Success Stories: A Postdoctoral Fellow Secured both her EB1-A and NIW Approvals in the Field of Genetics with our Persistent Support

 

Client’s Testimonial:

“My EB2-NIW and EB1-A cases were approved with the help from Chen Immigration. They are professional, patient and easy to communicate with. I strongly recommend Chen Immigration to anyone applying for EB1-A and EB2-NIW.”

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On January 6^th, 2022 and April 19^th, 2022, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) and EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Genetics (Approval Notice).

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General Field: Genetics

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow

Country of Origin: China

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New York

Approval Notice Date: January 6^th, 2022 (EB-1A) and April 19^th, 2022 (NIW)

Processing Time: 31 days (EB-1A) (Premium Processing Requested) and 13 months, 11 days (NIW)

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Case Summary:

A petition for an employment-based immigration visa under the second preference (“EB-2”), unlike the first preference category of individuals with extraordinary ability, (“EB1-A”), at least requires:

• No specific job offer/labor certification is required for a foreign person as long as he/she is entering the United States to continue work in the field in which he/she has an extraordinary ability, therefore self-petition is allowed.
• Evidence of original contributions, usually through publication, of major significance in the foreign national’s field of science, scholastic, artistic, or athletic.
• Performance in a significant role for organizations or establishments that have a distinguished reputation.
• Receipt of a higher salary or remuneration than is usual in the field.
• Other comparable evidence if the above types of evidence do not readily apply to the foreign national’s occupation.

Therefore, when a postdoctoral fellow from China holding a Ph.D. in genetics approached us to file both her EB1-A and I-140 NIW petitions, we assimilated the following essentials from her academic and professional records:

• Her cell biology and biomedical informatics research address some of our nation’s and the world’s most pressing issues, including the growth of hardy crops and the treatment of hearing loss. She is particularly well-known for her contributions to the comparative transcriptome profiling of chilling stress responsiveness in two contrasting rice genotypes.
• Her research has resulted in 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and 1 conference paper, being cited 398 times in at least 37 countries according to Google Scholar.
• She has conducted at least 17 reviews for at least 7 journals.

Therefore, our client’s unique and expansive expertise has enabled her to contribute significantly to the field of genetics, extending the reasonable expectation that she will continue to do so within the United States.

• 4 fellow experts in the field provided further comprehension of the importance of her ongoing work in the field, one of whom stated:

“[Client’s] has identified a number of the genetic mechanisms involved in the functional development of the mammalian auditory system. In doing so, she has markedly accelerated the development of targeted therapeutics to combat hearing loss…These statistics illustrate the significant need for [client’s] continued genetics research related to human audition.”

Consequently, she not only received her NIW approval with the help of our teammates but even acquired her EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval in just 31 days (thanks to premium processing). We are glad to have had the opportunity to represent her in this case and wish her good fortune and a prosperous future.

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