Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for a Structural Engineer from Iran in the Field of Structural Engineering

Posted by wegreened on March 1, 2025 in NIW, Civil Engineering (Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, Transportation, Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering)

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On January 9^th, 2025, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Structural Engineer in the Field of Structural Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Structural Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Structural Engineer

Country of Origin: Iran

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Washington

Approval Notice Date: January 9^th, 2025

Processing Time: 2 months, 6 days (Premium Processing Requested)

Case Summary:

Based on the huge number of successful cases, North America Immigration Law Group has developed the most up-to-date winning strategies for the NIW category, which enable us to offer our “Approval or Refund” services to many of the NIW cases we take. However, there are certain prerequisites to be fulfilled by an individual including:

The foreign national must be in a position to advance the proposed endeavor.
The applicant must present evidence that the U.S. would benefit on balance to waive the job offer criteria for an EB-2.
A proposed endeavor, holding substantial merit and national importance.

Our client, a Structural Engineer from Iran, approached us to file an NIW (National Interest Waiver Petition) on his behalf.

He has completed his Ph.D. in civil engineering and as an expert in the field of structural engineering, his proposed endeavor is to design and implement numerical models to identify techniques that use composite materials to improve structural retrofitting approaches for existing bridges and provide structural rehabilitation solutions that expand infrastructural life cycles. Therefore, to make a persuasive case in his favor, we included the following details in his petition packet:

His work has resulted in 7 peer-reviewed journal articles (first-authored) and 1 conference paper (first-authored).
His publications have been cited a total of 370 times according to Google Scholar.
His study has received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. This fund projects that promote the search for scientific and technical breakthroughs. This support of our client’s research therefore serves as evidence that his work is advancing knowledge in structural engineering.
He has even received 2 recommendation letters from fellow experts in the field.

Furthermore, his research advancing his proposed endeavor is of great importance because it addresses the application of composite materials as an alternative to steel. His research addresses this limitation through his work investigating numerical modeling methods and techniques to reduce the vulnerability of composite materials under dynamic loadings, which in turn increases their durability in construction and retrofit applications. Thus, our client’s numerical modeling techniques work to enhance the efficacy of composite material application as a long-lasting retrofitting solution.

On that account, he received his NIW approval in around 2 months with our team’s efforts and the Premium Processing Service. We are pleased to have been a part of his success story and would like to wish him good luck in his upcoming endeavors.

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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%