Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved in 8 Months for Postdoctoral Fellow from Kenya in the Field of Environmental Microbiology
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On March 30th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Environmental Microbiology (Approval Notice).
General Field: Environmental Microbiology
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow
Country of Origin: Kenya
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Ohio
Approval Notice Date: March 30th, 2016
Processing Time: 8 months, 5 days
Exactly 8 months and 5 days after we filed an EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition for a postdoctoral fellow from Kenya, the USCIS responded with an approval notice. We are pleased that our meticulous presentation of our client’s various skills and achievements led to case approval. He are some of the things the EB-2 NIW petition packet contained:
- Academic Accolades: We listed our client’s M.S. in Soil Science and Ph.D. in Biology and demonstrated that her advanced educational background had equipped her with the knowledge and skills needed to carry out practical research in the field of environmental microbiology.
- Research Efforts: As we had to prove that our client’s work is of substantial merit to the United States and that she intends to continuously contribute to the field, we reviewed and accounted for her research ventures on the ecology, detection and quantification of biological indicators of pollution and water quality monitoring. Based on what we learned, we summarized that our client’s findings impact the United States’ overall environmental quality and improvement of sites affected by pollution and toxic waste.
- Processional Record: We noted her publication and citation record at the time of filing: 5 published scientific articles and 79 citations.
- Peer Recommendations: Because third-party opinions carry weight in I-140 petitions, we urged our client to contact several other influential experts in the field. We needed them to sign recommendation letters that attested to the value of her research not just to the field, but to the United States as a whole. Five experts willingly agreed to lend their support, one of whom stated that “… Her work has gone on to challenge the preconceived safety levels of these bacteria, and has introduced new areas of concern that were once underappreciated by the research community and governmental organizations not only in the United States, but around the world (…)”