Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Enhanced Graduate Teaching Assistant from Iran in the Field of Computer Science

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thanks you for your help. We already recommended you to some friends and will definitely do it again in the future.”

On February 16th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Enhanced Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Field of Computer Science (Approval Notice).

General Field: Computer Science

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Enhanced Graduate Teaching Assistant

Country of Origin: Iran

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: Texas

Approval Notice Date: February 16th, 2016

Processing Time: 9 months, 30 days

Case Summary:

A recent client of ours was described as having “[…] exceptional talent and skills which are unmatched. Her studies demonstrate prowess and virtuosity, and she clearly possesses the aptitude to design trendsetting experiments and formulate unprecedented conclusions in the areas of software engineering, in particular, and computer science, in general.”

This statement was made by an expert computer scientist who contributed a recommendation letter in support of our client’s EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition. Five other computer scientists also offered letters, further fortifying our client’s NIW case. Our client, a teaching assistant from Iran, conducts groundbreaking research on ways to improve the quality of computer programs by creating more efficient and accurate debugging and testing programs. Her contributions to facial recognition and optical character recognition programs are serving as the foundation for United States-based companies to create next-generation recognition devices.

The carefully prepared EB-2 NIW presentation our legal team put together was composed of convincing evidence of the benefits of our client’s research to the United States. Among other things, this included a copy of our client’s doctoral degree, her transcripts, her citation record (33), and publication count (8). We are pleased that our diligent efforts played a part in attaining an I-140 approval notice from the USCIS.

Because our client chose to file her I-485 (final step in the green card process) while her I-140 was pending, she is currently awaiting news of her green card approval. We wish her the best with the final leg of her journey.

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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