Success Story: EB1A Approved in Just 8 Days! Assistant Research Professor from Nepal Achieves Swift Success

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On April 15^th, 2025, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval for an Assistant Research Professor in the Field of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Research Professor

Country of Origin: Nepal

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: April 15^th, 2025

Processing Time: 8 days (Premium Processing Requested)

Case Summary:

We are pleased to announce the EB1A approval of a highly accomplished PhD holder with a careful and strategic filing. Our client’s case was successfully approved just 8 days after submission under Premium Processing.

The client is an expert in artificial intelligence-based healthcare delivery with a focus on wearable and mobile applications. At the time of filing, our client was conducting research in an academic medical research setting in the United States. His work aligns with U.S. interests in healthcare innovation, biotechnology, and translational medicine. We supported his case by demonstrating that his contributions had been widely recognized within the scientific community. His body of work includes 12 peer-reviewed journal articles, 8 peer-reviewed conference papers, 1 first-authored abstract, 3 preprints, and 5 granted patents, many of which appear in high-impact journals in biomedical science and materials engineering. His research has accumulated 492 citations, underscoring the broad impact of his contributions, and he has served as a reviewer for at least 70 manuscripts, affirming his authority in the field.

Recommendation Letters

To further support the petition, we included six strong letters of recommendation from independent experts and collaborators across multiple institutions. These letters praised the client’s cutting-edge research and its potential to revolutionize healthcare in the U.S. One recommender stated:

“Considering the value presented by wearable-based health applications for personalized stress detection and early mental health intervention, as well as the advancements in AI models for healthcare using consumer devices, halting [Client’s] research would be damaging to mental health monitoring, AI innovation in healthcare, and advancements in personalized health technologies. It is therefore within the interests of the US to allow [Client’s] research to continue.”

By clearly aligning the client’s work with national priorities in biomedical innovation and substantiating his standing as a leading researcher in his field, we successfully secured approval in record time.

We are proud to have helped this deserving client achieve a successful EB1A outcome. Congratulations to him on this important milestone!

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