EB-1A Cases Approved in April 2009

This report includes five (5) Eb-1A cases filed by Liu & Associates and approved by the USCIS in April 2009. We list the basic credentials of each case and hope the 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 Smith, Senior Legal Assistant at Liu & Associates, PLLC.

Case #1:

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Computer Engineering
Major Credentials:      Ph. D from a U.S. university
                                   Published 14 journal papers
                                   Cited approximately 160 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:     6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 February 5, 2009
Approval Date:            April 30, 2009

Case #2:

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Nanotechnology
Major Credentials:     Ph. D from a U.S. university
                                  Published 23 journal papers
                                  Frequently invited to review the works of others
Supporting Letters:    6 independent experts
Filing Date:                October 31, 2008
Approval Date:           April 27, 2009

Case #3:

Case Type:                 Eb-1A
Field of Research:      Civil Engineering        
Major Credentials:      Ph. D from a foreign university
                                   Published 61 journal papers
Supporting Letters:     6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:                 April 1, 2008
Approval Date:           April 1, 2009

Case #4:  

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Geology
Major Credentials:      Ph. D from a U.S. university
                                   Published 12 journal papers
                                   Other evidence related to research
Supporting Letters:     6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 November 24, 2008
Approval Date:           April 30, 2009

Case #5:

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology
Major Credentials:     Ph. D. from a foreign university
                                  Published 19 journal papers
                                  Cited approximately 170 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:    6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                December 4, 2008
Approval Date:          April 1, 2009

For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.