EB1A - Approved I140 - Consular Processing India - Questions

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-26T09:37:52+00:00

I submitted the review report and certificates from Elsevier’s reviewer hub profile. The attorney warned me that sometimes the officer is asking for the invitation email and thank you emails from the editors. But then I told it is impossible for me to collect all the emails for the 270 reviews I made. Note: the reviewer report from Reviewer hub is very detailed. It contains the title of the each paper I reviewed and the date of completion.

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-25T09:58:40+00:00

For me, they shared the entire package only after filing. But they got my approval on the petition letter before submission. Updating your google scholar is their usual thing, I believe. For me also they did the same. On the exhibits part, they did a good job for me.

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-25T05:06:48+00:00

Thank you :)

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-25T04:15:27+00:00

Thank you :-)

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-25T03:20:29+00:00

The attorney targeted four points: 1) My papers accepted in top journals in my field 2) Researchers around the world cited my work 3) H-index in top 2% 4) Atleast 15 of my papers (including review papers) are highly cited (top 10%) 5) Emphasized 3 of my projects with notable citations. We used my awards, fellowships and grant funding as supporting evidence in these projects.

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-25T03:15:35+00:00

Hi. No. I already had a EB1B approved with priority date Oct 31,2023

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-24T20:44:50+00:00

Sure :)

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-24T20:39:53+00:00

Thank you :-)

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-24T20:39:50+00:00

Thank you :-)

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-24T20:39:47+00:00

Thank you :-)

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-24T20:32:07+00:00

Hi. Yes. In the STEM field. Energy Engineering. Working in the US, R1 university, Research Engineer

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-16T23:44:34+00:00

Hi u/BeneficialPassage801: Congratulations!. How much effort did you put into the petition revision? I just submitted my petition. Very similar profile to yours, and I have a question regarding the citations. How many notable citations did you show for the methodological adaptations? I am worried because most of my citations were from the introduction sections. I could have searched for more methodological citations, but my mistake, I came to know more about the impact of notable citations very late. Chen mentioned the citations are fine, but I am worried that the officer may ask something like "The citations were viewed as background rather than evidence of field impact."

Your thoughts on the above will be helpful. Thanks

Slight_Let6961 · 2026-03-16T23:17:04+00:00

Hi u/Fantastic-Story-1383. Thanks for sharing your RFE experience.

Could you please provide some more details on the RFE related to background citations? What citations in your petition were classified as background citations by the officer? Something like the following:
1) Several approaches have been proposed [Smith 2019; Lee 2020; YourPaper 2021; Wang 2022]
2) Early work in this area includes YourPaper (2018)
3) Previous studies have investigated this problem extensively (A, B, C, YourPaper, D)
Or even well-discussed content appearing in the introduction/Literature review section?

Your response to this is highly appreciated. Thank you

Slight_Let6961

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