Outstanding Professors or Researchers 를 위한 추천서 가이드라인입니다.
http://www.hibrain.net 에서 어느분이 올린 pdf 파일내용입니다. (파일 첨부가 안되어 내용을 모두 복사해서 올립니다)
저도 이파일 내용밖에 없고 원 출처는 잘 모르겠군요. (www.hibrain.net 에서 다운받았음)

날짜는 8/26/2005 로 나와있습니다.
참고로 하면 좋을 듯합니다.

GUIDELINES FOR DRAFTING PROGESSIONAL LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Outstanding Professors or Researchers
INA § 203 (b) (1) (; 8 USC § 1153 (b) (1) (; 8 CFR § 204.5 (i) (3) (i)
LETTERS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO:
Director
USCIS, Texas Service Center
P.O. Box 852135
Mesquite, Texas 775818-2135

DO NOT MAIL THE LETTERS DIRECTLY TO TEXAS. THEY WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION. PLEASE FORWARD TO THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING YOUR RECOMMENDATION.

Letters of reference or recommendation should be from recognized professionals in your field of training or expertise. Generally, endorsements from individuals who have superior titles or more professional experience than you are preferable to endorsements from professionals who are at the same level or below you in seniority. The following guidelines should be considered in drafting a professional letter of reference on your behalf through the outstanding professor or researcher provision.

1. The author should identify himself or herself as an individual whose opinion is worthy of belief. This identification should include professional education, training, titles, field of expertise, research interests, current and past employment, and editorial review board membership so as to establish their credibility and capacity to evaluate your abilities and performance. Authors of letters of recommendation must be demonstratively highly regarded in the field and some should be outside the immediate circle of co-workers at the petitioning institution.

2. Authors of letters should avoid beginning with a self-serving statement such as” Dr. Smith has asked me to write a letter on his behalf’ or “this letter is offered in support of Dr. Smith’s immigration petition”. Instead, the letter should begin, “this letter is offered in support of the outstanding research accomplishments of Dr. Smith”. The author should go directly into explaining his or her education or qualifications in order to establish their own creditably in assessing your performance.

3. The author should describe how he or she has knowledge of your work. This might include past or present collaboration or reliance upon your research. It is important to highlight your international reputation and participation in renowned projects, if possible. Downplay any social relationship while emphasizing professional affiliations. This helps to objectify the endorsement.

4. The author should describe your role in specific research projects. The description should be as technical as necessary but written with the understanding that the petition examiner will not be a scientist. Translate your specific scientific accomplishments into language which is meaningful and understandable to the average person. The work which has garnered you an international reputation should be explained. It is your international recognition, originality, and importance of your work that is the basis for the petition.

5. The author should state unequivocally that you and/or your research are recognized within the international scientific community as outstanding or that you have the reputation as an outstanding scientist within the international scientific community.

6. Catch phrases which have been included in successful petition have included characterization of your work as “state of art’ or “ground breaking”, and indicate that you have “achieved international recognition” or have “solved on of the most perplexing problems in the field”.

7. The author should avoid hyperbole, which typically includes vague and unspecific statements about your ability. Instead they should focus on your specific accomplishments. Statements that you are “outstanding”, “indispensable”, “exceptional”, “essential”, ”preeminent”, or “talented” must be supported by fact. Authors of letters should be specific! Tell them to feel free to go into great detail in describing what projects you are or have been involved in. Explain the purpose of a particular project or study, explain how the project was conducted, and explain the results you ended you ended up with. Letters of reference often are too vague or general in that they merely state that the alien “was involved in” the study of a particular thing and don’t give the specifics of the involvement or the project as a whole.

8. Authors of letters should avoid evaluating your personal skills such as pleasant personality, good sense of humor, or moral strengths. These traits are irrelevant to the petition. The INS will not consider how nice or friendly you are in evaluation the petition.

9. Authors of letters should state unequivocally what parts of the project are attributable to you (this is perhaps the most important part of any letter of reference). For example, state what research findings were obtained by you or what important discovery you made. Even if the achievement was done in collaboration with some else (which is fine). Phrase it such that it emphasizes your role in the achievement.

10. References should attach copies of the curriculum vitae to their letter.

11. It goes without saying that letters should be professional in appearance and printed on corporate or departmental letterhead. Please provide original, signed letters of reference rather than photocopies.