Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Attending Physician from Ecuador in the Field of Clinical Research

Client’s Testimonial:

“I am happy to inform you that I have received the I-797 approval notice for my National Interest Waiver case.”

On February 11th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Attending Physician in the Field of Clinical Research (Approval Notice).

General Field: Clinical Research

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Attending Physician

Country of Origin: Ecuador

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Florida

Approval Notice Date: February 11th, 2016

Processing Time: 5 months, 9 days

Case Summary:

“She has already made large advancements in some of the most common health concerns occurring in the United States today; high cholesterol, heart disease, liver dysfunction and drug interaction. [Client] is a unique researcher with a background especially suited to research in such pressing fields. Her skills and thorough methodologies place above her colleagues; I look forward to seeing her work continue.”

This strong statement is excerpted from a recommendation letter offered by a prominent professor working at one of the country’s top medical colleges. His letter, along with several others that our Ecuadorian client gathered from other experts in her field of clinical research, were incorporated into the EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition packet that she hired North America Immigration Law Group to put together.

Our legal team compiled a list of our client’s accomplishments to prove to the USCIS that her work is of the utmost importance to the United States, particularly to the country’s medical sector. Her findings related to dyslipidemia and Type 1 Diabetes serve as evidence that not many other researchers with similar qualifications can mirror her achievements. Furthermore, we detailed her 5 publications that had gathered 83 citations when we filed her case.

The USCIS spent a little over five months adjudicating our client’s EB-2 NIW petition. We are currently helping this attending physician prepare her I-485 application (final step in the green card process) and we wish her all the best in obtaining her permanent residency.

North America Immigration Law Group (Chen Immigration Law Associates) is a U.S. immigration law firm dedicated to representing corporations, research institutions, and individuals from all 50 U.S. states regarding I-140 immigration petitions. We specialize in employment-based immigration petition and have a proven record of high success rate for the categories of: EB2-NIW (National Interest Waiver), EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability), EB1-B (Outstanding Researcher/Professor) and O-1 (Alien of Extraordinary Ability).

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