Success Stories: EB-1A Petition Approved for Research Scientist from India with 159 Citations in the Field of Biomaterials

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“Thanks for the effort you have put in my case. I wholeheartedly recognize and appreciate the support.”

On January 6^th, 2016, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval for a Research Scientist in the Field of Biomaterials (Approval Notice).

General Field: Biomaterials

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Research Scientist

Country of Origin: India

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: January 6^th, 2016

Processing Time: 3 months, 16 days (Premium Processing Requested)

Case Summary:

There is no denying that EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) is one of the toughest visa categories to obtain approval. That is why when our client (a research scientist from India) approached us to file an EB1A petition on his behalf, we made sure to carefully analyze his credentials to be sure that we could build a strong case for him. Once we confirmed that we could, we initiated an attorney-client relationship and got to work collecting as much information as we could on our client’s work in the field of biomaterials. We left no stone unturned and when it was time to file his EB-1A petition, it contained a myriad of data pertaining to his work. These are some of the highlights:

We noted our client’s 26 published articles and the 30 times he judged the work of his peers.
Thanks to Google Scholar, we confirmed that our client had 159 citations to his work, an impressive figure.
The six recommendation letters which our client obtained from his peers contained strong statements that’s clearly advocated for the approval of his EB-1A petition. These are a couple of excerpts:
“As a whole, [Client’s] work is not only contributing to global health but is also catalyzing economic growth in an exciting new sphere of research and industry.”
“Considering the translational value of [Client’s] findings, it is clear that his efforts are of immense importance to the field. His unique perspective and approaches to research in engineering mark him as an irreplaceable figure in modern biomedical device development.”

As part of our comprehensive services, we proved to the USCIS that the field of biomaterials has seen much progress since our client chose to dedicate his career to it. We did this by detailing his work on devices for orthopedic treatments and proving that his research addresses some of the United States’ most pressing issues in understanding how to improve the performance and longevity of implanted medical devices.

Although we presented the USCIS with a solid case, they issued a Request for Evidence (RFE) a few weeks after we filed our client’s EB-1A petition. Our legal team responded to the RFE in an efficient and timely manner, which paved the way for case approval 3 months after the RFE was issued. We congratulate our client on this victory and thank him for retaining our I-485 services. Our team recently filed an I-485 application on his behalf and we join him as he awaits good news from the USCIS.

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