EB1 Green Card 8 C.F.R. 204.5(h) (3) – Have You Been Written About in the Media? *

EB1 Green Card - US Immigration highly favor those aliens who have been written about in the press. The Press can be a harsh critic sometimes and at other times lavish praise. The press is seen as a truly independent judge of the work of others.

Published Material about the Alien

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Evidence of Eligibility: 8 C.F.R. 204.5(h) (3)

(iii) Published material about the alien in professional or major trade publications or other major media, relating the alien’s work in the field for which classification is sought. Such evidence shall include the title, date, and author of the material, and any necessary translation;

EB1 green card applications are often best received when the alien has either been written about in the press (iii) or if the alien has written articles that have been published [(vi) of the EB1 green card checklist]. The reason is quite simple; if people are writing about the alien in the press then they must be of such importance that they are worth writing about. It’s a very simplistic measurement but one that is very popular and favored by US Immigraiton EB1 green card adjudicators.

Many professional EB1 green card candidates do not court press coverage so often times this will be a very difficult category to satisfy. However, even if you do not satisfy it today, what’s to stop you beginning to court some press coverage about your work in whatever media that best fits your field of expertise.

So let’s be clear on what EB1 green card adjudicators are looking for here; if you work in entertainment then we’re looking for press coverage in any of the main press media that has written a story about you and your performance. So an actor in a stage play may get a mention in arts pages of a national newspaper or the actor may get a mention by name in a newspaper such as The Stage, Variety, Backstage or any well known theatrical publication. Musicians may get articles written about them in a national newspaper because of the pop culture or they may get written up in specialist music publications.  Publications that cannot be considered are publications that only serve a small geographic area unless we can gather a collection of local articles that may occur for example when a band or production is on tour.

EB1 Green Card - It is as important to be written about as it is to have your peer-reviewed scholarly work published. You should court both.

In the academic world, researchers and scholars often get their work published, but this is not what this section of 8 C.F.R. 204.5(h) (3) is looking for, here we are looking for articles about the academic. For example, a headline might read something like “Mike Smith discovers new protocols for testing for HIV which is showing promising results” the article might then consist of an article about Mike Smith, how he came to develop this new protocol and how the new protocol has performed in clinical trials. These articles are as much about the individual as they are about the work. The fact that such an article has been written about the alien is an indication that the alien is operating at high level.

Many professionals in finance and advertising have their own particular publications that really address their particular audience.

Print Media vs. Online Media Coverage: In this age of New Media, as it has come to be known, EB1 green card examiners are having greater difficulty weighing up how much gravitas should be given to a particular article. Print media is definitely thought more highly of because of the lengths and significant expense (compared to digital media) the publisher has to go through to produce the magazine or newspaper. Print media can produce statistical information such as circulation numbers and demographic information that perhaps New Media cannot. Also, since people have to buy print media then the implication is that the publication has to be discerning and discriminatory to ensure that only the best content is printed.

EB1 Green Card - You can make a big difference to your future by thinking American and get yourself and work noticed and recognized where you can. I know for many people this goes completely against the grain of their modesty, but Americans, especially EB1 adjudicators love it.

Where these publications also have a digital online counter part then US EB1 green card adjudicators are more than happy to accept the online version.  In contrast there are millions of websites today vying for attention. Some websites have very little credibility because they are so new, it is hard to verify the following a website has, and hits are not an indicator of quality per se. Many online media allow individuals to upload their own information and these websites lack any kind of independent scrutiny to enable an EB1 green card adjudicator to give an objective way to determine the credibility of the article. Bearing in mind that an EB1 green card is at stake here you can’t blame US immigration in being a little skeptical here. This having been said there are many online only publications that have established themselves as well respected sites.

If you have been published in print media or online media then gather it together and let us have a look at it. If you have not been published and you’re struggling to find three EB1 green card categories you can satisfy, then start looking into ways you can get yourself in the media. Maybe you can have a launch party or something, anything to get some buzz going about what you do. Getting yourself published in this way is not hard to do, many publications are dying to have something new, fresh and exciting to write about, they are just waiting or your call.

By Attorney Chris M. Ingram

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