Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Assistant Professor in Texas in the Field of Mechanical Engineering
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On January 12, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for an Assistant Professor in the Field of Mechanical Engineering
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Professor
Country of Origin: South Korea
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
Country of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas
Approval Notice Date: January 12th, 2015
Processing Time: 10 Months, 23 Days (Including RFE Response Time)
In this case, North America Immigration Law Group was given the opportunity to work with a mechanical engineering Assistant Professor from South Korea whose research focused primarily on building innovative physical models that other scientists can use to solve a common semiconductor defect known as dislocation. We showed that his continued employment in his field would benefit both his field in particular and the populace of the United States as a whole. His work had been published in 13 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as 1 book chapter, 5 conference papers, and numerous conference presentations. At the time we filed his case, these publications had received no fewer than 92 citations from independent researchers around the world, a strong testament to the wide reliance upon this research in the field as well as the broad recognition it has received. An independent recommender emphasized the importance of our client’s work: “Specifically, he has developed an electrostatic model of double-charged dislocation, the first of its kind, which has proven to be very influential in my own work and in the work of many other mechanical and electrical engineers throughout the world… Electron mobility is the most vital characteristic of transistor performance and it is known to be negatively impacted by dislocations. … Fortunately, [Client’s] model can provide a complete quantitative evaluation of the effect of dislocations on electron mobility and overall device performance. This is a revolutionary development in the fields of mechanical and electrical engineering and has led to important new discoveries and developments...” Through extensive documentation, we were able to successfully argue that our client would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW petition was approved in ten months and twenty-three days.