Success Stories: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Structural Biology, Protein Science, and Biochemistry in South Korea Receives EB-2 NIW Approval Without Proposed US Employment

On January 16, 2014, We Received EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) Approval for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Field of Structural Biology, Protein Science, and Biochemistry in South Korea (Approval Notice)

General Field: Structural Biology, Protein Science and Biochemistry

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Fellow

Country of Origin: South Korea

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

Residence at the Time of Filing: South Korea

Approval Notice Date: January 16, 2014

Processing Time: 4 Months, 7 Days (including RFE response time)

Case Summary:
We at North America Immigration Law Group – WeGreened.com represented a client who resides in South Korea as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the field of structural biology, protein science, and biochemistry and who did not have a US job offer at the time we filed her petition. This client investigated HY5—a plant transcription factor in response to light, protein p21—a protein involved with cellular functions, and had a main focus on intrinsically disordered proteins. Her research resulted in 6 first-authored journal articles, 6 co-authored journal articles, and publications and presentations at many international conferences. Her work had been cited 156 times at the time her case was filed, demonstrating that her publications are widely recognized and relied upon in her field. In order to support her case, we included 3 independent recommendation letters, 2 dependent recommendation letters, evidence of her publications and citations, as well as a statement about her plan to work in the United States. One independent recommender stated: “[Client’s] research is fundamental for the scholarly community in the United States due to the important biological functions the IDPs. Since many IDPs were shown to be involved in various human diseases, the studies on protein disorder and disorder-based functions are vital for the development of drugs for treatment of diseases and ailments. In fact, better understanding of the phenomenon of protein intrinsic disorder and function of IDPs are absolutely necessary to the successful design of novel drugs…” This EB-2 NIW petition was approved in 4 months, 7 days.

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