NIW Cases Approved in January 2019
This report includes ten (10) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in January 2019. 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 Monica Castellanos, Senior Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.
Case #1
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Current Position: | Assistant Professor at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 8 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | February 9, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 29, 2019 |
Case #2
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Applied Mathematics |
| Current Position: | Research Fellow at a research center |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 6 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 18, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 25, 2019 |
Case #3
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Auditory Neuroscience |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 3 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 8, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 28, 2019 |
Case #4
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Statistics |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Researcher at a medical center |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 120+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 4 including 1 independent expert |
| Filing Date: | February 27, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 25, 2019 |
Case #5
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Fellow at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 20+ journal papers Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 3, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 7, 2019 |
Case #6
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | February 21, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 11, 2019 |
Case #7
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Biosciences |
| Current Position: | Fellow at a government agency |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 180+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | December 7, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 23, 2019 |
Case #8
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Current Position: | Engineer at a software company |
| Major Credentials: | M.S. from U.S. universities Published 4 journal papers Cited approximately 10+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 2, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 29, 2019 |
Case #9
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Electrical Engineering |
| Current Position: | Technical Staff Member at a R&D company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 50+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 1,190 times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 13, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 4, 2019 |
Case #10
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Mathematics |
| Current Position: | Research Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10 journal papers Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | June 29, 2018 |
| Approval Date: | January 23, 2019 |
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
