Success Stories: With the help of a Premium Processing Service Upgrade, Our Professional Team Was Successful in Securing NIW Approval for a Data Associate in Just 2 Days
Client’s Testimonial:
“Thank you! This is great news!”
On November 30th, 2023, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Data Associate in the Field of Data Science (Approval Notice).
General Field: Data Science
Position at the Time of Case Filing: Data Associate
Country of Origin: India
State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas
Approval Notice Date: November 30th, 2023
Processing Time: 2 days (Premium Processing Requested)
Case Summary:
It has been determined, through a careful review of the supporting documentation and testimony attached to our client's National Interest Waiver (NIW) petition, that she is a member of the professions with an advanced degree (Ph.D. in petroleum engineering) and her research on developing machine-learning-based methodologies to accelerate diverse workflows in order to support geological characterization, carbon capture and utilization, risk management, and reservoir management.
When our client hired North America Immigration Law Group to help her secure the NIW approval, we immediately began evaluating her credentials and procured the best possible and relevant data for her case, which ultimately enabled her to win her NIW case without any obstacles.
To highlight our client's educational background, professional experience, and expertise, as well as her record of publication and citation, and the history of successful research in the field of data science, we have concentrated on these particular areas and included the following information in our customized petition package:
- We noted that her proposed research work is of great importance because it focuses on the use of ML to improve various workflows.
- Also, we specified that she published 6 peer-reviewed journal articles (4 of them first-authored) and 3 peer-reviewed conference articles (2 of them first-authored) in no fewer than 4 highly ranked peer-reviewed journals, which illustrates how her peers see the importance of this research.
- In addition to accomplishing and publishing her research findings, her published publications have received an astounding 165 citations, demonstrating her widespread renown and dependability in the data science community.
- Moreover, due to her research’s clear national importance, her research has been supported with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), affirming that her research has both substantial merit and national importance.
- We have also seen her actively participating in the role of a peer reviewer in the same field. In particular, she has completed 40 peer reviews thus far with success.
Amazingly, a premium processing service upgrade allowed her national interest waiver petition to be approved just 2 days from the date we filed it. We are therefore glad that our client trusted our law firm to file her I-140 NIW petition, and we extend our best wishes for her ongoing pursuits.

