Success Stories: Senior Scientist from India in the Field of Analytical Chemistry Obtained an Employer-Sponsored EB-1B Petition Approval
Client’s Testimonial:
“Thanks a lot. I am so happy to have worked with you and this is very good news for me. Thank you so much for all your [support] and help. You and Your Firm people did an extraordinary job on my case. I very much [appreciate] your approach/dealing with my I-140 with the USCIS. My sincere thanks to Victoria Chen [for giving] me the right guidance/direction.”
On April 7th, 2016, we received another EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) approval for a Senior Scientist in the Field of Analytical Chemistry (Approval Notice).
General Field: Analytical Chemistry
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Senior Scientist
Country of Origin: India
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New York
Approval Notice Date: April 7th, 2016
Processing Time: 2 months, 23 days (Premium Processing Requested)
Nebraska Service Center spent 2 months and 23 days reviewing our client’s EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) petition before granting their approval. It would have taken between 4-9 months had our client not elected to upgrade his case to Premium Processing. Because he paid $1,225 more, the USCIS had to take action on his case within 15 days. One week after the upgrade, our client received notification of case approval.
As EB-1B is an employer-sponsored visa category, our client (a senior scientist from India) had to garner the full support of his employer—a private American company—before engaging the legal services of North America Immigration Law Group. Once his employer had supplied us with all the relevant paperwork and our client had signed the contract, our attorneys and support staff immediately got to work. We were hired to put together and submit a strong EB-1B petition packet for our client, and we unhesitatingly did just that.
Winning EB-1B Petition Packet:
The EB-1B petition packet that we put together for our client contained a myriad of information related to his copious achievements. Among other things, it contained data on the 114 citations to his work, his 20 publications, and the 30 times he conducted peer reviews for over 8 scientific journals. We also incorporated testimonials provided by other experts working in our client’s area of study—analytical chemistry. Here is what one of the six recommenders had to say about our client: “Considering his past accomplishments, manifested through his highly cited publications and extensive peer review service, [Client] is undoubtedly considered one of the leaders in the field. His top position indicates the necessity of his presence for future advancements in pharmaceutical research.” We also reviewed our client’s research summary on designing novel methods of separating process impurities in drug products and their dosage forms, and concluded that his work is beneficial to the American pharmaceutical industry.
We are pleased that our client and his family are now one step closer to their green cards. All they have to do is file I-485 applications and once these are approved, they will become permanent residents. We wish them the best with this step, and thank them for working with our law firm.