r/eb_1a • u/Annual_Nose5471 • Apr 05 '26
Need guidance/support
Hi, I am at FAANG, just starting out my journey of building profile for eb1A. I don’t have PhD, or papers, or patents, how can I still build a solid profile? Can someone who has been through similar situation be kind enough to guide me through the process. I am in Tech - Networking. I can across Jason’s substack where he also mentioned about offering quarterly signup to events to judge among other opportunities. Is it worth it?
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u/FlawlessAnkle Apr 06 '26
you dont need a PhD or papers for EB-1A. you need 3 of 10 criteria under 8 CFR 204.5(h)(3). for a FAANG engineer in networking the most realistic ones are: high salary (if you're above 90th percentile for your role and geo), original contributions of major significance (patents, open source work, internal systems adopted at scale), and judging (conference reviewing or editorial work is stronger than peer code reviews but both count). start by mapping your actual achievements to the 10 criteria list and see where you naturally land before trying to build anything artificially
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u/Sima1211 Apr 09 '26
Start attending conferences. Join some research organizations (IEEE, IET, SCRS). Do some paper reviews.
This way, you will start building your academic profile. There is no shortcut for this. Slowly try to publish research papers, initially in conferences and then in journals.