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Boost Your EB1A Chances: A Guide to Qualifying EB1A Published Material Criteria

Guide to Meet EB1A published Material Criteria
Published material or press coverage about you in prominent media significantly enhances your EB1A profile. Press coverage also serves as an indication of the impact of your work in your field.
 
In this blog, we discuss the requirements and considerations of the EB1A published material criteria set by USCIS. Dive deep into the blog to understand how you can satisfy the EB1A press criteria.

Requirements of EB1A Published Material Criteria

Requirements of EB1A published Material Criteria

To satisfy the EB1A published material criteria, USCIS examines two factors:
  • It determines whether the published material is about you and your work in the field.
  • Secondly, it examines whether the publication falls under professional or major trade/media publications.

USCIS Considerations Regarding EB1A Published Material Criteria

Press coverage about the organization’s work: USCIS acknowledges the published material regarding your work and contributions in the field of expertise rather than solely focusing on the employer’s or organization’s work. That being said, the published material must showcase the significance of your work.

Marketing Material: Marketing material crafted to promote or sell your products or services is not considered published material about you by USCIS. USCIS also mentions that although press content is objective if published material about you is paid for by you or your employer, it will not be accepted as evidence to meet this criterion.

Media discussing the broader topic: If the published material discusses a wider topic but includes a lot of your work and mentions your connection to the work, then it may be considered evidence to meet the EB1A published material criteria.
 
Media about the Team’s work: The published material primarily focuses on the work or research conducted by the team, of which you were a part. In such a scenario, if the published material mentions your association with that work or if you can submit evidence demonstrating your significant role in that work, then USCIS may consider it as evidence to satisfy this EB1A criterion.
 
Media about Team's Work
 
Major publication: When determining whether the published material qualifies as professional or major media/trade publications, USCIS considers relevant factors such as:
  • Size of the media circulation
  • Readership count
  • Target audience.

Conclusion

Published material about you and your work in major media strengthens your EB1A application. However, if you hire PR newswire agencies, they publish the same content about you in different media outlets, paid press coverage is not accepted by USCIS as evidence to meet the EB1A published material criteria
 
In the Smart Green Card VIP plan, we have an in-house press team that crafts the narrative of the client’s story and pitches it to over 1000 renowned journalists in prominent media outlets. As a result, Smart Green Card VIP clients secure several press coverages organically. Organic press coverage requires more time and effort, which is why PR newswire firms do not prioritize the organic approach.

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