Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Texas in the Field of Computational Biology
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This is great news. Thank you very much.
On January 22nd, 2015 We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval (Approval Notice) for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Field of Computational Biology
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Researcher
Country of Origin: Mexico
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas
Approval Notice Date: January 22nd, 2015
Processing Time: 7 months, 12 days
In this case, North America Immigration Law Group was given the opportunity to work with a computational biologist from Mexico whose research was particularly focused on developing and deploying algorithms and high throughput computational methods for use in biological studies (specifically immunological studies related to viral and parasitic infections). 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 7 peer-reviewed journal articles as well as being presented at numerous conferences. At the time we filed his case, these publications had received no fewer than 48 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: “The mapping of the protein structure of papayas and other fruits is invaluable to the continued studies of plants and their diseases. Knowledge of sticky disease in the papaya plant is a step toward locating protein dysfunction in all sorts of plant diseases, which is important for agricultural production and plant genomics. [Client] continues to discover novel protein locations in plant genomes….” 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 7 months and 12 days.