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NIW Cases Approved in August 2013

This report includes twenty-seven (27) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in August 2013. 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 Tiffany Smith, Senior Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.

 

 Case #1

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Computer Science
Current Position: Research associate at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5
Filing Date: July 1, 2013
Approval Date: August 2, 2013

 

Case #2

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Materials Science and Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 9 journal papers
Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: July 1, 2013
Approval Date: August 2, 2013

 

Case #3

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Bioinformatics
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 7 journal papers
Cited approximately 120+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: April 1, 2013
Approval Date: August 6, 2013

 

Case #4

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Pharmaceutical Science
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 60 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: May 14, 2013
Approval Date: August 12, 2013

 

Case #5

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 14, 2013
Approval Date: August 29, 2013

 

Case #6

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Materials Science
Current Position: Postdoctoral appointee at a national laboratory
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 30+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 250 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: July 31, 2013
Approval Date: August 26, 2013

 

Case #7

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Computer Science and Engineering
Current Position: Research scientist at an engineering company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers worldwide
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: July 9, 2013
Approval Date: August 5, 2013

 

Case #8

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Computational Biology
Current Position: Research associate at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 160+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: March 27, 2013
Approval Date: August 2, 2013

 

Case #9

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Computer Science and Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 8 journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers worldwide
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: February 21, 2013
Approval Date: August 13, 2013

 

Case #10

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Science
Current Position: Assistant scientist at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 70 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: May 21, 2013
Approval Date: August 20, 2013

 

Case #11

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Current Position: Product engineering at an automotive company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 4 journal papers
Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent expert
Filing Date: May 13, 2013
Approval Date: August 20, 2013

 

Case #12

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: February 20, 2013
Approval Date: August 19, 2013

 

Case #13

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Physics
Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: July 30, 2013
Approval Date: August 19, 2013

 

Case #14

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Genetics
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited approximately 370+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 13, 2013
Approval Date: August 12, 2013

 

Case #15

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Molecular Biology
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at a medical center
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 460+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: June 18, 2013
Approval Date: August 22, 2013

 

Case #16

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Science
Current Position: Associate researcher at a medical center
Major Credentials: M.S. from a US university
Published 4 journal papers
Cited approximately 30+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 10, 2013
Approval Date: August 1, 2013

 

Case #17

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Genetics
Current Position: Research fellow at a medical school
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10 journal papers
Cited approximately 360+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 independent experts
Filing Date: July 23, 2013
Approval Date: August 5, 2013

 

Case #18

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Petroleum Engineering
Current Position: Engineer at an oil and gas consulting company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 70+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 8, 2013
Approval Date: August 12, 2013

 

Case #19

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Science
Current Position: Research fellow at a medical research institute
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 100+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 8, 2013
Approval Date: August 13, 2013

 

Case #20

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Mechanical Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral research fellow at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 80+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: June 7, 2013
Approval Date: August 28, 2013

 

Case #21

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Neuroscience
Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 3 journal papers
Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: July 17, 2013
Approval Date: August 28, 2013

 

Case #22

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Pharmacometrics
Current Position: Research specialist at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 90+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 25, 2013
Approval Date: August 26, 2013

 

Case #23

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Physics
Current Position: Research scientist at a manufacturing company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 500+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: April 10, 2013
Approval Date: August 13, 2013

 

Case #24

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Current Position: Software engineer at a technology company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 10 journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: March 26, 2013
Approval Date: August 2, 2013

 

Case #25

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral scholar at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 20 journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: February 4, 2013
Approval Date: August 27, 2013

 

Case #26

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Physics
Current Position: Physicist at a healthcare company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a US university
Published 7 journal papers
Cited approximately 160+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 3, 2013
Approval Date: August 16, 2013

 

Case #27

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral research associate at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 20 journal papers
Cited approximately 190+ times by other researchers worldwide
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: June 12, 2013
Approval Date: August 5, 2013

 

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