Success Stories: NAILG Helped an Associate Professor from Vietnam to Obtain NIW Approval in the Field of Transportation Engineering

Posted by wegreened on August 14, 2023 in NIW, Civil Engineering (Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering)

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thank you so much.”

On March 30^th, 2023, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Associate Professor in the Field of Transportation Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Transportation Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Associate Professor

Country of Origin: Vietnam

Country of Residence at the Time of Filing: Vietnam

Approval Notice Date: March 30^th, 2023

Processing Time: 1 month, 13 days

Case Summary:

We are delighted to be a part of this success story, as our client, an associate professor from Vietnam working in the field of transportation engineering, secured his I-140 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition approval. At the time he hired North America Immigration Law Group to help him file the NIW petition, his work and research had:

512 citations from 48 peer-reviewed journal articles (25 first-authored), 9 peer-reviewed conference papers (7 first-authored), and 2 book chapters.
His proposed endeavor is to conduct transportation-related research to address topics including driving behaviors, and transportation-related congestion, safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
As an expert in the field of transportation engineering, he wishes to continue his investigation into transportation topics including the driving behaviors and operations of vehicles such as motorcycles, the design and optimization of freight transportation, and traffic safety.
Attribute to his knowledge and expertise in the field, he has been regularly invited to conduct peer reviews for elite journals in the field and has already conducted at least 5 reviews for at least 4 journals.
He has received funding from major sources including international and national research funding.

All the above factors thus contribute towards seeing our client as very knowledgeable in the field and an expert in topics related to his proposed endeavor. These facts aided by the excellent case preparation strategy employed by our experts, helped him obtain his NIW (National Interest Waiver) application approval. We are grateful to him for his continued trust in us. We wish him the very best in his life.

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North America Immigration Law Group (Chen Immigration Law Associates) is a U.S. immigration law firm dedicated to representing corporations, research institutions, and individuals from all 50 U.S. states regarding I-140 immigration petitions. We specialize in employment-based immigration petition and have a proven record of high success rate for the categories of: EB2-NIW (National Interest Waiver), EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), EB1-B (Outstanding Researcher/Professor) and O-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability).

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Track Record of Success EB-1 and NIW Approvals

(2012.01 - 2025.12)

Category	Approval or Refund^®		Approval or Refiling^TM
	Approval or Refund^®
Category	Approved Sum	Success Rate	Approved Sum	Success Rate
NIW	42,047	99%	5,258	97%
EB1A	9,218	91%	4,534	86%
EB1B	1,488	98%	448	93%
Total	52,753	98%	10,240	92%