Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Assistant Transportation Researcher from South Korea in the Field of Civil Engineering

Client’s Testimonial:

“Finally I got the approval. I really appreciate all your support and service for my I-140 approval.”

On February 11th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Assistant Transportation Researcher in the Field of Civil Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Civil Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Transportation Researcher

Country of Origin: South Korea

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: February 11th, 2016

Processing Time: 3 months, 19 days

Case Summary:

An assistant transportation researcher working in the field of civil engineering chose North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) to represent his EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) case. Our client’s Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and extensive experience improving the flexibility and durability of the pavements that we use via the design, construction, and maintenance of pavements have armed him with the credentials needed to apply for a green card under this visa category. The USCIS spent a little over three months adjudicating this case.

Our client (a South Korea national) has published 10 peer-reviewed journals articles that had amassed close to 50 citations when we filed his case. His findings, and that of other scientists’ that stem from his work, benefit the American tourism, travel and construction industries. We also established that substituting our client with a similarly qualified researcher would negatively impact the country’s national interest. To further strengthen our EB-2 NIW petition, we included testimonials offered by other expert civil engineers. One of these letters stated, in part, that “Scientists in the study of highway design are dependent upon the results of pavement analysis models conducted by [Client], and his findings are already used in [designing pavement structures] throughout the United States.”

This EB-2 NIW petition approval is another encouraging example of our law firm’s effective and efficient service. Our client recently retained our I-485 services and is currently working with us to complete his green card journey.

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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