Case Summary:

Our client, an application scientist holding a Ph.D. in agricultural and biological engineering exhibited the required caliber to achieve the national interest waiver. She approached North America Immigration Law Group to help her in filing an EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition to convince USCIS of her cutting-edge research on the development of advanced fermentation solutions for industrial ethanol and bio-based chemical producers to improve the performance of yeast strains and nutrient products for global biofuel processes and how specifically it is valuable to the interests of the United States.

Therefore, we evaluated her research and concluded that it is of great importance because it contributes to the development of novel processes and research methods for improving the production of biofuels and biochemicals, as well as to the advancement of corn processing technologies, fermentation, and other aspects of biological engineering and agricultural endeavors. After a thorough assessment of her credentials, our attorneys and the associated team started gathering relevant information to put in her petition packet, and we incorporated the following details along with her research summary:

• Firstly, we noted her research work significantly holds national importance, as according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the United States is the largest producer of ethanol in the world and as per the statistics demonstrate the national value of her work, we deduced that her research has notably enhanced current methodologies and practices for generating ethanol from available crops, proving her an asset to the agricultural interests of the United States.
• The importance of her proposed research is further corroborated by other experts in the field. Five of the fellow experts were obliged to sign her recommendation letters. Hence, it was mandatory for us to get all of them attached to our petition presentation. The following excerpt has been taken out from one of the letters:

“There is a growing interest among biofuel researchers in the use of cellulosic feedstocks for biofuel production due to the advantages they offer over corn feedstocks…Since [client’s] research addresses a major issue for a key U.S. industry, her work is of immense importance to the national interest.”

• Besides, we recorded our client’s publications which have been cited 46 times from 8 well-cited peer-reviewed journal articles. Her work of surpassing quality has been published in no fewer than 4 highly ranked peer-reviewed journals, and that the recurrence of her work in the pages of remarkable scientific journals validates her influential standing in the field of biological engineering. Moreover, we specified that she has conducted 13 peer-reviews for highly acclaimed journals, which further proves her active and actual participation as a judge of other’s work in the scientific community of the field.
• In honor of the value and relevance of her work, we observed that her findings have also been granted funding by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Nebraska Corn Board. These institutions are dedicated to advancing fundamental agricultural and crop-related research, and funding is incredibly competitive. Thus, these grants confirm the quality and overall salience of her ongoing work in the field of biological engineering.

We are delighted that our diligence in this case and our client’s support yielded prolific results. The USCIS adjudicated our client’s case for 6 months and 21 days and successfully was granted the NIW approval. We thank her for trusting us with her NIW case preparation. We would also like to congratulate her on this great breakthrough.