Eb-1A Approvals in January 2015
This report includes twenty (20) Eb-1A cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in January 2015. 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 the client’s information strictly confidential.
Compiled and briefed by Tiffany Heitman, Senior Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.
Case #1
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Materials Science and Engineering |
| Current Position: | Advisory Engineer at a technology company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 20+ journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 230 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 2, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 29, 2015 |
Case #2
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Molecular Biology and Biomedical Research |
| Current Position: | Fellow at a medical school |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 260+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 12, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | January 21, 2015 |
Case #3
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | September 3, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 28, 2015 |
Case #4
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmaceutical Science |
| Current Position: | Senior Research Assistant at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 20+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 370+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 23, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 6, 2015 |
Case #5
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Research Fellow at a hospital |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 8 journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 210+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 31, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 15, 2015 |
Case #6
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmacology |
| Current Position: | Research Specialist at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 20+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 370+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | August 5, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 15, 2015 |
Case #7
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemistry |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 22, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 6, 2015 |
Case #8
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Cell Biology |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 1,400+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 30, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 7, 2015 |
Case #9
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Research Associate at a research institute |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 20+ journal and conference papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 220+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 16, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | January 27, 2015 |
Case #10
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Organic Chemistry |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 660+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 13, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | January 26, 2015 |
Case #11
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biological Science |
| Current Position: | Research Associate at a research institute |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 160 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 19, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 2, 2015 |
Case #12
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Pharmaceutical Science |
| Current Position: | Research Scientist at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 20+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 470+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 17, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 12, 2015 |
Case #13
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemistry and Chemical Biology |
| Current Position: | Research Associate at a research company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 660 times by other researchers worldwide |
| Supporting Letters: | 2 including 1 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | August 14, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 14, 2015 |
Case #14
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Geophysicist at a geoscience company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 450+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 8, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | January 23, 2015 |
Case #15
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Materials Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Research Associate at a laboratory |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal paper Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 12, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | January 20, 2015 |
Case #16
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Computational Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Research Associate at a laboratory |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 20+ journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 290+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 12, 2015 |
| Approval Date: | January 22, 2015 |
Case #17
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Guest Researcher at a research institute |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 190+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 11, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 14, 2015 |
Case #18
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Molecular Biology |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10 journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 230+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 4 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 31, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 12, 2015 |
Case #19
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Current Position: | Unemployed |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Invited to review the works of others 10+ times Cited approximately 1,200+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 23, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 6, 2015 |
Case #20
| Case Type: | Eb-1A I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Public Health |
| Current Position: | Assistant Professor at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Consistently invited to review the works of others Cited approximately 140 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 3 experts |
| Filing Date: | December 19, 2014 |
| Approval Date: | January 5, 2015 |
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
