Posted by: kalidasbhaisaab February 3, 2017
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To an unobservant reader, that is me, it sounded like the answer was already in your post.
1. You said you cannot or will not, in near future, publish enough papers that will qualify you for EB2 NIW GC self-petition.
2. You are not tenured track. So your current employer, which is an academic institution, will not file for GC. And you are not going to be tenured in near future.
It sounds like, to be in an Employment Based Green Card sponsorship program, you may need another employer.
** That was a plain vanilla suggestion. Personally, it sounds like NIW EB2 is tough nut to crack sheerly because the burden of proof on you is heavy. It sounds like a philosophical question, at this point. I will share my personal situation and you may extrapolate. I was a mediocre student. I did not do academically well. I applied for US student visa because it was a fad in my workplace in Nepal. Similar to lottery, I suppose, I got lucky and completed my plain vanilla masters and then chose the desi IT company route for work and GC and have been leading my mediocre life running the same rat race. When I was a Gas Station attendant, I never thought it would be pretty much easy to get an IT job and get a GC. Unaware, I was a beneficiary of the same loophole Alexia Fernandez Campbell talks about in The Atlantic, in her December 6th article from last year. Anyway, when I reflect back, I see it was my desire to live a mediocre life. But the one that had a US permanent residency in it. You on the other hand, my friend, are in the cusp of brilliance and academic breakthrough. Where you are touching the lives of dozens, if not hundreds, every day. You are the unflinching Professor that has faith in her student. The one that will change lives of people. The one that will change the course of history, dare I say!
1. You said you cannot or will not, in near future, publish enough papers that will qualify you for EB2 NIW GC self-petition.
2. You are not tenured track. So your current employer, which is an academic institution, will not file for GC. And you are not going to be tenured in near future.
It sounds like, to be in an Employment Based Green Card sponsorship program, you may need another employer.
** That was a plain vanilla suggestion. Personally, it sounds like NIW EB2 is tough nut to crack sheerly because the burden of proof on you is heavy. It sounds like a philosophical question, at this point. I will share my personal situation and you may extrapolate. I was a mediocre student. I did not do academically well. I applied for US student visa because it was a fad in my workplace in Nepal. Similar to lottery, I suppose, I got lucky and completed my plain vanilla masters and then chose the desi IT company route for work and GC and have been leading my mediocre life running the same rat race. When I was a Gas Station attendant, I never thought it would be pretty much easy to get an IT job and get a GC. Unaware, I was a beneficiary of the same loophole Alexia Fernandez Campbell talks about in The Atlantic, in her December 6th article from last year. Anyway, when I reflect back, I see it was my desire to live a mediocre life. But the one that had a US permanent residency in it. You on the other hand, my friend, are in the cusp of brilliance and academic breakthrough. Where you are touching the lives of dozens, if not hundreds, every day. You are the unflinching Professor that has faith in her student. The one that will change lives of people. The one that will change the course of history, dare I say!