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A Postdoc's 500 Citations Answer a Complex EB-1A RFE

Education & Research | 4 months ago

EB-1A Visa
From Brazil
RFE
EB-1AVisa

Case Summary.

Sang Kim helped a Brazilian postdoctoral researcher overcome a complex Request for Evidence and win approval of his EB-1A petition. Building on the two criteria USCIS had already conceded - scholarly publications and peer review - the response leveraged the researcher's 500+ citations and highly specific third-party expert letters to establish his original contributions and sustained impact in his field.

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Sang Kim

Sang Kim

Immigration Lawyer Co-Counsel to Manifest Law

Accomplished legal attorney and counsel with over 20 years of industry-leading experience in employment and self sponsored based immigration matters including nonimmigrant visas, immigrant petitions and PERM Labor Certifications. Sang is a co-counsel to Manifest Law—a new kind of immigration law firm.

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