Resources

Apply for EB2-NIW yourself

Applying for an EB2-NIW petition by yourself can save you a lot of time and money. An NIW petition puts you ahead in the queue by locking-in your priority date in case your EB1 petition gets denied. And by doing it yourself, you save lawyer fees and can cleanly terminate your relationship with them if your EB1 petition gets denied. The best part is, the letters and other evidences you collect for your EB1 case can be used as they are!

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Have a peek at common RFEs

It helps to look some of the commonly issued RFEs/NOIDs before you file your petition, so you can know what USCIS expects and proactively avoid commonly made mistakes. Most of the RFEs/NOIDs are templates and are not specific to your case details. By addressing them in the original petition, you decrease your chances of not getting one in the first place, and it gives you ammunition when you respond to USCIS after getting one.

Citation analysis tools

A common point raised in many RFEs/NOIDs regarding the major significance of one's original work is that that the citation counts provided does not distinguish between independent citations and otherwise. An independent citation is one where the citing paper and the cited paper share no coauthors. Citation metrics tools do not readily give this information. Use this page to generate them from Google Scholar yourself.

Check out this tool to list papers that cite more than one paper of yours. This list can help you quickly identify others' works that relied on your work heavily.