Success Stories: We Helped a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Field of Materials Chemistry to Secure an EB-1A, Without RFE

On January 29^th, 2020, we received another EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) approval for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Field of Materials Chemistry (Approval Notice).

General Field: Materials Chemistry

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Country of Origin: China

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New Jersey

Approval Notice Date: January 29^th, 2020

Processing Time: 8 months, 27 days

Case Summary:

A postdoctoral research associate hired our law firm, NAILG (North America Immigration Law Group), to help him obtain EB-1A (Alien of Extraordinary Ability) petition approval. Our client has expertise in the field of materials chemistry, particularly focused on the development of advanced energy technologies to address issues related to energy production from fossil fuels. His research has resulted in the accelerated development of the research related to the sustainable and renewable clean energy. Undoubtedly, our client’s research addresses some of our nation’s most pressing issues in understanding successful methods for developing advanced electrode materials for fuel cells and other energy applications.

Our client’s credentials:

Our goal was to highlight how the US stands to gain a great deal by allowing our client to continue working in the country. Highlighting our client’s various achievements such as the 25 peer-reviewed publications to his name as well as the 9 peer reviews he had conducted for high-impact scientific journals made up a portion of the petition. Furthermore, we listed the 846 times his findings were cited by other researchers in the field.

An important element of our client’s EB-1A petition was the presentation of recommendation letters signed by other influential members of the scientific community. These 4 letters attested to the importance and significance of our client’s contributions to the field as well as to the United States. An excerpt from one of these letters noted:

“As an expert in materials chemistry, [client] has distinguished himself as one of the leaders in the development of nanoscale materials for use in green energy applications. Therefore, his research is of truly global significance in working to curb greenhouse gas emissions and create a cleaner, more sustainable international energy economy.”

There is no doubt that these recommenders helped highlight the relevance of our client’s work to the field, lending a hand in his case approval.

In addition to carefully assembling the required documents to file the EB-1A petition on behalf of our client, our team has included customized figures and tables for visualization to indicate that our client’s publications have been cited at a much higher rate than those of other researchers in the field, distinguishing her from her peers. The visual presentation of the data has indeed further demonstrated and supported the argument in the petition letter drafted by us.

We are glad that the USCIS was convinced of the significance of our client’s contributions to the country and was persuaded to approve his EB-1A petition. We congratulate him on this win and wish her well as he continues to conduct excellent research in the field of materials chemistry.

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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