Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Postdoctoral Associate in Missouri in the Field of Developmental Biology
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On April 5th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Associate in the Field of Developmental Biology (Approval Notice).
General Field: Developmental Biology
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Associate
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Missouri
Approval Notice Date: April 5th, 2016
Processing Time: 8 months, 6 days
8 months and 6 days after we filed an EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition on our client’s behalf, Nebraska Service Center approved his petition. Our client, a postdoctoral associate from Taiwan, has years of experience working in the field of developmental biology and is currently focused on gaining ground in our understanding of organ development, regeneration and neural circuit formation.
Client’s Credentials:
In order to qualify for EB-2 NIW, one must possess specific credentials. We noted our client’s M.S. in Neuroscience and Ph.D. in Developmental Biology and established that his advanced degrees have equipped him with the skills needed to carry out practical and useful research. Moreover, we noted the 89 citations gathered from our client’s 10 publications and proved that other researchers in the field rely on his findings to progress their work. We demonstrated that their collective findings benefit the United States, particularly the country’s stem cell research efforts. Additionally, we summarized that our client’s investigations contribute to the United States’ ability to generate new medicines with regenerative and aging-prevention applications. We also concluded that not many other similarly qualified researchers can attain the same level of research success.
Third-party Support:
To increase our chances of attaining a petition approval from the USCIS, we encouraged our client to obtain recommendation letters from other expert developmental biologists. We needed third-party support to fortify our claim that our client’s work is of the utmost importance to the United States and that his findings benefit other researchers. Our client returned with five signed letters, one of which stated that “In summary, [Client] is conducting cutting-edge scientific research that is benefiting both the academic and medical communities. Truly, his skill set and contributions would be extremely difficult to replace, which is something I personally would not want to contemplate.” Another recommender described our client’s contributions as “… some of the most extraordinary breakthroughs in our field, and because he is one of the most distinguished names in his areas of study, I feel that he is an irreplaceable presence in the research sphere.”
Concurrent Filing:
To save time, our client opted for concurrent filing: whereby I-485 applications for himself and his spouse were submitted along with his EB-2 NIW petition. They are currently awaiting a favorable outcome from the USCIS. To learn more about concurrent filing, please visit http://www.wegreened.com/I-140-and-I-485-concurrent-filing. In the meantime, we wish our client well as he continues to progress the field of developmental biology.