Case Summary:

One of the important ways of testing a petitioner’s worthiness for a visa is to look at the funding or financial aid they may have received in the past. So when we got an NIW (National Interest Waiver) client from Bangladesh, we made sure to look at the funds he had received. To our surprise, we discovered that he had 4 funding from various organizations from all around the world namely, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), which is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Along with this information, we collected some other supporting facts such as:

• He is an expert in the field of electronic engineering, and his proposed endeavor is to continue his research on semiconductor microfabrication process development, device design and characterization, modeling, and meteorological studies in order to perform processing and diagnostic work to improve the devices used to carry out scientific and clinical research.
• His work related to semiconductor microfabrication has great substantial merit and national importance. Among other applications, his work is relevant to biomedical research, healthcare, and manufacturing and his work is of great importance because it has led to the development of advanced, high-performance semiconductor devices for a wide variety of scientific applications.
• He is familiar with the challenges in the field and has repeatedly demonstrated his ability to overcome them via unique technical innovations that heighten a sensor’s sensitivity to target biological entities and improve its specificity in distinguishing between those and non-targets.
• His 14 years of work in the field have resulted in 5 peer-reviewed journal articles (all of them first-authored). Not only this, but his research has also gone on to influence his peers. That is, these publications have been cited a total of 36 times according to Google Scholar.
• On the other hand, the import of his work has been corroborated by 4 letters of recommendation of which one wrote:

“The incidence of chronic disease is only increasing, especially as medical advancements and economic development expand the average lifespan. Consistent early detection is key to preventing excessive death and disability worldwide, and biomedical sensors are an essential tool in this effort. One electrical engineer supporting this line of research is [the client], whose research on semiconductors and transistors has facilitated the development of improved sensors for these purposes. His groundbreaking work to develop more effective materials and configurations for small-scale electronic devices has directly influenced the fabrication of sensors for use in medical technology, indicating its relevance on a global scale. [Client’s] substantial contributions to the scientific community distinguish him as a top researcher within electrical engineering.”

Hence, overall his work in semiconductor-based sensor engineering plays a direct role in helping the United States to maintain and secure its position as a global leader in the chemical and biosensor market. These arguments helped win his case without an RFE and that too in a short period of 4 months and 15 days. We are proud of having helped him and we wish him all the best for his future.