Success Stories: Our Firm Recently Helped an Assistant Professor from Thailand in the Field of Computer Science Obtain His Green Card

Client’s Testimonial:

“Thank you for helping us with the I-140 NIW application. I received the original approval notice last Thursday […] Thank you again, I will definitely recommend your firm to my friends.”

On April 19^th, 2016, we received another EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) approval for an Assistant Professor in the Field of Computer Science (Approval Notice).

General Field: Computer Science

Position at the Time of Case Filing: Assistant Professor

Country of Origin: Thailand

Service Center: Texas Service Center (TSC)

State of Residence at the Time of Filing: South Carolina

Approval Notice Date: April 19^th, 2016

Processing Time: 9 months, 17 days

Case Summary:

An assistant professor from Thailand engaged North America Immigration Law Group’s legal services to help him put together and submit a strong EB-2 NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition on his behalf. With two master’s degrees and a doctoral degree under his belt, our client is certainly armed with the educational background to conduct outstanding work that is beneficial to the United States.

Qualifying for the national interest waiver:

To prove that our client qualified for the national interest waiver, we had to highlight his various accomplishments and prove to the USCIS that not many other researchers with similar qualifications can attain the same level of success. Furthermore, we had to establish that our client’s research on the development of novel algorithms, platforms, and tools to meet the rising demand for efficient data mining approaches in medical research is important to the U.S. health care and medical industries. One way we did this was by documenting the 27 citations gathered from his 8 conference and journal articles, 1 first-authored journal article, and 1 U.S. patent.

Fortifying the EB-2 NIW petition:

We also encouraged him to reach out to other experts in the field (whom we helped select) and ask them for recommendation letters. All six of the recommendation letters that our client managed to obtain attested to the value of his work to both the field as well as the United States. Here is what one of these recommenders had to say about our client’s work: “The repeated successes of [Client’s] past and recent work provide a veritable guarantee that he will continue to advance the field as a whole. As such, his continued research presents an opportunity for both the biomedical and data mining research communities in the United States.”

Filing an I-485 application while the I-140 petition is pending approval:

What many green card applicants do not realize is that they do not necessarily have to wait for their I-140 petition to be approved before adjusting their status for permanent residence (filing an I-485 application). They can choose to file both simultaneously, file them consecutively, or file the I-485 application while the I-140 petition is pending approval. In this case, our client chose the third option. This enabled him to significantly trim down the overall wait time to receive a green card (he received notification of green card approval less than 2 weeks after receiving his EB-2 NIW petition approval).

Story of Success:

We congratulate our client and his spouse for becoming American permanent residents. It was a pleasure guiding them through the complex green card process, and we are pleased that they placed their complete trust in us to help them accomplish their goal of getting 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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With more than 47,000 EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-2 NIW and O-1 cases approved, we have first hand information on the manner in which the USCIS adjudicate I-140 cases. As the USCIS has constantly changed its adjudication standards for the EB-1A, EB-1B and EB-2 NIW categories, our firm's huge database of successful cases gives you unprecedented insight to USCIS adjudication trends. We carefully analyze the data for all of our cases and apply the results of our analyses toward giving our clients up-to-date advice and adapting our strategies such that we remain on par with the ever-shifting landscape of immigration law in the U.S. With us, you will always have access to important updates, strategies, and information so that you can make the most informed decisions about your case.

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