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Attorney (Immigration) at DGO Legal

Where NOT to spend your time building your EB1 profile. Student activities. What do I mean? • Presenting to students • Judging students • Hackathoning against students • Receiving awards for students For EB1 you need to show you are at the very top of your entire field. This means that you stand out compared to even some of the most veteran experts in your field. Not just compared to other students. So if your evidence mostly shows that you stand out compared to other students, this isn't helpful for EB1. USCIS is highly skeptical of this kind of evidence for EB1. It's not enough. However, if you are just starting to build your profile (as a student) it won't hurt to seek out these activities as stepping stones to other recognition in the field. But just know that these activities will not be enough/won't be great evidence to submit for your EB1.  Industry recognition that you gain AFTER this student work will be much better evidence.

Harsh Kumar Verma

PhD Student at Georgia Tech | RBI Fellow | Materials Science and Engineering | Pulp & Paper | Polyelectrolyte Complexes | Colloids

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Tess Douglas, thanks for the insight! What kind/level of industry recognition do you think one should try to aim for to build a compelling profile?

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