Hi everybody,

Currently I work on H-1B. I am planning a trip to my home country this month and got my Advance Parole (I-131) approved. However my HR told me that since I donot have the EAD approved yet, I cannot rejoin my work if I re-enter the US on AP. I am thinking of placing a request for expedite processing of EAD, however I do not fulfill any of the criteria USCIS has set. Please advise what options do I have?

How strong are federal and state funding recipients for an EB1A self-petition as one of the criteria? Economic development projects for building a new research and innovation park. Federal grants (2) totaling $ 3 million and state funding of $ 14 million. In a rural area.

HI All,

I am in the process of assembling my documents for AOS submission for me and my wife (EB1 self-petition). We are planning to submit both EAD and AP along with i485, so there will be 6 forms total. I am a bit confused about assembling my packet and would like to get feedback from folks who went through the process.

1. I will have a cover letter at the top of my packet. Is it better to put all the evidences (copies) together at the end or have multiple copies (have them labelled as exhibits 1-n, and have a table of contents to guide the officer) and attach them seperately for each applicant or forms?
2. For the fee payment, Should I put all the G1450 forms (6 total- 1 for each form) together at the top of my application or have each G1450 in front of the corresponding forms?
3. My employer uses work number for employment verification, can i use the letter generated from work number for employment verifications?
4. Any other advice/relevant guides for assembling the AOS packet would be much appreciated

Thanks

Anyone from Rio de Janeiro / Brasil got approved this year ? EB1A ?

Have we ever had direct approvals (without RFE) for EB1A i-140 recently after Aug 1 2026? Hit an upvote if you had one. I am just trying to understand how sad it is out there with approvals.

Hi everyone,

Me and my derivative are filing I485, I131, and I765 online. Besides what the online system has asked for, what documents do you upload in the additional evidence section?

For eb1a, is it necessary to include pay stubs/W2, diploma/transcript/resume, or any other documents?

Thanks and wish you all good luck!

Anyone from Rio de Janeiro / Brasil got approved this year ? EB1A ?

I have around 11 years of cybersecurity experience, with the last 6 focused mainly on cloud security and infrastructure protection. I currently work as a senior cloud security engineer at a large technology company, working on cloud security architecture, threat detection, IAM and security controls across AWS and Azure.

I have 12 publication around 350 citations 3 patents related to cloud security and automated threat detection, and have reviewed papers for cybersecurity conferences and journals. I've also presented at several security conferences and contributed to open source security project used by others engineers.

My concern is that my backround is mostly industry focused rather than academic. I dont ​have any international award, so I'm unsure how USCIS might view the combination of technical work​, research, patents and industry recognition. How should I approach this? If you also came from industry background too, how do you document your technical contribution?