A postdoc in a University when submission, Ph.D in China, total publication 29, all in English journals, citation >100, no patent,reference letter 5, one from NASA, one from national lab, one from a jounal associate Editor, two from university professors. Everything was ready in two weeks, even no time to revise the petition letter in order to concurrently file 485 before Oct. 1st.
Preparing documents was realy a nightmare, never want to do it again,even touch the application materials.