Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Postdoctoral Associate in Connecticut in the Field of Environmental Science
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On February 3rd, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Postdoctoral Associate in the Field of Environmental Science
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Associate
Country of Origin: Japan
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Connecticut
Approval Notice Date: February 3rd, 2015
Processing Time: 7 months, 1 day
This time we were given the opportunity to work with an environmental science researcher from Japan specializing in the environmental health issues caused by air pollution. We submitted extensive documentation proving the high significance of his contributions to his field, including his 22 peer-reviewed journal articles - a body of work that had received 829 citations by the time we filed his case. The great majority of these citations are from independent researchers distributed worldwide, demonstrating the wide reliance upon and recognition of our client’s work in his field. An independent recommender affirmed the importance of his work: “[Client’s] work has ranged from large national studies of 100 or more U.S. cities to smaller studies of 4 U.S. counties. Other scientific contributions include work on how air pollution affects risk of hospital admissions for older persons in the United States, and estimates of how infants’ respiratory symptoms are affected by urbanicity in Connecticut. These studies have been used directly by regulatory organizations, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to evaluate national standards. In this way, [Client’s] work has already influenced our understanding of the environment and health in a way that can directly improve public health in the United States.” We successfully demonstrated that our client’s continued employment in the field would benefit the people of the United States as a whole as well as his fellow researchers, and argued that he would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW petition was approved in 7 months and 1 day.