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EB-1A Directly from India and Green Card

8 years ago By Chief Editor

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I am from India and holding an Indian passport. I work for a IT company. I manage around 250 members.
One of the agencies are tied up with another EB-1 and EB-2 processing agency in USA and informed me that they can help in processing EB1-A visa (Self Petition). 
My questions are: 
1. Is there a category of Visa as EB1-A? 
2. If so, is there a possibility for self - petition? i.e. without an employer? 
3. If I file EB1-A, what is the waiting period? Approximate is adequate. 
4. Once I get the EB1-A visa, can I self apply for Green card or should there be an employer assisting to file for Green card? 
5. If I apply for Green card on an EB1 A, how long generally with it take?

1. Yes. See: http://www.immigration.com/greencard/eb1-green-card/eb-1-extraordinary-…-

2. Yes, self petition is possible under EB-1A.

3. Usually, it takes appx a year for the whole process.

4. EB-1A IS a green card category. Nothing else is needed.

5. See 3 and 4.

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Guestbook Entry for Ashok , United States

16 years ago By Chief Editor

Name

Ashok

Country

United States

State

Michigan

Comment

I first time contacted Rajiv in January 2007 by sending my CV and asked his opinion about EB1 success.

He called me next day and said that you have 50-50 chance to get EB1 approval. Immediately, we started working and in April 2007 we filed the I-140.

Since it was premier processing we got the RFE in 10 days, i was disappointed and Rajiv convinced me not to worry we will take care of it.

Both Rajiv and his team composed of Diane worked with me to collect more evidence and response the RFE in August 07, and Approval came in Sept 07.

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EB-1 Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Researchers/Professors, International Managers/Executive

16 years ago By admin 19 comments

Under the various employment based categories, Category I based permanent residency is the most difficult to obtain. Initially, the foreign national must determine if he/she is eligible for lawful permanent residency according to the USCIS guidelines.

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