Client’s Testimonial:
“Thank you so much for all the help [on] my I-140 case.”
On February 29th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Assistant Specialist in the Field of Physics (Approval Notice).
General Field: Physics
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Specialist
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California
Approval Notice Date: February 29th, 2016
Processing Time: 10 months, 9 days
Case Summary:
This EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) case involved a gifted assistant specialist from Taiwan working in the field of physics. He hired North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) to help him and his spouse attain permanent residency in the United States. The USCIS spent over 10 months adjudicating this case and ultimately granted their approval, not just for our client’s I-140 but also his I-485 (the second and final step in the green card process). Because our client elected for concurrent filling—which means filing an I-140 and an I-485 simultaneously—he received both approval notices less than three weeks apart. The fact that our client now has a green card is a clear indication that our law firm is excellent at what it does and that we are committed to helping every client get closer to permanent residency.
Our Strategy:
Our job as the attorney-on-record was to present a strong case to the USCIS. We did this by putting together an EB-2 NIW petition packet that illustrated our client’s numerous professional accomplishments. For instance, we detailed his doctoral degree and the 30 citations amassed from his 8 publications, and described his research on condensed matter physics, microfluidics, surface chemistry, and related fields— including the effect of gold concentrations on carbon monoxide oxidation on a gold-silver alloy surface, the failure behavior of amorphous materials under varying sizes and strain rates, and the mechanics of ice mélange jamming in a model fjord channel.
We also prompted our client to reach out to other specialized physicists for letters of support. Several experts furnished us with strong recommendation letters, one of whom wrote, “[Client] has developed unique skills through his education and research experiences that distinguish him from his peers and mark him as a singularly qualified researcher whose work is of considerable value to the United States and the world, which makes him an essential member of the American scientific community.” Another one of our client’s recommenders stated that “His skills are a valuable asset to the nation’s scientific community, and his accomplishments exceed those one might expect from researchers with similar credentials.” In short, these letters helped us demonstrate to the USCIS that our client’s work is of value to the American engineering industry and the ongoing investigation of the physical factors underlying polar ice cap melting behavior. We also established that other similarly qualified researchers would not be able to contribute as much to the field as our client has.
In short, our client’s strong credentials and our firm presentation of his EB-2 NIW case lent a hand in its approval. We congratulate our client once more for obtaining a green card and wish him well as he continues to investigate the field of physics.