Success Stories: With Expert Help from NAILG, a Chinese Postdoctoral Research Associate in Photonics Obtains NIW Approval in Less Than 4 Months

 

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thanks a lot for your excellent service.”

---

On March 24^th, 2022, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Field of Photonics (Approval Notice).

---

General Field: Photonics

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Country of Origin: China

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: West Virginia

Approval Notice Date: March 24^th, 2022

Processing Time: 3 months, 7 days

---

Case Summary:

A Chinese postdoctoral research associate in the field of photonics came to North America Immigration Law Group seeking help with his National Interest Waiver application. As our precedent dictates, we made sure to look into his academic and professional documents to ascertain the most effective way forward. Our team found that by personalizing his application with the available information would be beni ficial in proving his worth to the USCIS.

We did this by looking into his certificates, transcripts, letters of recommendation, funding information, etc. This search yielded the following:

• We came to understand that his proposed endeavor is to continue his work on developing state-of-the-art photonic approaches for optical sensing, communications, and biomedical applications.
• That his research advancing his proposed endeavor is of great importance because it is intrinsically helpful to global efforts to identify and treat hematological conditions including sickle-cell disease.
• That due to its clear national importance, his research has in fact been supported with funding from 6 institutions of national and international repute, namely the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Key Research and Development Program of China, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Army Research Office of the United States, and the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
• We were able to confirm that he has completed at least 16 reviews to date.
• His research has also resulted in 37 peer-reviewed journal articles (7 of them first-authored) and 6 conference publications.
• That these publications have been cited a total of 415 times according to Google Scholar.
• Our client had also pursued research directly related to his proposed endeavor of developing state-of-the-art photonic approaches for a range of applications for 8 years.
• And finally, his research was recognized by other experts in the field through letters of support issued in his favor. One of these had the following to say of him:

“As novel viruses continue to emerge and affect the American public, it is increasingly important for the United States to invest in more capable technologies that are able to be reconfigured on-demand to address the evolving challenges posed by different virus mutations. The tunable nanoplasmonic devices developed by [the client] meets this need by greatly empowering medical workers with cutting-edge nanophotonic tools. It is on this basis that I offer my full endorsement of [client’s] continued research in the United States.”

Thus, we were able to show that our client is a member of the profession holding an advanced degree. He proposes to continue his research on developing state-of-the-art photonic approaches for optical sensing, communications, and biomedical applications, which is clearly an endeavor with substantial merit and national importance. This won him the NIW visa in no more than 3 months and 7 days. We are grateful for having had his trust and confidence. Our team wishes him every success in life.

---