Case Summary:

“The world has seen a rise in the use of autonomous systems, as they are integrated into areas like manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, unmanned aerial vehicles, and more. For the United States to maintain leadership in the research of autonomous systems, it is imperative that key talents, such as [the client], are retained. His work directly addresses technical challenges in this area, as most autonomous systems are nonlinear and modeled inaccurately. These efforts are vital to the nation, allowing autonomous control systems to successfully handle uncertainties and unmodelled dynamics, thus creating safer interactions between external environments and guaranteeing robust performance. Given [the client’s] impressive research abilities within the field of dynamical systems, it is safe to say that he is making great progress within this field and is poised to continue to make exceptional advances. I strongly believe that the continuation of his work is of paramount importance to the scientific community within the United States.”

The aforementioned excerpt has been extracted from one of the four recommenders of our client’s work, providing further insights into the importance of our client’s proposed endeavor to the United States. This recommendation letter helped us to confirm that our client is indeed an invaluable member of the American scientific community and thus his work should continue here in the U.S. Therefore, we ensured to lead his case toward the national interest waiver success by emphasizing some of the relevant factors in his NIW petition packet:

• Holder of a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, our client’s research focused on developing new intelligent, effective, and optimized control methods for novel autonomous systems to advance industrial and technological applications. After a thorough review of his research background, we concluded that it is significant for substantiating the broad implementation of autonomous vehicles, which allows autonomous vehicles to notably reduce the rate of road traffic injuries. In this way, his work is crucial to public health and the global economy.
• We noted that his specialized research also has broad implications for the United States as his specific talents are critical to an industry that has shown consistent growth domestically, supporting his research only represents a beneficial gain for the United States.
• Given its national importance, he received funding support as well from the prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Automotive Partnership Canada (APC), and the Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD) validating the practical value of his work to the United States. This ensures the value of optimizing the performance of autonomous systems.
• Moreover, his research has resulted in 3 peer-reviewed conference papers (1 of them first-authored) and 2 peer-reviewed journal articles (1 of them first-authored), altogether gathering 90 citations from many other experts in the field of dynamical systems.
• In addition to his knowledge and expertise in mathematical modeling of complex systems, controller and observer design for autonomous systems, and machine learning, he has been regularly invited to conduct peer reviews for authoritative conferences in the field, and he has completed at least 2 reviews to date.

Considering our client’s study of autonomous systems, which is highly applicable to healthcare and transportation and has two key areas of national importance, our team at North America Immigration Law Group diligently laid out a strong NIW petition packet on his behalf. With the experience of more than 32K approved cases, once again we were successful at smoothly presenting all the relevant information of our client’s intended research. We are glad that our client achieved his NIW approval in just 8 days with the help of a premium processing service.

Thus, we truly appreciate our client for trusting our law firm and giving us an opportunity to be a part of this magnificent success story.