Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Iranian Project Manager in Arkansas in the Field of Mathematical Optimization

Posted by wegreened on May 27, 2016 in NIW

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On March 22^nd, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Project Manager in the Field of Mathematical Optimization (Approval Notice).

General Field: Mathematical Optimization

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Project Manager

Country of Origin: Iran

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Arkansas

Approval Notice Date: March 22^nd, 2016

Processing Time: 2 months, 9 days

Case Summary:

A gifted project manager from Iran hired North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) to help him sort out the first portion of the green card process: the I-140 petition. After evaluating his credentials, we verified that he was a suitable candidate for EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver).

Our legal team was tasked with putting together a strong EB-2 NIW petition packet that would convince the USCIS to approve our client’s I-140 petition. We started off by counseling our client to touch base with other experts in his field of mathematical optimization and ask them to provide us with recommendation letters—we needed their support if we wanted to present an airtight case to the USCIS. Our client did not disappoint, and managed to obtain six recommendation letters. According to two of his recommenders:

“Through this work, [Client] has consistently illustrated his unmatched abilities in statistical modelling. He weighs the influence of each factor accurately, and thereby predicts the best practices, which are critical to the continual operational success of the company. It would be most unfortunate to lose his expertise, and I therefore am invested in the outcome of his citizenship petition…”

“I have worked with many researchers in many top universities and research institutions around the world, and I can confirm that [Client] is one of the most talented and knowledgeable engineers in this respect.”

With a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and extensive experience improving production and service systems, our client’s illustrious career has led to the publication of half a dozen scientific papers, 49 citations to his work, and an impressive peer review record. When we filed the case, our client had already conducted 30 peer reviews on behalf of several prominent journals. We documented these achievements in our EB-2 NIW petition packet and demonstrated to the USCIS that our client is one of only a small handful of researchers who can attain such meritorious research results. Additionally, we proved that his work contributes to the United States’ efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve resource allocation.

Texas Service Center only spent 2 months and 9 days adjudicating this case before granting their approval (on average it takes between 4-9 months). We have no doubt that our well-prepared presentation and our client’s stellar credentials paved the way for speedy case approval. We join our client in celebrating this momentous occasion and wish him well with his continued investigations.

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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%