Success Stories: Formal Verification Engineer in California in the Field of Computer Engineering with Approved NIW Is Waiting for Green Card Approval

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thanks a lot for helping us prepare the I140 application. I started to prepare my case in June 2015. Wegreened team was very professional. They helped me to draft recommendation letters and petition letter with high quality within a few weeks. Everything moved very fast and I never though I can have my case ready to file in mid August. Fortunately, my PD became current in August 2015 for just one month and Wegreened team’s effort enabled me grab this precious chance to file my I140 and I485 together. In addition, attorney Yida Zhang even managed to obtain a copy of my old I140 approval notice from my previous employer, which was a big surprise for me, since I tried many times before and always got rejected. This is critical for linking my old PD and filing 485 simultaneously. I am glad that I hired Wegreened team to help me with I140 NIW application.”

On May 2^nd, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Formal Verification Engineer in the Field of Computer Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Computer Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Formal Verification Engineer

Country of Origin: China

Service Center: Nebraska Service Center (NSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: California

Approval Notice Date: May 2^nd, 2016

Processing Time: 8 months, 4 days

Case Summary:

An engineer from the field of computer engineering hired North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreeened.com) to file an EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition and I-485 applications for himself and his spouse. He chose to file both the petition and applications simultaneously, which is not an unusual. The main reason some green card applicants choose to do so is to cut down the overall wait time for a green card. However, the reason why our client opted for simultaneous filing differs from the norm. As our client was born in China, normally, he would have to wait several years before he is able to file an I-485 based on an I-140 EB-2. Fortunately, he has an approved employer-supported EB-2 petition which was filed a couple of years ago, and it has a priority date that is much earlier than his latest approved NIW petition. He managed to port the first priority date to his latest petition and filed the petition (NIW) and I-485 simultaneously when his priority date became current. Soon after his I-485 was filed, the priority date retrogressed and now he has to wait several years before the USCIS will take action on his I-485 application.

Obtaining petition approval:

As the attorney-on-record, we were tasked with building a strong case for our client. In order to prove that he deserved the national interest waiver, we had to demonstrate his expertise in the field. We listed his doctoral degree, his 13 published scientific articles, and the 48 citations to his work. We also noted the 13 different academic journals that he conducted peer reviews for. To bolster our client’s EB-2 NIW petition, we urged him to contact other influential members in the field who had either worked with him or were familiar with his work. We needed them to sign recommendation letters that confirmed the value of our client’s work on formal verification methods. The six experts whom our client contacted all verified that his investigations contribute to the American technology industry that relies on the functionality of these systems. According to one of them: “With such an esteemed reputation and history of achievement, it is of the best interest of the United States to allow the influential research of [Client] to continue.”

We congratulate our client for obtaining an EB-2 NIW petition approval. We thank him and his wife for working with our law firm, and we look forward to hearing good news about their green cards.

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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