Success Stories: NIW Approval Achieved for A Vietnamese Postdoctoral Researcher in the Field of Geotechnical Engineering with the support of our Experts [42 Citations + Extensive Academic and Professional Record]

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thank you very much for your endurance and effort in preparing my case and making it get approved.”

On September 29^th, 2021, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Field of Geotechnical Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Geotechnical Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Postdoctoral Researcher

Country of Origin: Vietnam

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: West Virginia

Approval Notice Date: September 29^th, 2021

Processing Time: 10 months, 25 days

Case Summary:

Based on the huge number of successful cases, North America Immigration Law Group has developed the most up-to-date winning strategies for the NIW category, which enable us to offer our “Approval or Refund” services to many of the NIW cases we take. However, there are certain pre-conditions to be fulfilled by an individual including:

The foreign national must be in a position to advance the proposed endeavor.
The applicant must present evidence that the U.S. would benefit on balance to waive the job offer criteria for an EB-2.
A proposed endeavor, holding substantial merit and national importance.

Therefore, through our prowess and based on the above requirements, we prepared a persuasive case for our client who after completing his Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering, is currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher in the field of geotechnical engineering. We highlighted the following key elements in his petition packet:

His work has resulted in 7 peer-reviewed journal articles (4 of them first-authored), 3 peer-reviewed conference articles, and 3 technical reports, cited a total of 42 times according to Google Scholar.
He has completed at least 7 peer reviews to date.
His research has been supported with funding from the Federal Highway Administration and the Colorado Department of Transportation which is reserved solely for research directed at advancing the national interest.
He has received 5 recommendation letters from his fellow experts in the field, one of whom remarked:

“…[Client’s] work is inherently valuable to the United States…[Client’s] work is yielding such capabilities and has further offered novel insights as to how the cost of bridge construction and replacement can be reduced…Only geotechnical engineers of [client’s] caliber possess the skills to continue making such valuable advancements. Consequently, retaining his talents constitutes a national imperative.”

Consequently, our client’s proposed endeavor is to continue his research on developing computer codes and performing full-scale experiments for the non-destructive testing of pile foundations and concrete structures to improve transportation infrastructure health monitoring and thus is relevant to determining the structural and foundational health of bridges.

Therefore, he got a conclusive response from the adjudicating judge and received his NIW approval without any further request for evidence [RFE]. We are pleased to be a part of his journey and congratulate him for showing his patience throughout the process. We wish him the very best in his life.

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