Success Stories: NIW Petition Approved for Structural Engineer in South Carolina in the Field of Civil Engineering

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thank you very much for your excellent work. I am very happy with the outcome and I also want to congratulate you because my I-140 approval is also your achievement.”

On February 4th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for a Structural Engineer in the Field of Civil Engineering (Approval Notice).

General Field: Civil Engineering

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Structural Designer

Country of Origin: Colombia

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: South Carolina

Approval Notice Date: February 4th, 2016

Processing Time: 1 month, 19 days

Case Summary:

“[Client] has repeatedly conducted significant research that is protecting important American structures and saving American lives. He is one of the leading civil engineers in the U.S. today, and his continued presence is absolutely essential.”

This vote of confidence was offered by an expert civil engineer. It is excerpted from a recommendation letter that he contributed in support of our client’s EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition. North America Immigration Law Group (WeGreened.com) included this letter and several others in the carefully prepared petition packet that we submitted to the USCIS on our client’s behalf.

Our client, who has an M.Sc. in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, is developing superior methods for monitoring the structural health of civil structures. We proved that his work is contributing to the United States’ public safety as the collapse of structures is capable of causing significant harm to those inside or nearby the structure, and that halting his work will be detrimental to the nation. Besides accounting for our client’s various research projects in the field of civil engineering, we also highlighted the importance of his insights to other researchers by documenting the 34 citations to his 7 publications.

Our client recently retained us to file I-485 (final step in the green card process) applications for himself and his wife. We wish them the very best with their future endeavors here in the United States.

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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