Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Postdoctoral Research Fellow in California in the Field of Nonlinear Spectroscopy
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Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Country of Origin: Japan
Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California
Approval Notice Date: June 5, 2014
Processing Time: 7 months, 26 days
In this case, the client that North America Immigration Law Group - WeGreened.com had the opportunity to work was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from Japan. His work had focused specifically on utilizing two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D IR) and nonlinear infrared spectroscopy to study the structural biology of peptides and proteins. We successfully demonstrated that his continued employment in the field would benefit those in his field, as well as the citizens of the United States at large. In order for our client’s case to be successful, we submitted extensive documentation proving his highly significant contributions to his field, including 25 peer-reviewed journal articles and numerous conference papers. His publications had been cited at least 427 times at the time we filed the case;nearly all of the citations were by independent researchers around the world, demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field. The influence of his work was confirmed in the following quote from a recommender, “In essence, [he] has created the first ever method for monitoring protein folding. This is remarkably important for researchers throughout the U.S. and the world who now have a means of closely studying the protein folding process. Not to mention the millions of Americans who suffer from diseases incurred by misfolded proteins and whose quality of life could be vastly improved by artificial proteins synthesized by principles observed using [his] method.” 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 26 days.