Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Pharmaceutical Research Scientist in New Jersey in the Field of Pharmaceutical Sciences
On February 10th, 2015, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Pharmaceutical Research Scientist in the Field of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Pharmaceutical Research Scientist
Country of Origin: India
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New Jersey
Approval Notice Date: February 10th, 2015
Processing Time: 8 months, 7 days
This time we were given the opportunity to work with a pharmaceutical researcher from India specializing in drug discovery and development. We submitted extensive documentation proving the high significance of his contributions to his field, including his 11 peer-reviewed journal articles - a body of work that had received 141 citations by the time we filed his case. The great majority of these citations are from independent researchers distributed worldwide, demonstrating the wide reliance upon and recognition of our client’s work in his field. An independent recommender affirmed the importance of his work: “The advantages of [Client’s] formulation are crucial for the medication of patients with complicated conditions that require multiple drugs at specific intervals to maximize their effectiveness while minimizing the side-effects …his research has benefitted patients by avoiding compliance problems, decreasing dosages, improving treatment efficacy, and reducing the overall cost of healthcare.” We successfully demonstrated that our client’s continued employment in the field would benefit the people of the United States as a whole as well as his fellow researchers, and argued that he would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW petition was approved in 8 months and 7 days.