H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada smooths way for techies

Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by techie128 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @04:01AM (#18174096)

> I tried for EB-1 Green Card twice and got rejected both times. You need 3 out of 10 criteria for Green Card. Over 2 petitions and an appeal - separate USCIS officials gave me 4 criteria. But none of them gave me 3, and their responses were very hostile.

I don't really understand. Do you mean to say that the USCIS officer wanted you to meet 4 criteria while the rules specify 3? Did you take them to court over it?

If you already were on O-1 visa, it should've been easy to qualify for EB-1 GC. The criteria is pretty similar for both. Did you try a different law firm? What criteria specifically did you not meet?

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by _iofi on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @10:55AM (#18176432)

I had an O-1 visa. Still my EB-1 was rejected - twice!

First time then gave me 2 criteria (contribution to field of work and contribution to companies). On Appeal, AAO gave me another criteria (high compensation) and took away 1 already given (contribution to field of work).

Second time, my application was much stronger - but they gave me just one criteria (press).

I didn't take them to court over it. Didn't want to deal with that.

I will try a different firm next time.

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Re:H-1B: As immigration furor roils Silicon Valley, Canada s... by jvzr on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @10:27AM (#18176228)

I understand it like so: (not a native speaker myself)

individually, they both give 2 criteria. Together, they would give 4. (So, say, the 1st one gives criteria #1 and #2, and the second #3 and #4)

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