NIW Cases Approved in August 2014
This report includes nine (9) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in August 2014. 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 Tiffany Heitman, Senior Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.
Case #1
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmaceutical Science |
| Current Position: | Graduate research assistant at a university |
| Major Credentials: | M.S. from a U.S. university Published 6 journal papers Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | February 28, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | August 26, 2014 |
Case #2
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral research associate at a national laboratory |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 8 journal papers Cited approximately 80+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 16, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 11, 2014 |
Case #3
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Genetics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral associate at a medical school |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 30+ journal papers Cited approximately 970+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 19, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | August 14, 2014 |
Case #4
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Research and development engineer at an electronics company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 5 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | November 12, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 18, 2014 |
Case #5
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biomedical Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a medical center |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 20+ journal papers Cited approximately 360+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 26, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 28, 2014 |
Case #6
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral research associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 9 journal papers Cited approximately 140 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 11, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | August 29, 2014 |
Case #7
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmaceutical Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 20+ journal papers Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | November 12, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 21, 2014 |
Case #8
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemistry |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10 journal papers Cited approximately 120+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | October 24, 2013 |
| Approval Date: | August 4, 2014 |
Case #9
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Environmental Science |
| Current Position: | Senior staff scientist at an environmental consulting company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 480+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | March 27, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | August 8, 2014 |
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
