NIW Cases Approved in February 2020
This report includes seven (7) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in February 2020. 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 Engineering and Computer Science |
| Current Position: | Software Engineer at a technology company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S.university Published 10+ journal papers Cited approximately 370+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 24, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 25, 2020 |
Case #2
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Material Science |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Scholar at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 6 journal papers Cited approximately 640+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 3 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | July 18, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 4, 2020 |
Case #3
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Economics |
| Current Position: | Associate Professor at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 50+ journal papers Cited approximately 550+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 23, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 18, 2020 |
Case #4
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Power Electronics |
| Current Position: | Design Engineer at an automotive company |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 10+ journal and conference papers Cited approximately 210+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | August 15, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 27, 2020 |
Case #5
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Food Biochemistry |
| Current Position: | Research Scholar at a research institute |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a foreign university Published 8 journal papers Cited approximately 140+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | April 26, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 5, 2020 |
Case #6
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Current Position: | Postdoctoral Research Associate at a university |
| Major Credentials: | Ph.D. from a U.S. university Published 4 journal and conference papers Cited approximately 70+ times by other researchers |
| Supporting Letters: | 5 including 2 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | January 22, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 3, 2020 |
Case #7
| Case Type: | Eb-2 NIW I-140 |
| Field of Research: | Physics |
| Current Position: | Software Engineer at a semiconductor company |
| 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 independent experts |
| Filing Date: | August 13, 2019 |
| Approval Date: | February 19, 2020 |
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
