Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved by Texas Service Center for Petitioner from Iran in the Field of Chemical Engineering

Posted by wegreened on May 16, 2016 in NIW, Chemistry (Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biochemical Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Macromolecular Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Chemical Engineering)

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On March 7th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Petitioner in the Field of Chemical Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Chemical Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: N/A

Country of Origin: Iran

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: March 7th, 2016

Processing Time: 6 months, 7 days

Case Summary:

A petitioner from Iran hired North America Immigration Law Group to help her and her husband become American permanent residents. After carefully evaluating our client’s qualifications, we concluded that we should file her I-140 petition under EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver).

Our client had suitable qualifications to make a strong EB-2 NIW case. Here are some of her most notable accomplishments:

Academic Achievements: Our client obtained an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from one of the top institutions in her birth country of Iran. These advanced degrees have played a role in shaping her into the leading researcher that she is today.
Citation Count and Publication Record: When we filed our EB-2 NIW petition, our client’s 11 published papers had already gathered 87 citations, which attested to the value of her work to other researchers in the field of chemical engineering.
Outstanding Research: Our client’s research specialty lies in engineered catalysis, nanomaterials, wastewater treatment, renewable energies, and biofuels. We detailed her successful efforts to assess chemical consistency, address the safety aspects of these chemicals, and reveal how various chemicals and materials interact through extensive research. We then demonstrated the significance of her research efforts to the development of the American biofuel industry, which leads to a cleaner environment, more energy independence, and a more diverse energy economy.

As with all our I-140 cases, we helped our client narrow down a list of potential recommenders who could support our NIW petition by providing recommendation letters. To our pleasure, our client obtained six letters from internationally recognized chemical engineers, all of whom testified to the value of her research. One of these recommenders wrote, “She is a key component of our country’s quest to develop a more robust energy sector based on alternative energy sources, and so I urge that [Client] be enabled to continue her very important line of scientific inquiry here in the United States.”

We recently filed I-485 applications (last step towards a green card) for our client and her spouse, and we look forward to helping them secure permanent residency in the United States. In the meantime, we wish our client the best with her continued research efforts.

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Track Record of Success EB-1 and NIW Approvals

(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%