Success Stories: Our Firm, NAILG Helped an Iranian Geotechnical Engineer Secure NIW Without RFE
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On January 17th, 2020, we received another NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Geotechnical Engineer in the Field of Geotechnical Engineering (Approval Notice).
General Field: Geotechnical Engineering
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Geotechnical Engineer
Country of Origin: Iran
Approval Notice Date: January 17th, 2020
Processing Time: 6 months, 8 days
Case Summary:
With a doctoral degree in civil engineering, an Iranian geotechnical engineer was a good fit for EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver). After a careful review of his credentials, we concluded that we could help him secure the national interest waiver, and these are the key points we focused on:
- We reviewed and accounted for our client’s work on using sophisticated modeling techniques to address geotechnical engineering problems. We demonstrated that his work is crucial to the US because his research improves the ability to design structures that are resilient to damage from earthquakes. Earthquakes are extremely destructive natural disasters, and providing a detailed understanding of how the underlying soil and how structures react to the vibrations produced by earthquakes is critical to engineering solutions to the problems of earthquakes.
- We listed the 65 times his work was cited at the time of filing. We used this number to prove that our client’s publications are widely recognised and relied upon in the field of geotechnical engineering.
- Our client’s publication record was also noted: 7 peer-reviewed journal articles (five of them first-authored), 5 peer-reviewed conference papers (four of them first-authored), and 1 conference abstract. As these papers were published in the field’s top journals, they reflected our client’s influence in the field.
- As with all our clients, we helped him select potential recommenders to support his case. Our client obtained six letters of recommendation, all from notable experts and influential researchers in the field. This is what one of them noted about our client and his work: “Therefore, geotechnical research on soil improvement through cementation must continue to advance in order to prepare adequately for natural disasters like the powerful earthquakes expected to affect the west coast in the near future. For this reason, [client’s] research is of great benefit to the U.S.”
- We also listed the 7 times our client judged the work of his peers. As only top-level experts are invited to perform review work, our client’s review activity highlighted his important standing in the field.