My NIW was approved today from NSC.
More information is as follows:
(1)Ph.D. in ME from China
(2)15 English journal papers
(3)20 conference proceedings and abstracts
(4)serving as a reviewer for three journals (in total 12 times)
(5)one prestigious post-doctoral fellowship
(6)12 citations in total (weak part for me)
(7)membership of AIAA, ASME, Sigma Xi
(8) 8 reference letters (2 from DOE (co-workers), 3 from independents, 3 from previous advisors)
Concorrently filed I-140+I-485
RD: 9/22/05
ND: 9/23/05
I-140 AD: 10/03/05
Jane Xu is my attorney.
Thank you all for the useful information I got from this forum.
I am going to apply for EAD and AP.