Just got REF from NSC. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Document ted to support your petition were published and unpublished articles in the proposed research employment. In addition, letters of testimonial ted from various researchers appear to have reviewed your publications or/ and have collaborated with your supervisor. Furthermore, the cited publications ted recognizing your work appeared to be for the article published in 2004.(need more independent letters?) Documentation ted does not indicated that a past record of specific prior achievement since the publication. (what should I do about this?)
Additional evidence is requested to evaluate eligibility for a national interest waiver pursuant to the tests established in Matter of NYSDOT, 22 I&N Dec. 215 (Comm.1998.) (Please note: the evidence already ted demonstrates that the proposed research employment has substantial intrinsic merit and would be national in scope). (need more independent letters to show that I am so great in my research compare to my peers so I can skip LC?)
Please copies of any published articles by other researchers citing or otherwise recognizing your research and/or contributions. Please highlight the portion of the paper that references your work and highlight your name in the bibliography or “work cited” section. It is not necessary to articles that were published after the petition was filed ( what does this mean? Only the citations before my petition filing?) or articles that are self-referencing; i.e. written by you or your collaborators.
You must establish you have a past record of specific prior achievement that justifies projections of future benefit to the national interest. You must establish, in some capacity to serve the national interest to a substantially greater extent than the majority of your colleagues. You must demonstrate to some degree your influence on your field of employment as a whole. (Is this paragraph a conclusion of all above? Do I need to answer each of them step by step or just deal with previous three paragraphs?)