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This report includes fourteen (14) National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases filed by Liu &
Associates and approved by the USCIS in January 2009. We list the basic credentials of each
case and hope the readers find the information helpful. For confidentiality purpose, a numeric
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 Tiffany Smith, Certified Paralegal at Liu & Associates, PLLC.

Case #1:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Semiconductor Research
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 8 journal papers
Supporting Letters:       6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:              August 15, 2007
Approval Date:            January 26, 2009

Case #2:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Environmental Engineering
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 7 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 35 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:              October 16, 2007
Approval Date:            January 30, 2009

Case #3:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Biotechnology
Major Credentials:        M.S. from a U.S. university
                     Published 14 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 80 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:              July 27, 2007
Approval Date:            January 12, 2009

Case #4:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Microbiology
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a foreign university
                     Published 18 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 50 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:              October 12, 2007
Approval Date:            January 29, 2009

Case #5:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Experimental Physics
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university.
                     Published 15 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 80 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 1 independent expert
Filing Date:              October 9, 2007
Approval Date:            January 22, 2009

Case #6:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Materials Science
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 8 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:              August 1, 2008
Approval Date:            January 30, 2009

Case #7:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Developmental Biology
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a foreign university
                     Published 9 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 95 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:              February 8, 2009
Approval Date:            January 5, 2009

Case #8:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Surface Chemistry
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 16 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 75 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:              October 16, 2007
Approval Date:            January 29, 2009

Case #9:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a foreign university
                     Published 11 journal papers
Supporting Letters:       6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:              October 13, 2008
Approval Date:            January 21, 2009

Case #10:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a foreign university
                     Published 12 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 35 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       6
Filing Date:              July 23, 2007
Approval Date:            January 26, 2009

Case #11:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Computer Science
Major Credentials:        M.E. from a foreign university
                     Published 10 journal papers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:              August 6, 2007
Approval Date:            January 28, 2009

Case #12:

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:        Medical Imaging Physics
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 20 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 125 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       4 including 1 independent expert
Filing Date:              January 7, 2008
Approval Date:            January 29, 2009

Case #13:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Structural Engineering
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 13 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 74 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:              October 25, 2007
Approval Date:            January 28, 2009

Case #14:

Case Type:                Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research:        Biomedical Research
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                     Published 10 journal papers
                     Cited approximately 135 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:       6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:              May 6, 2008
Approval Date:            January 12, 2009