Although Akanksha has EB2 I-140 approval, she has been waiting in a long queue to get her green card as this category faces huge backlogs for Indians. She is constantly looking for other green card options that offer the quickest path to US permanent residency. In the meantime, she discovered the Smart Green Card program and filled out the VIP form without much confidence in her profile.

 

When the Smart Green Card Team evaluated her profile through the VIP form that she submitted, our team found that she had expertise in a specific domain that could be utilized for meeting EB1A eligibility. Consequently, she joined our program to begin her EB1A journey.

 

This case study discusses the EB1A path that Akanksha went through to gather robust evidence for satisfying EB1A criteria and the final determination part with the assistance of the Smart Green Card program.

Based on the Smart Green Card team’s tailored guidance, Akanksha strived to fulfill seven EB1A criteria:  Scholarly Articles, Original Contribution, Critical Role, Judging, High Salary, Awards, and Media.

Before joining the Smart Green Card program, Akanksha, a product management professional, had not authored any papers.

 

Upon joining the VIP plan, our team provided assistance to Akanksha by crafting a personalized strategy for approaching paper writing. Additionally, we aided her in selecting thought leadership topics within her field.

 

The Smart Green Card team also identified journal opportunities in her field and provided her with a list of journals to which she could submit her papers, ensuring a smooth publication process.

 

With the assistance of the Smart Green Card, Akanksha wrote several significant papers in her field.

During our team’s strategy session call, Akanksha mentioned that she led the launch of several patented features in her company and asked whether she could utilize this aspect for EB1A.

 

Akanksha’s profile is unique, and the patents are related to her company. However, our team helped her leverage the patents for the original contribution criteria because they were unique, lacked competitors, and created a significant impact in the field.

 

So, the Smart Green Card team assisted her in gathering letters of recommendation from the right recommenders within her company and experts in the field to demonstrate her crucial role in creating these intellectual properties and the impact of the patents in her field to meet the original contribution criteria.

 

However, most of the EB1A-approved members from the Smart Green Card program do not have patents, but they still satisfy the original contribution criteria by providing alternative evidence based on their profiles.

The Smart Card Team helped him secure diverse judging opportunities in his field, including industrial and startup competitions, book reviews, and peer reviews.

 

Among these Judging activities, Akanksha encountered difficulty specifically with obtaining peer reviews. To address this, our team aided him in crafting customized cold pitches for journal editors and also provided judging opportunities listed in his EB1A task list through our progress management tool. As a result of the Smart Green Card Team’s efforts, Akanksha was able to participate in dozens of judging activities within his field.

Securing organic press coverage from major media publications requires several internal processes. That’s why the Smart Green Card program has a specialized press team. This team crafts a compelling narrative of the client’s story, highlights their specific achievements in the field, and pitches it to over 1000 renowned journalists. This approach helps Akanksha secure multiple organic press coverages in major media outlets.

 

Additionally, our team actively seeks out and provides award opportunities in her field. This assistance significantly contributed to her obtaining several awards.

Our team ensures that the evidence Akanksha gathers for each criterion establishes her extraordinary ability. For example, while collecting evidence to meet judging criteria, a judging request invitation, and a thank-you note indicating completion of the judging activity are fair enough evidence. However, our team goes above and beyond by assisting her in gathering additional evidence to showcase her exceptional abilities.

 

Moreover, the Smart Green Card team helps Akanksha leverage all of her achievements that define her exceptional ability for EB1A. For instance, our team recommended including podcasts and conference invitations as part of the final determination part.

 

With the support of Smart Green Card and Akanksha’s dedication, she achieved success in the EB1A petition. The Smart Green Card team developed a personalized EB1A strategy and assisted her in gathering compelling evidence, meeting the EB1A requirements without requiring any Request for Evidence (RFE).

 

Over the past years, we have assisted several clients like Akanksha in the field of product management, along with many others in various diverse areas of work. You can find more such success stories in our case studies.