Case Summary:

Obtaining a National Interest Waiver (NIW) visa enables a candidate to settle legally as a permanent resident of the United States. Through the NIW, the applicant can give their effort for the good of the US society. To help applicants produce the best petition letter possible and get USCIS approval for NIW, the North America Immigration Law Group steps in. Thus, when our distinguished Vietnamese client contacted us to assist with his NIW application, we consented to handle his case and made sure to include the following details in his NIW petition packet:

• Our client holds a Ph.D. degree in computer science and software engineering and has made research accomplishments that have contributed to ensuring reliable privacy and data security and improving the growth of the digital economy.
• We also highlighted our client’s proposed endeavor as an expert in the field of computer science to develop state-of-the-art machine learning models to address the problem of reinforcement learning and improve recommendation systems and social media platforms.
• Also, his research advancing his suggested endeavor is of great importance because it enhances user experience and bolsters privacy and data security. Globally, internet users expect a personalized and enriching online experience, thus, his work substantially improves user experience by fine-tuning recommendation systems, making content more relevant and appealing to users on a worldwide scale.
• Furthermore, we noted that he has conducted at least 2 reviews to date, and his research has resulted in 2 peer-reviewed journal articles (one of them first-authored), 21 peer-reviewed conference articles (10 of them first-authored), and 4 preprints (2 of them first-authored), which have been cited 581 times according to Google Scholar.

The evidence also shows that his research holds significant value for economic growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. There is a particularly urgent national need for his continuing contributions considering that there are over 300 million active social media users in the U.S. in 2023. Without his substantial expertise in machine learning for recommendation systems, efforts to improve user experiences with social media platforms and bolster the economic value of this industry in the U.S. will be significantly hindered.

As we are aware the National Interest Waiver (NIW) is an exemption from the job offer and labor certification requirements if the exemption would be in the national interest. To receive approval of a National Interest Waiver, three factors must be shown to USCIS: (1) whether the individual seeks to work in an area of substantial intrinsic merit; (2) whether the benefit of the alien’s proposed activity will be national in scope; and (3) whether the alien will serve the national interest to a substantially greater degree than would an available U.S. worker having the same minimum qualifications. Thus, our petitioned NIW application for our client was so solid that his NIW case was approved by the USCIS adjudication authorities in just 6 days, with no request for further evidence (RFE) issued. It was further confirmed that our client is well-positioned to make useful discoveries in the field of computer science, and he is grateful for our assistance. We thank him for choosing our law firm and wish him the best of luck.