EB-1B Cases Approved in July 2009

This report includes six (6) Eb-1B cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in July 2009. 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 Lisa Sun, Law Clerk at LPY Law Group.

Case #1:  

Case Type:                  Eb-1B
Field of Research:       Mechanical engineer
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. degree from a U.S. university
                                    5 publications in journals and conferences, all first author
                                    50+ citations from other researchers
Supporting Letters:      6 letters, including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 January 7, 2009
Approval Date:            July 14, 2009        

Case #2:  

Case Type:                  Eb-1B
Field of Research:       Statistics
Major Credentials:        Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                                    17 publications in journals and conferences
                                    100+ citations by other researchers                         
Supporting Letters:      5 letters including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:                  May 19, 2009
Approval Date:            July 31, 2009

Case #3:

Case Type:                  EB-1B
Field of Research:       Lithography
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from U.S. university
                                   13 publications in journals and conference proceedings
                                   Reviewer work for 10 journals
Supporting Letters:     6 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 March 20, 2009
Approval Date:           July 8, 2009

Case #4:

Case Type:                  Eb-1B
Field of Research:       Material science
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from U.S. university
                                   10+ publications in journals and conferences
                                   50+ citations by other researchers
Supporting Letters:     5 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 February 23, 2009
Approval Date:           July 22, 2009        

Case #5:

Case Type:                  Eb-1B
Field of Research:       Biology
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from foreign university
                                   400+ citations by other researchers
                                   15 publications in journals and conferences
                                   Reviewer work for multiple journals
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Supporting Letters:     6 letters including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 February 20, 2009
Approval Date:           July 10, 2009

Case #6:

Case Type:                  Eb-1B
Field of Research:       Chemical engineering
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from U.S. university
                                   50+ citations from other researchers
                                   10 peer-reviewed publications
                                   Reviewer work for 7 journals
Supporting Letters:     5 independent experts
Filing Date:                 November 21, 2008
Approval Date:            July 30, 2009

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