Success Stories: NIW Petition Approval for a Senior Research Engineer in the Field of Mechanical Engineering in Less Than 3 Months

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On January 23^rd, 2025, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Senior Research Engineer in the Field of Mechanical Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Mechanical Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Senior Research Engineer

Country of Origin: India

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California

Approval Notice Date: January 23^rd, 2025

Processing Time: 2 months and 10 days (Premium Processing Requested)

Case Summary:

An Indian Senior Research Engineer hired North America Immigration Law Group to file an NIW (National Interest Waiver) for him. After our thorough assessment of his academic background and accomplishments, we were confident that our personalized petition and our client’s extensive credentials would ultimately bring about approval.

Our client is an expert in the field of robotics and his research is of great importance because of its relevance to the development of advanced planning and control techniques to enable general-purpose autonomy in robots to advance search and rescue efforts, and enhance environmental monitoring and protection. Since the global market for autonomous mobile robots is growing rapidly, expected to more than double from $1.8 billion in 2023 to $4.1 billion by 2028, there is an escalating need for our client’s developments in this area.

Furthermore, the national value of his contributions to robotics-driven search and rescue becomes even more apparent when considering that the U.S. experiences a wide range of natural disasters that have considerable socio-economic consequences. Indeed, 137 separate disasters from the last seven years were responsible for 5.5 thousand U.S. deaths and roughly $1 trillion in damage, thus underscoring the need for the scientist’s advanced robotics technology.

Due to its clear national importance, his research has been supported with funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the National Science Foundation. This funding is reserved solely for research directed at advancing the national interest, including supporting projects that foster innovation in science and technology for the betterment of U.S. defense and security.

His research has resulted in 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 2 peer-reviewed conference papers (1 of them first-authored), and 1 first-authored abstract. Moreover, these papers have been published in no fewer than 3 highly ranked peer-reviewed journals and conferences, which reflects his peers’ recognition of the value of his research. At the time we submitted the petition, his publications had collected 128 citations, thereby demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field of mechanical engineering.

On January 23rd, 2025, we gained another success in helping our client obtain NIW approval from USCIS in only 2 months and 10 days, thanks to the premium processing service. We congratulate him on his NIW approval and thank him for allowing us to be part of his success story. We wish him all the best and look forward to hearing more great news shortly!

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