in neurological and psychiatric disorders
The client applied both EB1A and submitted EB2NIW (705) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. from a foreign country, 8 journal publications, Los Angeles Times reports about Applicant’s work, hundreds of independent citations, 15 conference presentations, Young Investigator Award. The EB1A was approved 9 months 25 days. The EB2NIW was approved 12 months
8. Researcher in optoelectronics and spintronics research to develop next generation solid state lighting
The applicant applied EB2NIW when working in a profit making company (808) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. and MS degrees, 2 patent applications, 20 journal publications, independent citations, 10 conference presentations, reviewer experience for professional journals. The EB2NIW was approved in 17 months 16 days.
The immigration service issued an RFE requesting evidence to prove that the applicant is NOT merely making profit for the employer and a labor certification application would adversely affect the national interest if so required.
9. Researcher in Computer Vision for Air And Ground Surveillance
The applicant applied EB2NIW (819) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. and MS degrees, journal publications, 15 conference presentations, independent citations. The EB2NIW was approved in 7 months and 28 days.
10. Researcher in visual physiology
The applicant applied both EB1A & EB2NIW (917) and submitted the following documents: Ph.D. degree from a foreign country, 2 Science and Technology Progress Awards from the Ministry of Education of China, biography in the “Famous Experts of China” publications, journal publications, independent citations, editor and reviewer experience. The EB1A was approved in 12 months and 15 days. The EB2NIW application was approved in 6 months and 27 days.
These are just a few examples of our recently approved self-petition green card applications. In our future news articles, we will continue to provide further examples to show the types of documents that can be submitted for self-petition green cards and classifications under which these documents can be applied.
A few notes on the key advantages of self-petition green cards:
(1) Since green card applications do NOT depend on employers, your applications will NOT be affected even if you were laid-off and changed employers during the process.
(2) Since you petition for yourself, your decision to start a green card application can be much faster as a result of avoiding the wait time for employer’s sponsorship. The process of your green card application is your own decision that can be made much faster than a company decision.
(3) Self-petition applications often result in a more rapid approval and receipt of green cards than employer-sponsored green card applications.
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Disclaimer: The above newsletter information is general information. They are NOT legal consultations for any specific case or legal issues.
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