Success Stories: Associate Researcher from China in the Field of Organic Chemistry Obtains Green Card
Client’s Testimonial:
“…I have received green cards for my wife and myself. Thank you. It has been a great pleasure to work with you. I have recommended you to several other people in my group.”
On April 13th, 2016, we received another EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) approval for an Associate Researcher in the Field of Organic Chemistry (Approval Notice).
General Field: Organic Chemistry
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Associate Researcher
Country of Origin: China
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Kansas
Approval Notice Date: April 13th, 2016
Processing Time: 6 months, 21 days
Last year, an associate researcher working in the field of organic chemistry hired North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) to help him and his wife become permanent residents. Our client had obtained the full support of his employer—a university—and wanted to file his I-140 petition under EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers). After we had obtained the relevant documents from his employer and received the signed contract from our client, our legal team and support staff worked diligently to put together a convincing EB-1B petition as well as complete I-485 applications for our client and his spouse.
Compiling a Strong EB-1B Petition:
The well-prepared EB-1B petition packet that we put together contained convincing evidence of the benefits of our client’s research to the United States, most notably the country’s medical sector. We determined that his investigations on synthesizing small molecule library (which have shown a wide range of activities for biological research of human diseases) progress the nation’s development of new methods to quickly assemble novel drug-like small molecules and advance the understanding of biological pathways pertaining to a variety of diseases. Expert organic chemists supported our claim by contributing recommendation letters, one of which stated that “[Client] displays the professional credentials and documented research successes which befit a chemist of leading merit-one whose headway in organic synthesis and combinatorial, heterocyclic, and medical chemistry warrants his continuation in the United States of America, where he may continue to expand the healthcare industry's horizons.” To strengthen our client’s petition, we also listed the 113 citations to his work, the 35 times he judged the work of his peers, and his 11 published scientific articles.
Filing an I-485 application while the I-140 petition is pending approval:
Most green card applicants choose to wait for their I-140 petition to be approved before submitting an I-485 application. However it is not uncommon to submit the latter while the former is pending approval, or even to submit both simultaneously. A major benefit of both options is to save time. Our client decided to file I-485 applications for himself and his spouse nearly two months after the submission of his I-140 petition. This move resulted in approval notices that were issued roughly a month apart (applicants who file an I-485 application before their I-140 is approved get a head-start since the USCIS starts processing the I-485 earlier).
We congratulate our client and his wife for becoming American permanent residents, and we thank them for trusting us to help them accomplish this goal.