Success Stories: NIW Approval Received for a Staff Scientist in Chemistry from Antigua and Barbuda with Immense Publications (35) and Citations (5,347)

Posted by wegreened on October 7, 2022 in NIW, Chemistry (Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biochemical Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Macromolecular Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Engineering)

Client’s Testimonial:

“This is great news, and it happened much more quickly than I'd anticipated.”

On November 18^th, 2021, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Staff Scientist in the Field of Chemistry (Approval Notice).

General Field: Chemistry

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Staff Scientist

Country of Origin: Antigua and Barbuda

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: November 18^th, 2021

Processing Time: 8 months, 9 days

Case Summary:

“[The client’s] research is a major step forward by providing a robust solution for this issue. His work benefits the world’s interest in both saved costs and quality of life by directly contributing to improved recovery outcomes for patients with such injuries.”

“[The client] has improved upon both the public health of the United States and the nation's status as an innovator in medical advances. The overall public health benefits offered by [the client] investigations are immense, considering that his solution bypasses severe side effects such as major infections and the risk of cancer associated with other forms of autoimmune disease treatment. [The client] is thereby a critical resource in both medical practice and scholarly research for the United States.”

These are words of appreciation written for a staff scientist in chemistry from Antigua and Barbuda who came to us in March 2021 seeking help to file his NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition. Our team having ascertained that his case was indeed of value started working on the case and collected the following:

Updated CVs
Transcripts from University and Colleges
Certificates both academic and professional
Letters of recommendation from experts
Funding information and peer review service
Publication and citation history.

These were then put together to showcase the following:

That as an expert in the field he wants to continue developing novel organic chemical substances using synthetic organic chemistry, cheminformatics, and nanoscience to facilitate drug discovery for conditions such as cancer and radiation exposure.
Evidence of his major funding sources from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Army Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC), Air Force Research Laboratory Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI), U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), etc.
That he had published 35 scientific articles which had been cited 5,347 times in the past showing how valuable his work was for his peers around the world.
That he had also conducted at least one review in the past for a scientific journal in his field.

We are hence proud to have had the opportunity of working with him on this case and we thank him for the trust he showed in our firm.

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(2012.01 - 2025.12)

Category	Approval or Refund^®		Approval or Refiling^TM
	Approval or Refund^®
Category	Approved Sum	Success Rate	Approved Sum	Success Rate
NIW	42,047	99%	5,258	97%
EB1A	9,218	91%	4,534	86%
EB1B	1,488	98%	448	93%
Total	52,753	98%	10,240	92%