Success Stories: South Korean Ph.D. Candidate in the Field of Electrical Engineering with Approved NIW Petition Receives Green Card
Client’s Testimonial:
“I would like to appreciate North America Immigration Law Group (Wegreened.com) for their great services for my EB-2 NIW and I-485 application. From the beginning when we started to work on NIW petition letter and to obtain reference letters from experts, their feedbacks and advices were so nice and very helpful, and the communication was very efficient, so we were able to write a strong petition letter and contact proper experts for reference letters. Also, with North America Immigration Law Group, I was able to bear the stressful filing process and long waiting time quite nicely, thanks to their timely responses and advices. I would like to strongly recommend North America Immigration Law Group to anyone who is interested in filing immigration petition.”
On April 1st, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Ph.D. Candidate in the Field of Electrical Engineering (Approval Notice).
General Field: Electrical Engineering
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Ph.D. Candidate
Country of Origin: South Korea
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Michigan
Approval Notice Date: April 1st, 2016
Processing Time: 8 months, 3 days
A Ph.D. candidate from South Korea hired North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) to help him obtain a green card. Eight months and three days after we filed the petition on his behalf, he received notification of case approval. As our client chose to adjust his status for permanent residency (filing an I-485 application) while his EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition was pending approval, he trimmed down the overall wait time and received news of green card approval a little over a month after the latter was approved.
With an M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering, 3 peer-reviewed journal articles, 17 conference papers, and 151 citations accumulated from his work, our client was a suitable candidate for EB-2 NIW. Besides the aforementioned achievements, his petition dossier was also composed of details on his research projects. We demonstrated that his work on integrated circuit design advances the United States’ development of vehicles with built-in sensors, health monitoring implants, biochip transponders on animals, and other necessary electronic devices. We also established that not many other researchers with similar qualifications can attain such meritorious research results.
To further fortify our client’s EB-2 NIW petition, we prompted him to obtain recommendation letters from several experts whom we helped him select. We made sure that these experts could confidently verify the importance of our client’s work to the field of electrical engineering, and one way we did this was to ensure that they were familiar with our client’s work and/or had worked with him. The four recommendation letters were incorporated into our well-balanced petition dossier and served as additional proof that our client is an asset to the United States.
We congratulate our client for achieving his goal of attaining permanent residency. It was a pleasure helping him navigate the complex green card process, and we thank him for selecting our law firm to represent his case. We wish him well as he continues to progress the field of electrical engineering in the United States.