EB1-a vs EB1-b

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tomson

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tomson
Mar 27, 2021 37 Comments

Indian. Left Walmart for FB last year. Base salary greater than 250k. Have 10+ patent applications, which will hopefully get granted in 3-4 years from now. Held critical high level position at Walmart and similar critical role at FB. Have CS related awards from Govt of India. No papers or citations, but can get FB + Walmart to show my position was research based.

I see that I can get 3 criteria for EB1a with a little effort (high salary, critical role, lesser-national award) and then when the patents get approved I will possibly have 1 more criterion filled.

Given this scenario, should I go for EB1a or EB1b ? What do you guys think?

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  • Google / Eng
    wysiwys

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    wysiwys
    As a data point, if it helps, I had a US PhD, 7 patents, 4000+ citations from 20+ peer-reviewed publications 6 letters of recommendation 3 of which were outside of the US. I wasn't considered for EB1A. But I got EB1B approved in 3 days. Which is fair. Even with all this I don't consider myself an eminent scholar (EB1A), perhaps an outstanding researcher (EB1B). Even with that the word 'outstanding' triggers imposter syndrome.
    Mar 28, 2021 6
  • Walmart
    Mslt30

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    Mslt30
    You wont qualify for either of the EB1.
    Mar 27, 2021 6
  • Niantic
    Born2Hustl

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    Born2Hustl
    EB1A is worth a shot but looks like you meet just one criteria — high salary. You don’t satisfy the Awards criteria unless you have Turing equivalent award in your field. Also note the EB1A bar for critical role or original publications or scholarly impact is very high. I suggest you get on conference committees and try for peer review activities as it is the easiest one to satisfy. Source: I have one EB1B and two O1 approvals.
    Mar 28, 2021 2
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    Dhobi'sDog

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    Dhobi'sDog
    250k base salary doesn't qualify for high salary in bay area
    Mar 27, 2021 1
  • Eb1-b has higher approval rate (>90%). Having approved patents alone will not give you approval.
    Patent licensing is another thing to consider.
    Citations play a much more important role than publications or granted patents.
    You will need to show “international recognition” for either case. Without citations, it is not possible.
    Indian govt awards like Padmashree?
    Mar 27, 2021 2
    • Walmart
      tomson

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      tomson
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      When you say "international recognition" which criteria are you talking about specifically?
      Mar 27, 2021
    • According to my lawyers international recognition is needed to have petition approved on a whole. There are individual criteria like you had mentioned which do not alone lead to approval. The reference letters and international recognition make your profile approvable on a whole.
      Mar 27, 2021