NIW 1996
I-140 approved: 2007-12
I-485: pending
EB1A: 2010-6-5 (Premium Processing)
My background: 10 Reviews, 7 English papers (2 first author papers), one book chapter, one invited commentary paper. 12 Chinese papers, One fellowship award from ATS, 2 invited talks, 292 English citations (about 40 review citations) and 102 Chinese citations.
RFE: 2010-6-25
Response RFE: 2010-7-5
I-140 and I-485 approved: 2010-7-13
Additional materials submitted: 25 more citations, one more review paper, 2 more paper (1 first author IF 10, one 4th author IF 2.4, one more achievement from Chinese Achievement Database (not an award). One more journal cover image.
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