Success Stories: University-Petitioned EB-1B Approved for Assistant Research Scientist from India in the Field of Pathology

 

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thank you very much for letting me know that my case was approved.  Thank you very much for your kind help…”

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On March 28^th, 2016, we received another EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) approval for an Assistant Research Scientist in the Field of Pathology (Approval Notice).

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General Field: Pathology

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Research Scientist

Country of Origin: India

Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New Jersey

Approval Notice Date: March 28^th, 2016

Processing Time: 4 months, 10 days (Premium Processing Requested)

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Case Summary:

This EB-1B (Outstanding Professors and Researchers) case involved a gifted assistant research scientist from India and his employer, an American university. Seeing that EB-1B is an employer-sponsored visa category, this scientist needed the full support of his university before hiring North America Immigration Law Group to help him obtain a green card. He convinced his employer to serve as the petitioner, and as soon as he signed and returned the contract and necessary documents that we needed from the university, our legal team sprang into action. We prepared a strong EB-1B petition packet and submitted it to the USCIS on our client’s behalf. Here are some of the things that the petition packet was composed of:

1. Professional Achievements: We noted our client’s Ph.D. in Biochemistry, his 11 published scientific articles, and his numerous national and international conference presentations.
2. Proof of Contributions: When we filed the EB-1B petition, our client’s work had amassed 67 citations and he had served as an editorial board member for at least 3 internationally-circulated journals. We used this as proof that our client’s work is highly regarded by other researchers in his field of pathology.
3. Recommendations: We asked our client to reach out to several of these very same researchers and request for recommendation letters. In order to further strengthen our client’s EB-1B petition, we needed to incorporate testimonials contributed by medical experts who were either familiar with his publications, had cited his work, and/or had worked with him. One of our client’s recommenders described him as “…a trusted and influential researcher whose work is widely recognized, is a key member of the neuroscientific community.”
4. Research Endeavors: The EB-1B petition packet that we compiled had to highlight the importance of our client’s work to the United States. With respect to our goal, we carefully reviewed our client’s research on identifying targets to create better treatments for fungal disease and age-related protein conformational disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, and demonstrated to the USCIS that his findings directly contribute to the United States medical sector.

In total, our client waited 4 months and 10 days for Nebraska Service Center to make a decision on his case. It probably would have taken far longer had he not upgraded his case to Premium Processing four months after we initially filed the petition on his behalf. We recently helped our client and his spouse file applications to adjust their status for permanent residency (the I-485 application). We join them as they await a favorable outcome from the USCIS.

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