Success Story: A Research Engineer from Germany Working in the Field of Computer Engineering Obtains NIW Approval with the aid of NAILG’s Experts

Posted by wegreened on September 5, 2022 in NIW, Computer Science (Internet, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Cryptography)

Client’s Testimonial:

“I am glad I retained you and very happy that my I-140 petition got approved. Thanks!”

On September 28^th, 2021, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Research Engineer in the Field of Computer Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Computer Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Research Engineer

Country of Origin: Germany

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Ohio

Approval Notice Date: September 28^th, 2021

Processing Time: 10 months, 23 days

Case Summary:

A client from Germany, holding a Ph.D. in Information Science approached us to file his NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition approval. He is currently working as a Research Engineer in the field of computer engineering and his proposed endeavor is to develop novel autonomous driving algorithms.

His research advancing his proposed endeavor is of great importance because it contributes to improving the safety and robustness of autonomous vehicles.

Also, there is a certain requirement to be fulfilled by an individual under the “National Interest Waiver” (NIW) provision for EB-2 including:

The applicant must present evidence that the U.S. would benefit on balance to waive the job offer criteria for an EB-2.
The foreign national must be in a position to advance the proposed endeavor.
A proposed endeavor, holding substantial merit and national importance.

Therefore, to fulfill the above-mentioned essentials, we encompassed the following attributes in his petition packet:

He has completed at least 42 peer reviews to date in authoritative journals in his field.
His research has resulted in 4 peer-reviewed conference papers (3 first-authored) and 3 first-authored peer-reviewed journal articles, cited a total of 108 times according to Google Scholar.
He has served as a session chair for 1 international conference.

Other experts in the field provide additional insight into the merit of this endeavor, one out of five asserted: “[Client] has employed high-level computational approaches to improve the variability and precision of decision-making in intelligent driving systems…As a distinguished member of the scientific community, [client] is well-equipped to continue in this manner to advance intelligent transportation in the United States.”

We are thus very proud that our client finally received his NIW approval, despite waiting for a longer period. He even achieved I-485 approval with us. It has been an amazing journey with him. We wish him the very best in life.

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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%