Technically, you can get EB-1 or EB-2 without having an H-1B. In practice, it is much more common to go H-1B -> EB-2. EB-1 is probably doable for CS PhD but sti

Technically, you can get EB-1 or EB-2 without having an H-1B. In practice, it is much more common to go H-1B -> EB-2. EB-1 is probably doable for CS PhD but still very uncommon.