Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Postdoctoral Research Fellow in North Dakota in the Field of Genomics
Client’s Testimonial:
I am very happy to inform you that USCIS has approved my I-140 application. [...] Thanks for your great efforts.
On January 16, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Field of Genomics
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Country of Origin: Iran
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: North Dakota
Approval Notice Date: January 16, 2015
Processing Time: 4 Months, 10 Days
This time we were given the opportunity to work with a genomicist from Iran specializing in plant genomics, particularly agriculturally significant crops such as wheat. We submitted extensive documentation proving the high significance of his contributions to his field, including his 40 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as numerous conference papers - a body of work that had received 238 citations by the time we filed his case. The great majority of these citations are from independent researchers distributed worldwide, demonstrating the wide reliance upon and recognition of our client’s work in his field. An independent recommender affirmed the importance of his work: “[Client’s] unbroken record of success thus far, and the import of the problems his research addresses, show that he is an indispensable member of the genetic plant breeding community. No other wheat breeder has such a stellar record so soon upon graduation.” We successfully demonstrated that our client’s continued employment in the field would benefit the people of the United States as a whole as well as his fellow researchers, and argued that he 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 10 days.