OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER / PROFESSOR QUESTIONNAIRE

The purpose of this questionnaire is to determine whether you qualify for Permanent Residency under a provision of the law for Outstanding Researchers and Professors. This provision applies only to those who have worked for at least three years as a professor or researcher. Although some of the information you will provide may be on your curriculum vitae already, and thus may seem redundant, please be sure to include as much detail as possible.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Full Name (with last name in caps):  
U.S. Address:

  		 
Address in your home country:

  		 
Email Address:  
Mobile Telephone:  
Home Telephone:  
Office Telephone:  
Fax number:  
Social security number:  
Date of Birth:  
Place of Birth (City, Country):  
Country of Nationality:  
Employer's Name:  
Employer's Main Address:


  		 
Your Worksite Address, if different:


  		 
Employer's Main Telephone Number:  


INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR EMPLOYMENT
Job title:  
Annual salary:  
Provide a detailed job description including specific responsibilities, with emphasis on your research and development duties:


  		 
Requirements for this position (include educational requirements, specific skills, experience, and expertise required):  





 
Provide information about the importance of your work/research and how it will benefit and impact the U.S:  





 
Provide information regarding the number of people you supervise, if any, and what type of employees they are (e.g., scientists, post docs, and technicians):  




 
Does your employer employ at least three persons full-time in research positions? If yes, provide details:  




 


INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
State your academic or scientific field of expertise as precisely as possible:  
List the places you have worked as a researcher or professor for pay before joining your present employer, including any work for pay during your education:  
Describe any major discoveries or innovations that have occurred as a result of your research and how they contribute to your field. Be sure to include information about pending and/or approved patents, if any:

  		 
Describe the nature of your research activities prior to your current employment:  





 
List all major prizes or awards you have received for your research, if any, and describe the significance of each award:  





 
Are you a member of any associations that require outstanding achievements from its members? If so, provide details about the criteria for selection (do not list associations with open membership):  




 
Have you ever participated as a judge of the work of others in your field (i.e., conducting peer review for academic journals, sitting on award-giving panels, or supervising graduate students). If so, please provide details:  




 
Have you presented papers or served as a program committee member at major international conferences in the field? If so, provide details:  




 
Have others written about your work in professional publications. If so, please cite all sources:  




 
Has any of your publications been cited in peer-reviewed journal articles? If so, provide a list of these publications, including title, date, author and source. Please also make photocopies of these publications, including the title page, citation page and bibliography.  




 
List all scholarly articles, books, or chapters in books that you have written, if any: Also, provide photocopies of all of your articles.  




 
Are there other ways in which your research has been internationally recognized as outstanding?  




 


 
INFORMATION ABOUT EMPLOYEE'S FAMILY (if applicable)

 
Spouse
Name:  
Address:

  		 
Date & Place of Birth:
  		 

 
Child #1
Name:  
Address:

  		 
Date & Place of Birth:
  		 

 
Child #2
Name:  
Address:

  		 
Date & Place of Birth:
  		 

 
Child #3
Name:  
Address:

  		 
Date & Place of Birth:
  		 


 
Required evidence to prove your eligibility as an Outstanding Researcher or Professor - provide as much of the below documentation as you can (you must have at least two of the following):
 
  • Evidence of any awards or prizes, including fellowships or honorary degrees, you have received (must include a description of the selective process in which recipients are chosen);
  • Evidence of your membership in any professional and/or scientific societies where outstanding achievements are required (must include information regarding the requirements and/or selective process for membership);
  • Evidence that others have published materials in professional journals about you and/or your work, including evidence that your work has been cited by others;
  • Evidence you have judged or reviewed, or been invited to judge or review, the work of other scientists or engineers in your field;
  • Copies of documentation regarding any patents you hold, or other documentation showing you have made original scientific or scholarly research contributions; and
  • Copy of the first pages of all published articles which you authored or co-authored. Be sure to include the page(s) where your name appears as the author.

Additional Required Documents - please mail the following documents along with the completed questionnaire to us:
 
  • Updated and detailed resume, including a publications list if applicable;
  • Letters of reference from others in your field detailing your outstanding contributions (letter should detail how you have made original scientific contributions, if any, and the author of the letter's resume should be included);
  • Letters verifying you have at least three years of research and/or teaching experience in your field (letters should state dates of employment, job title and brief description of job duties, be printed on company letterhead and be signed);
  • Copies of diplomas and/or transcripts from all universities that you have attended;
  • Education evaluation, if available and you have a degree from a foreign institution;
  • Copy of Form I-94 (front and back) for you, your spouse and children (if applicable);
  • Copies of all passports (exclude blank pages);
  • Copies of all prior U.S. work authorization documents (e.g., H-1B or O-1 approval notices, EAD, I-20s, and etc.).
  • Copy of birth certificates for you, your spouse and children (if applicable); and
  • Copy of your marriage certificate (if applicable).

Although the list of documents above may appear onerous, it is important to be thorough because the more complete you are with the document gathering process, the better we can prepare your case.

After you submit the necessary information and documents to Immigration Law Group, we will write a detailed statement to support the permanent residency petition, and email a draft of this statement to you for review before all of the documents are finalized for filing with the BCIS.

Immigration Law Group LLP
2880 Zanker Road, Suite 201
San Jose, CA 95134
Tel (408) 432-9200
Fax (408) 432-9191
 


 
Please answer the following questions. (If your answer is "YES" on any one of these questions, explain on a separate piece of paper.

 

a. Have you ever, in or outside the U.S.:
  1. knowingly committed any crime of moral turpitude or a drug-related offense for which you have not been arrested?
  2. been arrested, cited, charged, indicted, fined, or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance, excluding traffic violations?
  3. been the beneficiary of a pardon, amnesty, rehabilitation decree, other act of clemency or similar action?
  4. exercised diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution for a criminal offense in the U.S.?

___ Yes   __ No

b. Have you received public assistance in the U.S. from any source, including the U.S. government or any state, county, city, or municipality (other than emergency medical treatment), or are you likely to receive public assistance in the future?

___ Yes   __ No

c. Have you ever:
  1. within the past 10 years been a prostitute or procured anyone for prostitution, or intend to engage in such activities in the future?
  2. engaged in any unlawful commercialized vice, including, but not limited to, illegal gambling?
  3. knowingly encouraged, induced, assisted, abetted or aided any alien to try to enter the U.S. illegally?
  4. illicitly trafficked in any controlled substance, or knowingly assisted, abetted or colluded in the illicit trafficking of any controlled substance?

___ Yes   __ No

d. Have you ever engaged in, conspired to engage in, or do you intend to engage in, or have you ever solicited membership or funds for, or have you through any means ever assisted or provided any type of material support to, any person or organization that has ever engaged or conspired to engage, in sabotage, kidnapping, political assassination, hijacking, or any other form of terrorist activity?

___ Yes   __ No

e. Do you intend to engage in the U.S. in:
  1. espionage?
  2. any activity a purpose of which is opposition to, or the control or overthrow of, the Government of the U.S., by force, violence or other unlawful means?
  3. any activity to violate or evade any law prohibiting the export from the Untied States of goods, technology or sensitive information?

___ Yes   __ No

f. Have you ever been a member of, or in any way affiliated with, the Communist Party or any other totalitarian party?

___ Yes   __ No

g. Did you, during the period March 23, 1933 to May 8, 1945, in association with either the Nazi Government of Germany or any organization or government associated or allied with the Nazi Government of Germany, ever order, incite, assist or otherwise participate in the persecution of any person because of race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or political opinion?

___ Yes   __ No

h. Have you ever engaged in genocide, or otherwise ordered, incited, assisted or otherwise participated in the killing of any person because of race, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or political opinion?

___ Yes   __ No

i. Have you ever been deported from the U.S., or removed from the U.S. at government expense, excluded within the past year, or are you now in exclusion or deportation proceedings?

___ Yes   __ No

j. Are you under a final order of civil penalty of violating section 274C of the Immigration Act for use of fraudulent documents, or have you by fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact, ever sought to procure, or procured, a visa, other documentation, entry into the U.S., or any other immigration benefit?

___ Yes   __ No

k. Have you ever left the U.S. to avoid being drafted into the U.S. Armed Forces?

___ Yes   __ No

l. Have you ever been a J non-immigrant exchange visitor who was subject to the 2 year foreign residence requirement and not yet complied with that requirement or obtained a waiver?

___ Yes   __ No

m. Are you now withholding custody of a U.S. Citizen child outside the U.S. from a person granted custody of the child?

___ Yes   __ No

n. Do you plan to practice polygamy in the U.S.?

___ Yes   __ No