Atlanta Outstanding Professor, Researcher Obtains Green Card As EB-1(B) For Vice President and Teaching Position Under EB-1

June 24, 2011 - The underlying I-140 petition for this professor (Phd.) client was submitted under the Employment Based First Preference Category (EB-1) for Outstanding Professors and Researchers for a position as vice president of an Atlanta University. The position was a tenured lecturer position at a university. The I-140 petition was filed concurrently with the I-485 application which permitted the professor and his entire family to immediately apply for work authorizations and advance parole travel documents given that the EB-1 classification was current and had visas available.

To support the I-140 petition, we submitted evidence and documentation that the professor met the rigid and stringent requirements required of those who seek the EB-1 employment-based green card classification, including his credentials; distinguished scholarly work and publications; evidence of expertise and scholarly eminence; educational qualifications; and word-wide recognition of his work and excellence. After the initial review and extensive request for additional evidence in further support of the petition, the USCIS approved the I-140 along with the I-485 petitions for the entire family on June 14, 2011. The petition was filed on May 14, 2010.