美国人的工作效率为什么比中国低 (转载)# Joke - 肚皮舞运动
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Hi, Dear all
It is time for me to share my experience with you, especially for the ones
are still in the process of I-140 petition.
I just found it out that my I-140 was approved (on-line). I know I have not
received my actual green card yet, but I believe it is a big milestone.
My background:
Ph.D., US, Bio science
Current position, Postdoc
I DIYed my I-140 peition. I strongly believe that if you are in academia, if
you ever applied for any type of grant/fellowship before, you are
completely capable and competent to file I-140 by yourself. If you do have
lots of money, a lawyer can make your life slightly better. My personal
experience and belief is that if you ever survived U.S. education system, you
have all the resources and ability to successfully perform the application by
yourself.
You should read the instructions carefully from USCIS, you should obtain past
applicants’ information as much as possible.
How to practically operate this?
I started with collecting any possible evidence. I started to collect
everything positive for myself, did not sort category of anything at the
beginning, like citations, like invitation to conferences, any piece of
reports about your research, etc
Then I sent out emails to ask for reference letters. Luckily, everyone I
asked for help is willing to help me. I did draft a version (expect both my
Ph.D. and postdoc mentors, they are both the most respected scientists in
my life, they wrote everything for me and provided a wonderful letter).
After I obtained all letters, I started out writing my petition letter.
I found it is helpful to organize the PL after you got the actual letters, since
I found myself really could utilize some great sentences from the
professors who wrote me words with compliments.
When you finished your PL, please send it to native speakers for comments. Not
just your labmates. They could be very helpful, but I incline to send my PL
to my regular American fiends. If you don’t have any, it is time to make
some, at least for this purpose, ☺. I wanted to get feedback from “
layman” as much as possible, since the reviewing officer who actually will
read your materials probably is in the same category.
Best wishes to all of you, and remember never give up and be patient!
It is time for me to share my experience with you, especially for the ones
are still in the process of I-140 petition.
I just found it out that my I-140 was approved (on-line). I know I have not
received my actual green card yet, but I believe it is a big milestone.
My background:
Ph.D., US, Bio science
Current position, Postdoc
I DIYed my I-140 peition. I strongly believe that if you are in academia, if
you ever applied for any type of grant/fellowship before, you are
completely capable and competent to file I-140 by yourself. If you do have
lots of money, a lawyer can make your life slightly better. My personal
experience and belief is that if you ever survived U.S. education system, you
have all the resources and ability to successfully perform the application by
yourself.
You should read the instructions carefully from USCIS, you should obtain past
applicants’ information as much as possible.
How to practically operate this?
I started with collecting any possible evidence. I started to collect
everything positive for myself, did not sort category of anything at the
beginning, like citations, like invitation to conferences, any piece of
reports about your research, etc
Then I sent out emails to ask for reference letters. Luckily, everyone I
asked for help is willing to help me. I did draft a version (expect both my
Ph.D. and postdoc mentors, they are both the most respected scientists in
my life, they wrote everything for me and provided a wonderful letter).
After I obtained all letters, I started out writing my petition letter.
I found it is helpful to organize the PL after you got the actual letters, since
I found myself really could utilize some great sentences from the
professors who wrote me words with compliments.
When you finished your PL, please send it to native speakers for comments. Not
just your labmates. They could be very helpful, but I incline to send my PL
to my regular American fiends. If you don’t have any, it is time to make
some, at least for this purpose, ☺. I wanted to get feedback from “
layman” as much as possible, since the reviewing officer who actually will
read your materials probably is in the same category.
Best wishes to all of you, and remember never give up and be patient!
