Success Stories: NIW Approved for a Senior Data Scientist in the Field of Data Science with North America Immigration Law Group, Despite RFE
On January 24th, 2020, we received another NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Senior Data Scientist in the Field of Data Science (Approval Notice).
General Field: Data Science
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Senior Data Scientist
Country of Origin: Bangladesh
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California
Approval Notice Date: January 24th, 2020
Processing Time: 9 months, 14 days
Case Summary:
With a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and many years of experience working in the field of data science, our client decided that the time had come for him to secure a green card. He approached North America Immigration Law Group (NAILG) for help with the first step of the green card process: filing an I-140 petition. After evaluating his credentials, we determined that he would be a suitable candidate for EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver). These are some of the key points included in his petition:
- We noted the 5 peer-reviewed journal articles (1 of them first-authored) and 6 peer-reviewed conference articles (3 of them first-authored) to his name, all of which were published in well-known scientific journals. The dissemination of our client’s work via journals ensured that various researchers around the world had access to his findings, and thus, are able to work collectively to progress the field as a whole.
- Thanks to Google Scholar and other reliable sources such as Scopus, we determined that our client's work had been cited 98 times at the time of filing. This proved to the USCIS that his findings impact the work of other researchers.
- To back up our argument that our client deserved the national interest waiver, we included recommendation letters volunteered by four other experts in the field. According to one of them: “[Client’s] research indicates methods of increasing the life expectancy of microinverters through careful calibration with PV module power handling. [Client’s] innovations expedite solar experimentation, reducing costs and making solar energy in the U.S. more affordable and efficient.”