Success Story: EB2 NIW Approval for a Biomedical Engineering Postdoctoral Research Associate in 3 Weeks

Client’s Testimonial:

I hired Chen Immigration Law associates for my EB2-NIW petition. They are fast and very professional. My petition was approved in less than a month. I highly recommend them for immigration issues.


On July 12th, 2013, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Biomedical Engineering (Approval Notice)


General Field: Biomedical Engineering Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Research Associate Country of Origin:  Iran Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC) State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Florida Approval Notice Date: July 12, 2013 Processing Time: 3 weeks


Case Summary:

The average processing time for I-140 cases is 4-6 months. But on many occasions, we have cases approved far faster than the average processing time.

Another exceptional client that Chen Immigration Law Associates had the pleasure of working with was a Postdoctoral Research Associate from Iran working in the field of biomedical engineering.   His work had focused specifically in the highly specialized areas of biomedical optics, optical imaging, particle characterization, cell morphology, and optical tomography and signals. This client wished to seek continued employment in the field of biomedical engineering. We at Chen Immigration Law Associates demonstrated that his continued employment in the field would not only benefit those in his field, but the citizens of the United States at large. To achieve success in this case, we submitted extensive documentation proving our client’s highly significant contributions to the field of biomedical engineering, including at least 16 peer-reviewed scientific articles published in leading journals, and 20 presentations at national and international conferences and seminars. These publications had been cited at least 128 times at the time of case filing.  Of his accomplishments, one of the recommenders remarked: “[Client] is producing work at a level well above his peers…. His expertise in electrical engineering and computer programming combined with his specialty in biomedical optics allows him to create complex algorithms that set his work far above that of other researchers in the same area of research.” Through extensive documentation, we at Chen Immigration Law Associates successfully argued that our client would serve the national interest to a significantly greater degree than others with similar education and experience. His NIW application was approved in just 3 weeks.