Case Summary:

An Indian expert in the field of biochemistry became our client while working as a research scientist in the field. He wanted to apply for a National Interest Waiver (NIW) with our help. Since the USCIS demands NIW applicants to show how their work is of importance to the country, our team ensured this by putting together a customized application containing the following information collected from his academic and professional documents:

• His proposed endeavor is to continue his research on DNA damage, innate inflammation, and DNA repair mechanisms in mammalian cells in order to decipher the intricacies of mammalian DNA repair pathways and identify the repair deficiencies underlying neurodegenerative conditions, inflammatory diseases, and cancer, thereby supporting the development of mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for such conditions.
• His research advancing his proposed endeavor is of great importance because it optimizes mechanism-based therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative conditions, inflammatory diseases, and cancer.
• His proposed endeavor also had broad implications for the United States as neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and spinocerebellar ataxia, affect as many as 6 million Americans.
• Due to its clear national importance, his research has in fact been supported with funding from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.
• He has been regularly invited to conduct peer reviews for authoritative journals in the field, including international journals. We found that he has completed at least 30 reviews to date.
• His research has been published as 28 peer-reviewed journal articles (6 of them first-authored or co-first authored), and 3 press book chapters (1 of them first-authored).
• And these publications have been cited a total of 618 times according to Google Scholar, thereby demonstrating that these publications are widely recognized and relied upon in the field of biochemistry.
• We also added detailed descriptions of 5 of his key projects as evidence of his contributions to and expertise in the field of biochemistry.
• We also provided evidence of his membership on the editorial board as a Review Editor for multiple scientific journals related to his field of work.
• Finally, we attached 2 letters of recommendation collected from other experts in the group.

These pieces of evidence were arranged in form of a well-written petition letter and presented for adjudication at the USCIS. We made sure to show that our client was uniquely well-positioned to pursue his research work considering the breadth of his many years of experience as well as his leadership and expertise in the field.

All of these factors combined made for a strong case and won him the NIW approval only 2 months and 11 days later. We are grateful to him for choosing us to represent him.