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EB-1 for Professors & Researchers

U.S. Visa Attorneys for Professors and Researchers

In our nationwide travels to educate people on U.S. immigration law, we have made contact with many postdoctoral students, professors and researchers across a full range of academic disciplines and fields. As a result, helping these people with their immigration issues has become a special focus of our firm. If you are a professor, researcher or other highly qualified academic, we strongly encourage you to contact us to discuss your immigration questions and needs.

An accomplished researcher may qualify for both an EB-1 visa for Outstanding Professors and Researchers and a National Interest Waiver (NIW), also called an EB-2. Guideline language for the two differs in several respects, but the major difference between these two petition types is that an EB-1 visa requires your intended employer to petition on your behalf. This may be a university, research institute or a company.

Knowledgeable Evaluation of Your Qualifications

Our lawyers and staff will evaluate your résumé or curriculum vitae (CV), publications and other accomplishments in your field in order to determine the best approach for obtaining your green card. Our experience enables us to direct you to the visa category that offers the best chance of success and to position and present your qualifications with maximum effectiveness.

Positioning Your EB-1 Visa Petition for Success

Common misconceptions prevent some qualified applicants from pursuing an EB-1 or EB-2 visa. It is important to recognize that there is no absolute formula for determining who qualifies and that you do not need to have completed your academic studies to have your petition succeed.

You can depend on the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth, A Professional Corporation, for thorough attention to your immigration needs, from evaluating your qualifications to properly presenting those qualifications to the authorities. If you are an accomplished researcher or professor who wishes to work or continue your work in the U.S. — or if you are interested in hosting an informative seminar on immigration law — please contact us to schedule an appointment with an attorney to discuss EB-1 visas or nonimmigrant visas.

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The attorneys and staff at the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth, A Professional Corporation, assist individuals and employers nationwide with their full range of U.S. immigration needs. From our office in Monterey Park, CA, we serve clients throughout Southern California including Los Angeles, Riverside, Pasadena, Westwood, Redlands, Irvine, San Bernardino, La Jolla, Montebello, San Marino, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, San Gabriel, Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Pomona, West Covina, Torrance, Long Beach, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno and Santa Barbara, among others; as well as the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. We provide immigration services to students, researchers and professors at colleges and universities such as UCLA, USC, UCSD, CalTech and UCI; and also serve other USA academic and economic centers such as Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Boston, MA, New Haven, CT, Raleigh-Durham, NC, Houston, TX, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, St. Louis, MO, Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Seattle, WA, Portland, OR, and Washington DC.