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National Interest Waiver (NIW) Cases Approved in July 2009
This report includes thirty (30) NIW cases filed by Liu & Associates 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 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 Lisa Sun, Law Clerk at Liu & Associates, PLLC.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
This report includes thirty (30) NIW cases filed by Liu & Associates 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 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 Lisa Sun, Law Clerk at Liu & Associates, PLLC.
*******************************
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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