Success Story: Building AI for Decisions People Can Rely On, NIW Approved for a Chinese Applied Scientist

Client’s Testimonial:

“Let’s make things work.”

On January 13^th, 2026, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Applied Scientist in the Field of Artificial Intelligence (Approval Notice).

General Field: Artificial Intelligence

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Applied Scientist

Country of Origin: China

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California

Approval Notice Date: January 13^th, 2026

Processing Time: 2 months, 28 days (Premium Processing Requested)

Case Summary:

In consumer-facing AI, accuracy is only half the battle. The harder challenge is building systems that can explain themselves, verify what they “know,” and make recommendations people can safely act on. This NIW case centered on a Chinese Applied Scientist whose work tackles that challenge by developing AI agents that can reason over information, use tools appropriately, and provide more trustworthy guidance in real decision settings such as e-commerce.

A key theme in the record was practical impact: AI that reduces friction, improves decision quality, and scales responsibly. The client’s research portfolio reflected that direction through work on tool-using agents, simulation environments for human-agent interaction, and evaluation methods designed to stress-test reasoning rather than simply measure fluency.

How the North America Immigration Law Group (NAILG) Positioned the Case

NAILG framed the petition around a clear strategic narrative: the client is building systems and resources that other researchers and engineers can use to make AI agents more reliable. That meant translating technical work into a credibility story USCIS could quickly verify through independent signals like selective publication, citation reliance, and community-facing software contributions.

Evidence at a Glance

Credential: Ph.D. in Computer Science
Research output: 20 peer-reviewed conference articles, 6 peer-reviewed journal articles, 5 preprints, and 1 abstract
Influence: 741 citations

Why the Work Mattered

The filing emphasized that “shopping assistants” are a high-stakes testbed for a broader problem in AI deployment: how to help people make better decisions when information is abundant, inconsistent, and easy to manipulate. The client’s research addressed this by pushing agents toward deeper reasoning and stronger verification behaviors, including constructing simulation environments and synthetic datasets that model real user-agent interactions and developing methods to critically evaluate information rather than merely summarize it.

NAILG also highlighted that the client’s contributions extend beyond internal projects. By contributing to open-source software that supports combining symbolic reasoning with deep learning, the client’s work becomes easier for third parties to adopt and build upon, which strengthens the case for field-wide influence rather than isolated success.

The Result

This approval validates a research record focused on one of AI’s most critical hurdles: trust. NAILG successfully translated the client’s technical achievements into a clear national interest argument, securing the waiver for work that ensures AI agents are reliable, verifiable, and ready for real-world deployment.

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Track Record of Success EB-1 and NIW Approvals

(2020.01 - 2024.12)

Category	Approval or Refund^®		Approval or Refiling^TM
Category	Approved Sum	Success Rate	Approved Sum	Success Rate
NIW	28,946	99.52%	3,030	98.31%
EB1A	4,322	91.76%	2,870	88.91%
EB1B	793	98.51%	236	90.77%
Total	34,061	98.44%	6,136	93.39%