THE HOLT LAW GROUP

Outstanding Researchers (1st preference):

The evidentiary requirements for this category are as follows:

· International recognition as outstanding in a specific academic field
· 3 years of teaching or research experience, and experience can be gained while pursuing advanced degrees, but only if responsible for courses taught, or research is recognized as outstanding.
· An offer of employment. There are three forms this offer can take:
· Tenure or tenure-track teaching position or comparable research position, or
· A research position with no fixed term in a position where the employee would generally have the expectation of permanent employment, or
· A research position with a private company if the employer has at least 3 full time researchers and has documented research accomplishments in the field.

Aliens must have job offers, but no labor certification is required. The letter must have employment terms, salary, and a description as whether is tenured or not.

International Recognition as Outstanding

Aliens demonstrate work recognized as outstanding internationally with evidence similar to that to show extraordinary ability. 2 of the following are required:
· Major international awards for outstanding achievement in academia,
· Membership in associations that require outstanding achievements,
· Material in professional publications written by others about the alien’s work,
· Participation as a judge of the work of others in the field,
· Original contributions in the field, or
· Authorship of scholarly books or articles in internationally circulated journals.

Books published by a vanity press or work without evaluation are not given weight. Good examples of this are letters submitted from academic peers.