This site was of immense help in my preparation. My L1B blanket petition got approved yesterday at Chennai Consulate. Here is the conversation: ...

Hearty Congratulations! Can you give a few details on your EB1-B profile -- like number of publications, citations, references etc? Thanks...

Yes. Make sure your international limit is above $500. In my case, I set it to $20 to avoid fraud (past experience) and totally forgot...

For the information of others, my visa status got update to issued on 10/24 (two days after the visa interview). So, it seems normal t...

In my opinion, any suggestions on this forum would be individual opinions. Best thing would be to consult your attorney on this.

Thank you! No, I was not asked. I have a strong background with PhD + several years of experience. Probably, he was not much concerned on that.