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On February 19th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Associate in the Field of Neurogenetics (Approval Notice).
General Field: Neurogenetics
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Associate
Country of Origin: China
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Virginia
Approval Notice Date: February 19th, 2016
Processing Time: 3 months 9 days
Case Summary:
A little over three months after we filed this EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) case, TSC granted their approval. Even though our Chinese client has to wait for her priority date to become current, we are pleased that she is now one step closer to permanent residency, and we look forward to helping her attain it when the time comes.
According to an expert in the field of neurogenetics whose recommendation letter we used to bolster our EB-2 NIW petition packet: “[Client’s] achievements reflect an ability to target important questions on the molecular basis of schizophrenia and the skills to search for clear answers to those questions. I am especially impressed with her industriousness in searching for disruptions in cellular mechanisms and neural circuits that impair cognition.” Another recommender wrote, “I believe that innovative research in the field, as [Client’s] neurogenetic and neurodevelopmental approach, must be sustained.” These letters, and the four others that our client obtained, furnished the USCIS with proof that our client’s work is crucial to the United States. We supplemented these testimonials with data on our client’s doctoral degree, her 3 publications, the 21 citations to her work at the time of filing, and detailed accounts of her research on the neurocircuitry and neurogenetic mechanisms of mental disorders like schizophrenia and brain reward system dysfunction.
In the petition letter that we composed and submitted to the USCIS, we firmly stated that substituting our client with another minimally qualified researcher would adversely affect the national interest of the United States. We are glad that USCIS approved this EB-2 NIW petition and we wish our client all the best with her continued investigations.