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Jan 30 • 8 tweets • 2 min read

Are you in a Tech-related field?

Here is how to use your Tech skills to design projects that may qualify for the U.S self-sponsored green cards (EB1A, NIW).

5 sample projects from MS/PhD students in Computer Science and Maths who got the NIW

A short thread. #PRforUSScholars

1. PhD student in computer science used her coding skills to develop a program that identifies disposal sites for radioactive waste.
A good fit for the NIW for its potential “benefits to the environment” (see pinned posts for other NIW areas).

2. PhD student in mathematics is optimizing the performance of smart devices and computers using combinatorics
A good fit for the NIW for its potential benefits to the communication sector and the U.S economy

3. Master’s student in computer science (on OPT) collaborated with researchers in pharmaceutical sciences to develop computational modeling of protein signaling pathways that may help in studying immune responses to cancer.

A good fit for the NIW for potentially improving health

4. Ph.D. scholar in applied mathematics is helping in a project that is developing in silico models to study colon cancer.

A good fit for the NIW for its potential benefits to the health of the U.S

5. Master’s graduate (Software engineer on OPT) writes an algorithm as part of a project aimed to improve the recycling program on campus

A good fit for the NIW for its potential benefits to the U.S environment.

For current or incoming MS/Ph.D. Techies, plan to put your coding skills to use in an area vital to U.S interests (see pinned post thread #2).

Obviously, this is not the only thing required for the NIW/EB-1A, but it is a good start.

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We teach how to strategize for the self-sponsored green cards AS A STUDENT OR POSTDOC in the USA (STEM and Non-STEM).

Follow @bestman_academy, see our pinned tweet or link-in-bio for all resources.

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