Success Stories: Nuclear Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow from Sri Lanka with NIW Petition Approval Receives Green Card
Client’s Testimonial:
“I received an email from USCIS, my I-140 has been approved!! This wouldn't have been easy without your support. Thanks for your services!”
On March 29th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Nuclear Astrophysics (Approval Notice).
General Field: Nuclear Astrophysics
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow
Country of Origin: Sri Lanka
Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: North Carolina
Approval Notice Date: March 29th, 2016
Processing Time: 6 months, 7 days
Case Summary:
A gifted postdoctoral fellow immersed in the field of nuclear astrophysics got in touch with North America Immigration Law Group (WeGrenened.com) when she and her spouse decided that they wanted to become American permanent residents. After carefully evaluating her credentials, we confirmed that she qualified to file her I-140 petition under the EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) visa category. As soon as an attorney-client relationship was established, our attorneys and support staff got to work putting together a strong EB-2 NIW petition dossier for our client. It was composed of the following:
- Professional Accolades: Our main job was to prove to the USCIS that our client’s work is of the utmost value to the United States and that her work benefits the country. We turned to her professional achievements to establish this fact: her 2 journal articles that were cited 34 times at the time of filing. We demonstrated that other researchers are utilizing her work to progress their research, and that their collective investigations greatly benefit the nation.
- Signed Testimonials: We needed the support of other experts in the field of nuclear astrophysics to verify our client’s leading role in the field. Our client reached out to her peers and returned with six signed recommendation letters, all of which contained statements akin to this: “. . . [Client] has contributed outstanding results in nuclear astrophysical research. Her involvement with theoretical models has provided significant results for nuclear systems that play an important role in explaining heavy element formation in astrophysics. Her calculations have provided usable information for the advancement of American scientific research and she is a one-of-a-kind leader in the field of nuclear astrophysics. [Client] is a researcher, author, and speaker of unparalleled ability, and it is important that the United States government let her continue with her innovative work.”
- Academic Achievements: Our client’s M.S. in Physics and Ph.D. in Applied Physics served as proof that she is fully capable of conducting original and impactful research.
- Research Developments: Her work is mainly focused on understanding nuclei and their interactions based on the Effective Field Theory (EFT) formulation. We demonstrated that her research progresses the United States’ understanding of astronomical phenomena and the processes that govern them, which has earth-bound applications for understanding nuclear energy and nuclear structure.
The USCIS spent a little over six months adjudicating our client’s EB-2 NIW petition before granting their approval. Because our client chose to file I-485 applications (final step in the green card process) for herself and her husband while her NIW petition was pending approval, she trimmed down the overall wait time and received both approval notices less than a month apart. We congratulate them for becoming permanent residents and thank them for choosing to work with us.