This is the third article in a series on obtaining a green card without labor certification. When we analyze a client?s chances to qualify for a green card, we first try the Alien of Extraordinary Ability and the National Interest Waiver categories, because these two categories permit the scientist to petition the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) while avoiding both employer spon...
Foreign scientists need more than grant money to secure their future in the United States: They need lawful permanent residence, also known as a "green card." In our last article we described the process of applying for a green card under the "Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences" category, a route reserved for scientists who have reached the very top of their fields. In this article, we discuss...
Reposted from Science magazine, October 11, 2002. European research officials are hatching a bold scheme to attract young scientists--and preparing to put big bucks behind it. The talent competition, part of a growing move to bolster European science across national boundaries, will offer grants totaling roughly $1.5 million over 5 years. The contest will be open to researchers in any discipline-...
Reposted from Science magazine , October 4, 2002 Douglas Robinson, like his peers, spent his 20s in training. After 5.5 years in graduate school, he received a Ph.D. in cell biology and then worked another 4.5 years as a postdoc under a faculty mentor. When he was 31, he got an appointment at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, enabling him for the first time to apply for his...
