Success Stories: Our NIW Client from India Gets NIW Confirmation in Just 2 Months and 11 Days While Working as a Research Scientist in Biochemistry
Client’s Testimonial:
“It was really pleasant to hear that NIW I-140 is approved. It is pretty fast and thanks for your help in this process.”
On April 22nd, 2022, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Research Scientist II in the Field of Biochemistry (Approval Notice).
General Field: Biochemistry
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Research Scientist II
Country of Origin: India
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas
Approval Notice Date: April 22nd, 2022
Processing Time: 2 months, 11 days
Case Summary:
An Indian expert in the field of biochemistry became our client while working as a research scientist in the field. He wanted to apply for a National Interest Waiver (NIW) with our help. Since the USCIS demands NIW applicants to show how their work is of importance to the country, our team ensured this by putting together a customized application containing the following information collected from his academic and professional documents:
- His proposed endeavor is to continue his research on DNA damage, innate inflammation, and DNA repair mechanisms in mammalian cells in order to decipher the intricacies of mammalian DNA repair pathways and identify the repair deficiencies underlying neurodegenerative conditions, inflammatory diseases, and cancer, thereby supporting the development of mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for such conditions.
- His research advancing his proposed endeavor is of great importance because it optimizes mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative conditions, inflammatory diseases, and cancer.
- His proposed endeavor also had broad implications for the United States as neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and spinocerebellar ataxia, affect as many as 6 million Americans.
- Due to its clear national importance, his research has in fact been supported with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.
- He has been regularly invited to conduct peer reviews for authoritative journals in the field, including international journals. We found that he has completed at least 30 reviews to date.
- His research has been published as 28 peer-reviewed journal articles (6 of them first-authored or co-first authored), and 3 press book chapters (1 of them first-authored).
- And these publications have been cited a total of 618 times according to Google Scholar, thereby demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field of biochemistry.
- We also added detailed descriptions of 5 of his key projects as evidence of his contributions to and expertise in the field of biochemistry.
- We also provided evidence of his membership on the editorial board as a Review Editor for multiple scientific journals related to his field of work.
- Finally, we attached 2 letters of recommendation collected from other experts in the group.
All of these factors combined made for a strong case and won him the NIW approval only 2 months and 11 days later. We are grateful to him for choosing us to represent him.