Success Stories: We Helped a PhD Student in Cryptography Get NIW Approval in Just 10 Days, With No Requests for Further Evidence (RFE)
Client’s Testimonial:
“Thanks so much! Great news! My attorney was very helpful and answered all my questions.”
On August 5th, 2023, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a PhD Student in the Field of Cryptography (Approval Notice).
General Field: Cryptography
Position at the Time of Case Filing: PhD Student
Country of Origin: Czech Republic
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Georgia
Approval Notice Date: August 5th, 2023
Processing Time: 10 days (Premium Processing Requested)
Case Summary:
A PhD student specializing in cryptography contacted the North America Immigration Law Group for assistance with his National Interest Waiver (NIW) petition. After reviewing his qualifications and research background, our experienced team recognized his substantial contributions to the field and decided to take on his case. His tailored petition included the following information:
- He holds a BSc in computer science, demonstrating that he has an advanced degree.
- He has a solid publication history, featuring 6 peer-reviewed conference papers and 3 granted patents in top-ranking journals.
- His research has garnered an impressive 58 citations at the time of application.
Additionally, his proposed endeavor is of national importance, as he continues his research on designing and implementing efficient secure protocols that enable private data analysis and improve models used by financial institutions, regulators, and hospitals to bolster data security and enhance national security. Therefore, his research has also been supported with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Cisco, and Facebook, which is reserved solely for research directed at advancing the national interest, including that which promotes national health, prosperity, and welfare and secures the national defense. Their support of his research clarifies its importance to the United States.
Furthermore, he has received letters of recommendation from two different specialists, one of which stated:
“The specifics of [Client's] research center around the addition of conditional branching to secure multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, reducing their computational cost. His proposed techniques significantly reduce the communication cost of conditional statements, so that their cost is proportional to the single longest program branch. Through implementation and testing, he showed that this theoretical improvement carries over to real-world situations. At this point, I hope to have made clear the considerable value of his research. He is an eminent scholar and the United States must retain his expertise.”
Our team diligently reviewed the provided information and successfully demonstrated the broad applicability of our client’s research. His work holds significant relevance to the security of financial and healthcare data, both within the United States and globally. As a direct result of this demonstration, his petition was approved within an expedited timeframe of ten days, facilitated by USCIS's premium processing service. This rapid approval underscores the critical importance of our client’s research, which has the potential to enhance financial security on a worldwide scale, a critical objective in today's complex financial landscape. We are deeply grateful for the trust our client has placed in our firm and extend our sincere best wishes for his continued success in his endeavors.