Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist in Ohio in the Field of Computational Biology
On February 23rd, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Senior Bioinformatics Scientist in the Field of Computational Biology
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist
Country of Origin: Korea
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Ohio
Approval Notice Date: February 23rd, 2015
Processing Time: 4 months, 21 days
In this case, North America Immigration Law Group was given the opportunity to work with a computational biologist from Korea whose research was particularly focused on utilizing computational algorithms to organize genomic and clinical data for genome prediction, and disease identification, diagnosis, and treatment. We showed that his continued employment in his field would benefit both his field in particular and the populace of the United States as a whole. His work had been published in 11 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as being presented at numerous conferences. At the time we filed his case, these publications had received no fewer than 74 citations from independent researchers around the world, a strong testament to the wide reliance upon this research in the field as well as the broad recognition it has received. An independent recommender emphasized the importance of our client’s work: “In both biology and medicine, [Client] has made notable contributions to science and humanity by working to better understand and analyze [disease]… For posterity, this valuable work by [Client] is destined to bear fruit for future generations through the development of better drug and vaccine candidates with which to handle and treat this troubling disease.” Through extensive documentation, we were able to successfully argue that our client would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW petition was approved in 4 months and 21 days.