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To qualify for the outstanding
professor/researcher category, an individual must first show that he has at least three years of experience in teaching or research.
Second, the individual must be
engaged in academic teaching or research, and must have a job offer. The
job offer may be from a university or
institution of higher learning offering the individual a
tenure-track teaching position or a permanent research position. The
job offer may also be from a private employer that is offering the
applicant a permanent research position. (If this is the case, the
employer must show that it employs at least three persons in
research positions and that it has documented achievements in the
academic field.) Because the outstanding professors/researchers
category is an employment-based first preference immigration
classification, a labor certification is not needed.
Finally, the outstanding
professor/researcher must document that he is internationally recognized
for his work in his field. This may be shown by presenting evidence that the
individual meets at least two of the following six criteria:
- Receipt of major prizes or
awards for outstanding achievement in the academic field;
- Membership in associations in
the individual's field which require outstanding achievements of their
members;
- Published material in
professional publications written by others about the
individual's work in the academic field;
- Participation as the judge of
the work of others in the same or an allied academic field;
- Original scientific or scholarly
research contributions; or
- Authorship of scholarly books or
articles in scholarly journals with international circulation in
the academic field.
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