NIW Cases Approved in April 2009
This report includes seventeen (17) National Interest Waiver (NIW) 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-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 12 journal papers
Cited approximately 120 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: November 7, 2007
Approval Date: April 16, 2009
Case #2:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Medical research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 3 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: December 28, 2007
Approval Date: April 21, 2009
Case #3:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biomedical research
Major Credentials: Master's from a foreign university
Published 10 journal papers
Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: May 9, 2008
Approval Date: April 30, 2009
Case #4:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Microbiology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 8 journal papers
Cited approximately 55 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 9, 2008
Approval Date: April 20, 2009
Case #5
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Medical research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 8 journal papers
Cited approximately 50 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 23, 2008
Approval Date: April 8, 2009
Case #6:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Molecular Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published more than 10 journal papers
Cited approximately 160 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: September 11, 2008
Approval Date: April 1, 2009
Case #7:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph. D. from a U.S. university
Published 3 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 3, 2008
Approval Date: April 20, 2009
Case #8:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 12 journal papers
Cited approximately 25 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: December 2, 2008
Approval Date: April 23, 2009
Case #9:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Geology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 12 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: October 28, 2008
Approval Date: April 15, 2009
Case #10:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Neuroscience
Major Credentials: Ph. D. from a U.S. university
Published 5 journal papers
Cited approximately 70 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 22, 2008
Approval Date: April 14, 2009
Case #11:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Polymer Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 8 journal papers
Cited approximately 140 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: March 24, 2008
Approval Date: April 6, 2009
Case #12:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biochemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 5 journal papers
Cited approximately 140 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: November 20, 2007
Approval Date: April 2, 2009
Case #13:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Civil and Environmental Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 12 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: February 26, 2008
Approval Date: April 27, 2009
Case #14:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 5 journal papers
Cited approximately 45 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5
Filing Date: January 22, 2008
Approval Date: April 8, 2009
Case #15:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-290B Appeal*
Field of Research: Protein Research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Cited approximately 120 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 2, 2008
Approval Date: April 30, 2009
*Applicant filed NIW I-140 petition by himself. After the petition was denied by USCIS,
Applicant retained Liu & Associates to appeal the case to AAO.
Case #16:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Civil Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 10 journal papers
Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: May 15, 2008
Approval Date: April 30, 2009
Case #17:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Cell Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited approximately 35 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: February 6, 2008
Approval Date: April 14, 2009
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
