Success Story: EB-1A Approval after RFE for a Yield Development Engineer from India
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On June 20th, 2026, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval for a Yield Development Engineer in the Field of Electrical Engineering (Approval Notice).
General Field: Electrical Engineering
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Yield Development Engineer
Country of Origin: India
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Oregon
Approval Notice Date: June 20th, 2026
Processing Time: 3 months, 24 days (Premium Processing Requested)
Case Summary:
The client holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and is an accomplished researcher in power electronics, gallium oxide, and ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor technologies. His work focuses on improving semiconductor material growth, power device performance, transistor fabrication, and advanced semiconductor process development. At the time of filing, the client was working as a Yield Development Engineer, where he continued contributing to fault-isolation solutions and process development for next-generation semiconductor manufacturing.
The client’s EB-1A petition later received a Request for Evidence (RFE). While USCIS recognized the client’s judging experience and scholarly authorship, the RFE questioned whether his original contributions were of major significance. In response, North America Immigration Law Group (Chen Immigration Law Associates) focused on clarifying the practical and scholarly importance of the client’s work, especially his contributions to gallium oxide power devices and metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) epitaxy.
The client had authored 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, 24 abstracts, and 1 first-authored book chapter. His work had received 1,781 citations by the time of the RFE response, with several papers ranking among the most-cited engineering papers for their publication years. The petition emphasized that these citations were not merely numerical evidence, but reflected real reliance by researchers worldwide who used the client’s findings as benchmarks, methods, and supporting foundations for further advances in high-voltage power electronics and gallium oxide device development.
The petition also highlighted the client’s at least 14 peer-review assignments, showing that respected journals trusted him to evaluate the work of other researchers in electrical engineering and related fields. Furthermore, the exceptional impact of his research was underscored by prestigious funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). In addition, we explained the significance of his current professional role, where his work supports advanced semiconductor manufacturing and process-failure analysis.
The case was supported by expert letters, including independent opinions. One recommender noted:
“As a highly prominent researcher in electrical engineering, [Client] has set new performance benchmarks by achieving record-high breakdown voltages and power figures of merit in gallium oxide power devices. [Client] has also made fundamental advancements to the science and capabilities of MOCVD epitaxy of gallium oxide. When this is taken into consideration with his elevated presence among his peers, it is clear that [Client]'s work is of great value to the field and that he is an irreplaceable presence in the research sphere.”
By connecting the client’s publications, citation impact, peer-review service, expert validation, and critical industry role to the EB-1A final merits analysis, we demonstrated that the client satisfied the extraordinary ability standard. USCIS approved the I-140 EB-1A petition following the RFE response. We congratulate our client on this well-deserved EB-1A approval after successfully overcoming the RFE and wish him continued success.