Success Stories: Senior Engineer in the Field of Photonics and Optics in California Receives EB-1A Approval After 1 Month, 28 Days

Posted by wegreened on January 30, 2014 in EB1 Green Card

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After 1 Month, 28 Days, A Senior Engineer in the Field of Photonics and Optics Received EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) Approval on January 22, 2014 (Approval Notice)

General Field: Photonics and Optics

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Senior Engineer

Country of Origin: China

Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California

Approval Notice Date: January 22, 2014

Processing Time: 1 Month, 28 Days

Case Summary:

North America Immigration Law Group – WeGreened.com represented a senior engineer in the field of Photonics and Optics. At the time of filing her case, this client had a focus on improving the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) and researched the mechanical Kerr nonlinearity in order to show why PICs are important for the future. This client worked to identify mechanisms that would increase the strength of slow-light enhancement’s optical force, while also working to increase the delay-bandwidth product (DBP) of optical buffers in her field. This work, along with the client’s other studies, had resulted in 6 conference presentations and 11 peer-reviewed articles. At the time of filing the client’s EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) petition, her work had been cited 146 times. The client also served as a peer-reviewer for 36 articles. One independent recommender explained: “The research that [she] worked on will define the 21^st century. It has already impacted our immediate present. The work is significant, and has lead and will continue to lead to completely new methods of powering current technology. It will speed up communication signals, make them more efficient, and make the world generally a better place. That is why [her] work is important, and that is why I am lending my support to her and attesting to her accomplishments as a professional in the field.” This EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) petition received approval in just 1 month, 28 days.

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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%