Case Summary:

North America Immigration Law Group was approached by a Connecticut-based postdoctoral associate to help him file an NIW (National Interest Waiver) petition. He held an M.S. in electrical engineering with great skills and experience in the field of electrical engineering. Before we started preparing his case, we evaluated his credentials and after a thorough assessment of his education and research background, we agreed to the client-attorney relationship agreement. Therefore, we began with his NIW petition packet and incorporated the following details:

Research Description– We detailed his research of 6 years on generating machine learning algorithms and hardware security countermeasures to investigate embedded systems authentication and encryption, blockchain-based design and security, and implementation of security measures in the integrated circuit. His research in this area is of great importance because it offers key new insights and tools to ensure global cybersecurity. We deduced that his research is relevant to combating cybercrime, ensuring circuit chip security, and progressing 5G communications and Internet of Things technologies.

Publication, Citation Count & Peer Review Experience– Also, we noted that our client published 3 first-authored, peer-reviewed journal articles and 4 peer-reviewed conference articles (3 first-authored), which altogether had accumulated 125 citations. This confirms the widespread implementation of his work in the field. Besides, we specified how he has completed at least 4 peer reviews to date for elite journals which invite leading researchers to conduct peer review to ensure the originality, relevance, and scientific accuracy of accepted work. Thus, he has aided in providing global comprehensive updates on microelectronic circuits and systems and advanced the field of electrical engineering.

Recommendation Letter– We advise our clients to provide us with a few recommendations from other well-known researchers in the field. Consequently, our client abided by our request, obtained four recommendation letters from other independent advisors in the field corroborating the same as the below stated:

“Over the last decade, there has been an increase in cases of piracy in the information technology sector, causing massive financial losses… Therefore, [client’s] work on not only providing a handbook for cutting edge reverse engineering and anti-reverse engineering methods but also innovating new ways is invaluable to the information technology sector. For this reason, I find his research substantially important and highly recommend his retention in the United States to continue his work without interruption.”

Our attorneys and associated team members truly thank our client for trusting our law firm with his I-140 case processing and for cooperating with us throughout the process. We also congratulate him for achieving this NIW petition approval as it is a major accomplishment in getting closer to the green card process. We wish him well in his future endeavors.