Clearer Standards Coming To EB 1-1 Visa and EB 1-2 Visa?

As previously mentioned, the USCIS has issued a preliminary memorandum concerning changes it is considering making to the EB 1-1 and EB 1-2 Visa category. The impetus for the memorandum is the Ninth Circuit’s Kazaran decision, which criticized the USCIS for creating novel interpretations of the EB 1-1 and EB 1-2 criteria.

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Immigrant Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Immigrant Professor and Researcher Ei-ichi Negishi has won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Professor Negishi is an immigrant from Japan who has been in the United States since the 1960s. Professor Negishi obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Penn., and has been a professor at Syracuse University and Purdue University for nearly five …

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USCIS Seeks Input on Proposed EB 1-1 Visa and EB 1-2 Visa Criteria

Last week, the USCIS issued a proposed memorandum for revising its criteria for adjudicating the EB 1-1 and EB 1-2 Visas. The USCIS is seeking shareholders to comment on its memorandum before it either makes it official or withdrawals it.

The EB 1-1 and EB 1-2 Visas are used to attract the best and brightest …

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