Dale Schwartz
Immigration AttorneyIt is my understanding that you can apply for an EB-1 if you have an approved EB-5 conditional green card. If the EB-1 is approved, they may ask you to abandon your EB-5 case. You might well qualify as an outstanding professor or researcher now. We have done hundreds of those cases. Why not just wait until you get a full green card? Five years after you got your conditional green card, you can apply for U.S. citizenship, even if your removal of conditions has not yet been approved. When they call you for a naturalization interview, they will approve the removal of conditions at the same time.