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Case Summary:

Our firm North America Immigration Law Group aids people with various kinds of immigration services. This includes applying for and obtaining a range of visas such as EB1-A, EB2-NIW, O1A, O3, etc. We have been able to establish our name in the field over time and have over 25,000 case approvals under our belt. This means we have also gathered an immense amount of experience and knowledge of the ins and outs of the USCIS adjudication process.

So when we received a request from a South Korean client to file her NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition, our team was already certain about the path they needed to take. We began with the initial background check and moved ahead with countersigning the attorney-client agreement. This was followed by a thorough review of her academic and professional documents, which yielded the following data for her petition:

• We found that she is one of the few leading complementary medicine, asthma, and obesity experts in pharmacy, and she has achieved a consistent and notable record of success and influence in this area of study, and she is especially well-known for the advancements she has contributed to effective and cost-effective treatment options for obese individuals, self-administered acupressure therapies, and symptom control in asthmatic patients.
• We found that along with a Ph.D. in health and social pharmacy from the department of pharmaceutical policy and outcome research, she had published an enormous number of articles in scientific magazines well-known in her area of expertise. The count stood at 52 journal articles at the time of filing her EB1-A petition in 2022. At the same time, these articles were cited 635 times by peers in 56 countries making her the top 1% of the most cited author publishing in her field. The field has also recognized her authority by inviting her to review and evaluate the work of her peers no fewer than 12 times.
• On the other hand, she has also received funding from two well-known institutions in South Korea, namely the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, demonstrating that her work is recognized by reputed scientific organizations internationally.
• Finally, our team helped her put together a list of 4 recommenders who provided letters of support recommending her services to the scientific community and the importance of her research for the United States. Two of these recommendations put forth the following about our client:

“[The client] has studied the management of obesity and its effects on these different factors and overall quality of life. Her work also seeks to improve the management of obesity and determine the best methods for its treatment. Seeing as she has markedly advanced ongoing efforts to mitigate the impact of one of the most common health disorders in the world, [the client’s] value as a researcher is plainly evident.”

“[The client’s] work has benefitted the field of pharmacy outside merely the realm of academic research. Her findings help refine self‐administered acupressure as a form of non-invasive and cost-effective CAM therapy, and one that helps patients manage symptoms of acute and chronic diseases independently. In this way, [the client’s] work is directly beneficial to the United States, and the significance of her research cannot be overstated.”

All of these factors went into making her NIW approval possible. At the same time, she also applied for an EB1-A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) visa with our help in 2022. Since she had upgraded her case to premium processing, she received her approval only 10 days from filing. We are proud of having had the opportunity to work with her and our team wishes her the best in all future endeavors.