Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Postdoctoral Fellow in California in the Field of Bioinformatics
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Thanks for all the hard work to make this happen.
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow
Country of Origin: Iran
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California
Approval Notice Date: October 2nd, 2014
Processing Time: 4 Months, 10 Days
The client that North America Immigration Law Group – WeGreened.com had the opportunity to work in this case was a Postdoctoral Fellow from Iran. His work has focused specifically on bioinformatics analysis of cancer. We successfully demonstrated that his continued employment in the field would benefit those in his field, as well as the citizens of the United States at large. In order for our client’s case to be successful, we submitted extensive documentation proving his highly significant contributions to his field, including 13 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous conference papers. His publications had been cited at least 200 times at the time we filed the case; nearly all of the citations were by independent researchers around the world, demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field. The importance of his work was confirmed in the following quote from an independent recommender, “[His] research is beneficial to the field of biotechnology as a whole, as he is one of few researchers with the understanding and educational background in both computer science and biology to challenge current knowledge and literature in the field. This field has a profound impact on many other disciplines, as algorithms are used to model disease progression, identify cell populations, and study the effects of novel drugs on the cells involved in diseases like cancer via clinical trials. It is obvious, then, that research in this area benefits the development of medical research. Biotechnology, along with the kinds of modeling [he] performs, is an invaluable discipline to the continued modernization and improvement of all kinds of technology in the United States.” Through extensive documentation, we were able to successfully argue that our client would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW petition was approved in 4 months and 10 days.