Amith's EB1A Petition Journey: Overcoming H1B Visa Challenges

A Smart Green Card Triumph: Achieving EB1A Classification as a Cloud Engineer

Amith, a skilled cloud software engineer, specifically in the data observability area holds a key role at a prestigious organization. Despite his professional success, he faced the challenge of being on the overly restrictive H1B visa. Considering his future in the US, he pondered upon the idea of applying for permanent residency.

I have asked numerous questions and requested help many times, yet the Smart Green Card team patiently listened to me and supported me throughout the EB1A path. Thanks to the Smart Green Card Team.

Amith - Cloud Software Engineer

Nonetheless, he refrained from pursuing a green card application each time because he’s been discouraged by the significant backlogs associated with the EB2 and EB3 green card categories, which are in high demand among many highly skilled Indians.

At some point, he observed that the EB1 category has shorter green card wait times compared to EB2 and EB3. He also has expertise in Generative AI in Data Observability. So, he decided to pursue EB1A to gain permanent residency in the US. Following this decision, he joined the Smart Green Card program to pursue his EB1A path.

Read his story to learn how a Smart Green Card helped Amith utilize his expertise for EB1A. Furthermore, understand the hard work that Amith put into preparing his EB1A case and get inspired to move ahead in your green card journey via EB1A.

A Comprehensive Approach to EB1A criteria:

Based on the Smart Green Card tailored strategy, Amith approached 8 EB1A criteria: Original Contribution, Critical Role, Scholarly Articles, Media Presence, Commercial Success, Judging, High Salary, and Membership

Judging Criteria:

Our team leveraged Amith’s expertise in cloud engineering and data observability, and assisted him in identifying and securing judging opportunities in his field way beyond the extremely commoditized Globee and Stevie awards that has lost value since everyone does it. We leveraged what USCIS appears to consider the gold standard of judging – peer reviews book reviews, etc.

Furthermore, our team aided him in collecting the appropriate evidence for each of his diverse judging activities, meeting the high bar of the EB1A judging criteria. With the assistance of a Smart Green Card and his efforts, Amith participated in dozens of judging activities in his field.

Media:

Amith has done impressive work in the areas of generative AI capabilities, cloud engineering, data observability, etc., and The products he worked on have benefited his organization and its consumers. However, despite his extraordinary work directly leading to the impressive outcomes outlined in these media pieces, they did not carry his name.

Our in-house press team leveraged all his accomplishments that he brought in throughout the past several years of his experience, and helped him garner organic press coverage by pitching the story of his career to over 1000 renowned journalists. It took us a significant amount of time to work with journalista and clarify their understanding of why the impact of his work is major in the tech world, but as a result of the relentless effort by our team, Amith secured press coverage in several major media outlets.

Authorship Criteria:

Amith had authored three papers in the past; however, he didn’t maintain that level of acclaim in the present.

Upon joining the Smart Green Card program, our team suggested that he continue writing papers in his field. We helped him choose the right topics for writing papers based on his expertise.

However, the biggest struggle Amith faced was being stuck in the publishing process. To address this challenge, our team crafted a strategy in which the papers were segmented under different journals based on their specific peer review and processing time frames. This way, even though one or two of his papers took more time to publish, he was still publishing ground-breaking work consistently. That way, all his papers were published within a reasonable time frame.

With the help of our team and his dedication, he authored several impactful papers, backed by experts in his field through letters of recommendation.

Commercial Success & Original Contribution Criteria:

Upon analyzing Amith’s profile, we discovered that he played a significant role in shaping and launching products for mobile consumers, with several products receiving press mentions describing their usage and significance. Therefore, the Smart Green Card Team helped him gather the right kind of evidence to showcase these achievements, meeting the criteria for commercial success and original contribution.

Our team also worked with him to incorporate his significant papers in the field as a compelling part of the original contribution criteria.

Membership Criteria:

Upon reviewing his profile, our team discovered that he was a member of advisory boards in two public companies and a startup. Therefore, the Smart Green Card team assisted him in collecting relevant evidence by leveraging these aspects to fulfill the EB1A membership criteria.

Furthermore, after a detailed evaluation and research from our research team, we determined and recommended that he apply for fellow memberships in multiple specific elite memberships reserved for experienced people only in his field, a few of which he ended up getting into after a rigorous review process by the respective membership review committees.

Introduction to Top Attorneys:

At Smart Green Card, our team has pre-vetted attorneys based on their history of cases, the types of profiles in which they have achieved success, and other parameters.

After a thorough evaluation of Amith’s profile, our team recommended him to the attorney who best suits his case, who took up the legal case writing and filing aspects.

Final Merits Determination Phase

The Smart Green Card team ensured that each piece of evidence he gathered demonstrated exceptional ability in navigating the final merits determination phase.

Moreover, our team assisted him in utilizing every piece of work that showcases his extraordinary ability for EB1A. For instance, Amith has written case studies in various company blogs where his company collaborates. The case studies undergo a review process before being published. Although company blogs cannot be added to the authorship criteria, our team helped him utilizing this factor for the final merits determination phase.

What is the One thing that you Loved about the Smart Green Card?

In the success spotlight sessions, this is our team’s common question for the EB1A-approved members.

Amith answered: I would say it was their evaluation of my profile and providing a customized EB1A action plan. Moreover, I greatly appreciate the commitment of the Smart Green Card Team in providing assistance in gathering evidence and offering personalized one-on-one calls to fine-tune my strategies. Furthermore, their Progress Management Tool is awesome; it helped me organize and collect EB1A evidence strategically.

EB1A Petition Approved:

Smart Green Card strategies and Amith’s dedication have led to success in his EB1A petition. Amith’s EB1A journey reflects hard work, persistence, and determination from both Amith and the Smart Green Card team. Don’t let your American dream shatter; take the right step to pursue EB1A and attain permanent residency in the US.

Over the past years, we have assisted several clients like Amith in the Cloud Engineering and Data Observaibility field along with many more in various other diverse areas of work. You can find more such success stories in our case studies.

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