Case Summary:

The North America Immigration Law Group had been hired to assist an Indian research scientist in filing an EB-1A petition on her behalf. To do so, the petitioner must meet at least 3 of the 6 following criteria.

• Evidence of receipt of major prizes or awards for outstanding achievement.
• Evidence of membership in associations that require their members to demonstrate outstanding achievement.
• Evidence of published material in professional publications written by others about the noncitizen’s work in the academic field.
• Evidence of participation, either on a panel or individually, as a judge of the work of others in the same or allied academic field.
• Evidence of original scientific or scholarly research contributions in the field.
• Evidence of authorship of scholarly books or articles (in scholarly journals with international circulation) in the field.

After our team completed an investigation of our client’s background, we determined that, based on her qualifications, and achievements, she would be able to present a strong case, and thus our firm accepted her as a client, and prepared her individualized petition containing the following details:

• We first noted her respectable publishing record, with 27 peer-reviewed scientific articles (15 first-authored), published in several high-impact journals within their given fields.
• In addition, her work has been highly cited, with a total of 939 citations. Her papers are also among the most highly cited within their given fields and year of publication, furthermore, she is also one of the top 1% of cited authors in the field of bioinformatics.
• She has also been active in the review process, having previously done 28 peer reviews, which is a task that is given only to researchers in high regard within the community.
• Her research would also benefit the United States, as its findings are meaningful for the United States’ agricultural sector. By elucidating the production mechanism of galactomannan in cluster bean plants, her research is a vital resource for informing how to enhance methods for crop improvement.
• She has also received funding from the National Institute of Health as well as from the Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station with funding from the Hatch Act through the USDA National Institute of Food Agriculture, demonstrating the faith that the government places in her research.
• Four fellow experts in the field further provided insight into the significance of her continuing research in the field, one of whom remarked:

“[Client] is an accomplished bioinformatics researcher. Taking into consideration her many achievements alongside the global ramifications of her research for managing plant virus infections, she must be allowed to continue her work unobstructed.”

With the arguments presented above, our dedicated team was successful in gaining approval for our client’s EB-1A petition in just 9 days, with the help of the USCIS’s premium processing service. We give thanks to our client for putting her trust in our firm and hope for the best in her future endeavors.