Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Staff Associate in New Jersey in the Field of Microbiology

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On February 5th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Staff Associate in the Field of Microbiology (Approval Notice).

General Field: Microbiology

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Staff Associate

Country of Origin: India

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: New Jersey

Approval Notice Date: February 5th, 2016

Processing Time: 5 months, 22 days

Case Summary:

In this EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) case, a staff associate working in the field of microbiology hired North America Immigration Law Group to help her attain a green card. Our client, who has an M.Sc. in Life Science, is studying infectious disease mechanisms for novel therapeutic development and the discovery of pathogens using technologically advanced diagnostic platforms. We demonstrated that her research not only contributes to the United States’ defense against bio warfare, it also notably enhances medical research and public health.

An expert microbiologist who contributed a recommendation letter to support our client’s petition had this to say about her work: “[Client’s] expertise with sophisticated and complex diagnostic technologies have proved instrumental in viral disease research. Her contributions to the development of state-of-the-art diagnostic screening platforms for identifying pathogens are an impressive resource and are enabling efficient, rapid and multiplexed pathogen detection.” We included several other recommendation letters and additional information in our petition packet such as our client’s citation count (459) and publication record (11).

Although our client was born in India, she does not have to wait for her priority date to become current before undertaking the final step towards her green card (the I-485 application). As her spouse was born in Canada, the rules of cross-chargeability apply to her—meaning her application will be charged to Canada, which has a more favorable application quota. Our law firm is currently helping our client and her husband prepare their I-485 applications. We look forward to helping them attain 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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