Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Postdoctoral Fellow in California in the Field of Molecular Biology
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On June 1st, 2015 We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Molecular Biology
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California
Approval Notice Date: June 1st, 2015
Processing Time: 8 Months, 16 Days
The client that North America Immigration Law Group had the opportunity to work with in this case was a Postdoctoral Fellow from Netherlands. Her work has focused specifically on the immune system and HIV-1’s responses to each other, and malarial parasite gene regulation. We successfully demonstrated that her continued employment in the field would benefit those in her field, as well as the citizens of the United States at large. In order for our client’s case to be successful, we submitted extensive documentation proving her highly significant contributions to her field, including 26 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 reviews/book chapters, and numerous conference papers. Her publications had been cited at least 801 times at the time we filed the case; nearly all of the citations were by independent researchers around the world, demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field. The importance of her work was confirmed in the following quote from an independent recommender, “Her data showed that one of the methods the parasite has for such regulation is suppression of upstream activity of open reading frames and translational suppression of the major virulence gene family. All of these pointed to the existence of an elaborate network for the control of gene expression. This is in itself is fundamental knowledge essential to develop drugs for the treatment of malaria.” 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. Her NIW petition was approved in 8 months and 16 days.