PR for EB-1B researchers and professors.

Short answer: EB-1B is a green card category for outstanding professors and researchers, filed by a US employer. One of its six criteria is published material in professional publications, written by others about your work. We write and place articles about your research in publications your attorney can present, timed to the filing date. We never promise a petition outcome.

What does the regulation say?

The petition needs evidence that you are recognized internationally as outstanding in your academic field, through at least two of six criteria. One of them reads:

"Published material in professional publications written by others about the alien's work in the academic field. Such material shall include the title, date, and author of the material, and any necessary translation"

Source: 8 CFR 204.5(i)(3)(i)(C). The attorney handling the petition decides which criteria to claim.

What makes an article count?

• Someone else wrote it. Your own papers and opinion pieces belong under a different criterion.
• It is about your work in your academic field, not only about your lab or your company.
• It appears in a professional publication, one that people in your field read.
• It shows a title, a date and an author, with a translation if it isn't in English.

Which outlets fit researchers?

Science, medical and technology publications usually fit better than general news. We place clients in outlets such as ScienceTimes, Medical Daily, TechTimes and Analytics Insight. Your attorney decides whether each one counts as a professional publication.

How do we work with your employer's attorney?

Your employer files the petition, so we plan with the attorney handling it. They decide what each article must say about your work and which outlets to aim for. Then we plan backward from the filing date, so the last article is live two weeks before it.

An example from our work

One of our case studies is an O-1A petition: 3 articles about an AI engineer in 2 months, all live before his filing date. The criteria are worded differently, but the work follows the same steps. Read the case study →

What to ask before you hire anyone

• Which outlets, by name, and will the attorney accept them as professional publications?
• Will each article be written about your research, with a title, date and author shown?
• Will the agency plan with the attorney before writing?
• What happens if an article isn't live before the filing date?

Other visa pages: PR for O-1 and EB-1 visa applicants · PR for EB-1A green card applicants · PR for O-1B visa applicants in the arts

Questions researchers ask

Who files an EB-1B petition?

Your US employer, for a permanent research or teaching position. You can't file it for yourself, so your employer's attorney usually leads the evidence.

Can I write the articles myself?

No. The criterion asks for material written by others about your work. Your own papers count under a different criterion.

Which publications count as professional publications?

That is your attorney's call. Outlets read by people in your field, such as science, medical or technology publications, usually fit better than general news sites.