NIW Cases Approved in July 2009
This report includes thirty (30) NIW cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in July 2009. We list the basic credentials of each case and hope our readers find the information helpful. For confidentiality purposes, a number is assigned to replace the petitioner/beneficiary's name in each case. It is our firm’s policy to hold client’s information strictly confidential.
Compiled and briefed by Lisa Sun, Law Clerk at LPY Law Group.
Case #1:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from foreign university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
50 citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent expert
Filing Date: June 6, 2008
Approval Date: July 1, 2009
Case #2:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. degree from a U.S. university
20+ publications in journals and conferences
210+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent expert
Filing Date: July 8, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009
Case #3:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Semiconductors
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
30+ publications in journals and conferences proceedings
3 foreign patents
130+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 11, 2009
Approval Date: July 20, 2009
Case #4:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Materials science
Major Credentials: M.S. from a foreign university [Ph.D. candidate]
10+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
Reviewed papers for journals
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: June 19, 2008
Approval Date: July 29, 2009
Case #5:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Computer Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
20+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: June 29, 2009
Approval Date: July 28, 2009
Case #6:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
140+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
2,000+ citations from other researchers
Reviewer of papers for journals
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: June 25, 2008
Approval Date: July 7, 2009
Case #7:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
50 citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 25, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009
Case #8:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10 publications in journals and conference proceedings
40+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: July 11, 2008
Approval Date: July 21, 2009
Case #9:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Material Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
20 publications in journals and conference
30+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: June 24, 2009
Approval Date: July 27, 2009
Case #10:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Computer Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
9 publications in journals and conference proceedings
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: July 8, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009
Case #11:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Mechanical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conference proceedings
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including, 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 29, 2009
Approval Date: July 8, 2009
Case #12:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10 publications in journals and conferences
50+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: June 23, 2008
Approval Date: July 8, 2009
Case #13:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
15 publications in journals and conferences
50+ citations by other researchers
1 patent approved
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including, 3 independent experts
Filing Date: April 24, 2009
Approval Date: July 14, 2009
Case #14:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
20+ publications in top tiered journals and conferences
590+ citations from other researchers
Member of editorial board for major journal
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 28, 2009
Approval Date: July 8, 2009
Case #15:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Molecular Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
9 publications in journals and conferences
270+ citations by other researchers
Featured by Faculty of 1000 Biology 3 times
Supporting Letters: 5 letters
Filing Date: June 4, 2008
Approval Date: July 1, 2009
Case #16:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
7 publications in journals and conferences
40+ citations from other researchers
6 media reports
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 1, 2009
Approval Date: July 10, 2009
Case #17:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
20+ publications in journals and conferences
60 citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 6, 2009
Approval Date: July 2, 2009
Case #18:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Biomedical Research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
30+ publications in journals and conferences
110+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 28, 2009
Approval Date: July 6, 2009
Case #19:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
6 publications in journals and conferences
30+ citations by other researchers
1 approved patent
Supporting Letters: 5 letters
Filing Date: July 18, 2008
Approval Date: July 1, 2009
Case #20:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. at a U.S. university
10 publications in journals and conferences
130+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 30, 2009
Approval Date: July 15, 2009
Case #21:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10 publications in journals and conferences
320+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 26, 2009
Approval Date: July 7, 2009
Case #22:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Statistics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
100+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 12, 2009
Approval Date: July 29, 2009
Case #23:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering/Material Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. University
20+ publications in journals and conferences
50+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters, including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: July 1, 2009
Approval Date: July 16, 2009
Case #24:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Materials Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
50+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: F ebruary 12, 2009
Approval Date: July 22, 2009
Case #25:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Molecular Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
7 publications in journals
240+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: July 1, 2009
Approval Date: July 15, 2009
Case #26:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
9 publications in journals and conferences
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: April 28, 2009
Approval Date: July 13, 2009
Case #27:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Computer engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
70+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: July 10 2009
Approval Date: July 27, 2009
Case #28:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Bioinformatics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
5 publications in journals and conferences
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 15, 2009
Approval Date: July 13, 2009
Case #29:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
8 publications in journals and conferences
Research discoveries been commercialized
Supporting Letters: 6 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: October 10, 2008
Approval Date: July 21, 2009
Case #30:
Case Type: NIW
Field of Research: organic/medicinal chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from U.S. university
10+ publications in journals and conferences
20+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 letters including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: July 28, 2008
Approval Date: July 29, 2009
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
