Success Stories: EB1B Approval for a Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Researcher in 5 days

Posted by wegreened on May 13, 2013 in EB1 Green Card, Materials Engineering (Textile Technology, Materials Science, Polymer Science), Mechanical Engineering (Aeronautical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering)

On March 27th, 2013, we received another EB1B Approval for a Postdoc Research Associate in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (Approval Notice)

General Field: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoc Research Associate
National Origin: India
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State Residing at the Time of Filing: Texas
Approval Notice Date: March 27, 2013
Processing Time: only 5 days (after the request for Premium Processing)

Case Summary:

The average processing time for I-140 cases is four to six months. But on many occasions, we have had cases approved far faster than the average processing time.

At Chen Immigration Law Associates, we recently received an EB1B approval for a postdoctoral research associate in the field of mechanical engineering and materials science. The beneficiary’s outstanding ability and high level of skills background, impressive record of achievement provided a strong case for his EB1B petition. His work mainly focused on incorporating higher-order modifications to existing classical electromechanical theories in order to capture novel size-dependent effects which are observed at the scale of a few nanometers. Furthermore, the beneficiary had a total of 282 citations for his publications before filing the petition. The beneficiary’s outstanding expertise is summarized in a quote by a fellow researcher, “During [the beneficiary’s] PhD research, together we authored 10 journal publications and 1 book chapter cataloguing our work in the broad area of materials science and nanomechanics […] This seminal work was published in two prestigious journals, Physical Review Letters and the Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, and has been cited close to 120 times in total – a remarkable achievement […] [the beneficiary] has carried out foundational work in this area and has been published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A.” It was our goal to prove that this beneficiary qualified for classification as an Outstanding Professor or Researcher given the international recognition for his outstanding achievements.

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North America Immigration Law Group (Chen Immigration Law Associates) is a U.S. immigration law firm dedicated to representing corporations, research institutions, and individuals from all 50 U.S. states regarding I-140 immigration petitions. We specialize in employment-based immigration petition and have a proven record of high success rate for the categories of: EB2-NIW (National Interest Waiver), EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), EB1-B (Outstanding Researcher/Professor) and O-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability).

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Track Record of Success EB-1 and NIW Approvals

(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%