EB1A - AskMeAnything Session

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1. AMA With 3 EB1A Achievers Aswarth Abhilash Dara - Staff ML Engineer Sunku Ranganath - Principal Product Manager Ankit Sirmorya - Data Science Manager
2. Disclaimer This is not a legal advice. The discussion and viewpoints covered in this session are to be considered as opinions and do not substitute for legal opinions or legal advice. Reach out to your attorney to discuss legal aspects.
3. Common Myths - You need to have a PhD to apply - You need to have publications and citations - You need to have to publish in top-tier conferences - You need to have a research background - You need to have an employer to sponsor - You need to have H1B to apply - You need to have to earn at-least a million dollars salary - You need to have a Masters or an advanced Degree - You need to have tons of press coverage - You need to have to be in the USA - You need to have a lot of patents Note: Criteria and evidence is best discussed with your immigration lawyer
4. EB1A Criteria - Either a Nobel Prize or Turing Award or some other equivalent - Meet at-least three out of ten criteria - Awards - Evidence of receipt of lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes or awards for excellence - Membership in Associations - Evidence of your membership in associations in the field which demand outstanding achievement of their members - Media Coverage - Evidence of published material about you in professional or major trade publications or other major media - Judging - Evidence that you have been asked to judge the work of others, either individually or on a panel - Original Contributions - Evidence of your original scientific, scholarly, artistic, athletic, or business-related contributions of major significance to the field - Authorship of scholarly articles - Evidence of your authorship of scholarly articles in professional or major trade publications or other major media - Exhibitions - Evidence that your work has been displayed at artistic exhibitions or showcases - Critical/Leading Role - Evidence of your performance of a leading or critical role in distinguished organizations - High Salary - Evidence that you command a high salary or other significantly high remuneration in relation to others in the field - Evidence of your commercial successes in the performing arts - Final Merits Determination - Sustained National or International Acclaim - Prospectively benefit the United States and its economy - Continue to work in the same area of expertise once you enter US Source: https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/employment-based-immigration-first-preference-eb-1
5. Sunku Ranganath Prizes/awards of excellence Open-Source Leadership awards, 9 Divisional awards Original contributions •12 Patents filed, 3 granted; •European Telecom Standards Institute (ETSI) standard contribution; •Publications on company site; •Book chapters Authorship of scholarly articles Over 6 IEEE conference papers, 9 trade publications; 12+ Medium articles/publications Membership which demand outstanding achievement IEEE Senior member, elected to OPNFV Technical Steering Committee, 2 open-source maintainer roles Critical role in organization Emails, recommendation letters, business impact Trade publications, major media, etc. OPNFV publications, Telecom news articles, solution briefs, joint company white papers, joint industry webinars Judge work of others TPC/Technical Reviewer in IEEE & work conferences, meetups, code reviews, industry working groups, maintainer roles, technical lead Exhibitions or showcases •Invited speaker at over 30 international conferences •(IEEE, Linux Foundation, OIF, meetups, industry events, etc.); •IEEE demo & poster presentations
6. Learnings Do not need to be an Einstein Starting Point: • Started as a software engineer with Masters, no PhD. • Did Not start with a specific domain in mind Building profile: • Navigated my way through open source software communities, IEEE associations, etc. • Reached out to help as many as I can. Filing: • Filed with company law firm • No RFE, direct approval
7. Aswarth Abhilash Dara - 10+ years experience in Artificial Intelligence in India, Ireland and USA - Criteria satisfied - Judging - 12 peer-reviews at various conferences over a period of 10 months at the filing time - Was a session chair at a conference - 30+ peer-reviews now - Evidence - Invitations, letters from Program Chairs/Senior Area chairs, completed emails etc. - Original Contributions - Research publications - Research commercialization(s) - Expert Testimonials - Authorship of scholarly articles - Research publications - Awards and Critical Role - Used in recommendation letters and final merits - Green card timeline - Started - Mid 2022 - EB2 NIW Petition Submitted - Late 2022 - EB2 NIW Approval - Early 2023 - EB1A Petition Submitted - Early 2023 - Green Card Received - Late 2023 - EB1A Approval - Early 2024
8. Learnings Persistence is the key Starting Point - Started and continuing as a researcher - Realized that the queue in EB2 is very long and started looking at other options - I need to fulfill the judging criteria Building Profile - Self building - Had to navigate through online, asking immigration lawyers, reading various forums etc. Filing: - Self-petition - Filed with an external law firm - No RFE, direct approval
9. Ankit Sirmorya - 10+ years experience in Artificial Intelligence in India, and USA - Criteria satisfied - Judging - Technical Review of books from Packt Publication - Review at Startup competition - Judge panel of award - Awards - Winner of multiple data science awards national and international - Authorship of scholarly articles - Research publications, Literature Reviews - High Salary - Critical Role - Reference Letters, Angel Investing - Green card timeline - Started - March 2022 - EB1A Petition Submitted - Oct 2022 - RFE Response- Nov 2022 - Denial- Dec 2022 - Refiled - July 2023 - NOID Response - August 2023 - Approval - August 2023
10. Learnings Final Merits - showing sustained national and international acclaim Starting Point - Started and continuing as a researcher - Realized that I need to fulfill the judging criteria Building Profile - Self building - Had to navigate through online, asking immigration lawyers, reading various forums etc. Filing: - Filed with an external law firm - 1st RFE->Denial and 2nd NOID->Approval
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