NIW Cases Approved in April 2009
This report includes seventeen (17) National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases filed by LPY Law Group 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 LPY Law Group.
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 LPY Law Group 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.
