u/ice_tusk

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Profile evaluation EB1A/EB2(NIW)

Hello,

Can you help evaluate my profile.

PhD in Robotics, currently Associate Principal Engineer at an industrial R&D Lab. 2.5 yrs years post-PhD work in industry. Current work related to PhD

Publishing: 18+ peer-reviewed papers — IEEE ICRA, IROS, T-MRB, Military Medicine, etc

Citations: 220+. (Work adapted by other labs)

1 provisional+PCT , 1 patent filed

Pre-PhD research commercialized into a venture-backed medical device startup (deployed at hospitals)

Awards: Weak ($100K research grant, best paper at international conference)

Peer Reviewing: 15+ (T-RO, ICRA, IROS, HRI, and others)

Leading Role: Technical lead for entire robotics portfolio at my company.

Chen offered NIW + EB-1A combo. Approval-or-refund on NIW only, standard service for EB-1A.

Anyone else get standard service (no guarantee) from Chen for EB-1A — does that mean the case is borderline?

Should I do NIW to secure PD and strengthen profile for EB1A?

For non ROW: NIW + EB-1A or NIW + EB-1B (employer-sponsored) — which combo worked better for you?

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u/ice_tusk — 22 hours ago