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How to Reply the Question in the Request For
Evidence (RFE) for Publication Citations? |
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How to Reply the Question in the Request For
Evidence (RFE) for Publication Citations? |
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William, I submitted the EB-1A application, then received the Request For Evidence (RFE) from USCIS, with the statement of “while the petitioner appears to have commendable publication levels in Computer Science previously, the petitioner’s publication record and citation evidence in the years that follow do not establish sustained national or international acclaim.” How to reply the request in the RFE? Answer, The Request For Evidence states that the petitioner’s publication record declined in recent years, which does not show sustained acclaim. The RFE also states that the citation count does not indicate that he is at the top of his field. In the Request For Evidence, USCIS adjudicator compared the petitioner's citation level to those of leading researchers at other fields whose work have received many citations. The comparison of the petitioner's citations to other researchers is unreasonable due to the differences in their fields of research. While acknowledging that the petitioner’s citations should not be compared against other researchers with an expectation of having citations in the thousands, but the petitioner’s citations alone should not demonstrate that he does not have sustained national or international acclaim. Therefore, the petitioner should provide evidence in the RFE response to demonstrate that his number of citations is higher than other researchers in the same field and in the same situation, and it show that this internal comparison places him in the small percentage of those who have risen to the very top of the field. |
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