Success Stories: An Iranian Associate Professor in the Field of Artificial Intelligence Achieves NIW Approval In 1 Month, Special Thanks to the new NIW Premium Processing Upgrade
Client’s Testimonial:
“With the confirmation I received from you, I am truly in great joy. I really can't tell you with words the feeling I am in right now. You lead me to a great goal. A closed door is opening for me and I didn't believe I could be close to this stage of success. I sincerely thank the lawyers and immigration team of Chen Institute many times. It is an honor to work with you and this moment will live bright and vivid in my mind for the rest of my life.”
On February 24th, 2023, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Associate Professor in the Field of Artificial Intelligence (Approval Notice).
General Field: Artificial Intelligence
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Associate Professor
Country of Origin: Iran
Country of Residence at the Time of Filing: Iran
Approval Notice Date: February 24th, 2023
Processing Time: 1 month, 6 days (Premium Processing Requested)
Case Summary:
An associate professor armed with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering established that his education, experience, and expertise in the field of artificial intelligence have well-positioned him to obtain the NIW approval without any obstacles. Thus, when our client hired North America Immigration Law Group to file the I-140 National Interest Waiver (NIW) petition on his behalf to convince USCIS of his significant research on developing methods and algorithms that leverage artificial intelligence knowledge to facilitate the design of technologies for use in the diagnosis of acute heart disease. After reckoning his credentials, we concluded that his strong research background is of great importance because it has resulted in the establishment of advanced algorithms that greatly improve current strategies for diagnosing heart disease by addressing common obstacles to diagnoses such as noise and other confounding effects.
Our part of the job is to gather the evidence necessary and to highlight the facts so that USCIS authorities would adjudicate our client’s case vigilantly. So, we worked alongside our client to comprehend his research background better and noted how his proposed endeavor demonstrated the necessity of his continued contribution to the field of artificial intelligence in the United States.
We listed a few attributes to his NIW petition packet as follows:
- His remarkable publications record the 95 peer-reviewed journal articles he published in top-most journals, which altogether accumulated 1,778 citations by other highly qualified researchers, affirming that our client’s findings play a vital role in subsequent research efforts by his peers.
- Additionally, he has proven his worth to the scientific community in the field, acting as a peer reviewer for a number of top-ranked journals resulting in the completion of 50 peer reviews to date.
- Furthermore, we added two recommendation letters obtained by our client from his fellow experts who corroborated that our client has made consequential progress in the field, proving that his research is relevant to ensure the timely diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the heart.
Our client’s work has therefore both substantial merit and national importance, and he satisfies the required prongs to achieve the national interest waiver petition approval. Gladly, USCIS sent the approval notification 1 month and 6 days after we filed his case. We truly appreciate our client’s association with us and congratulate him on this groundbreaking victory.