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NIW Cases Approved in December 2017

This report includes fourteen (14) NIW I-140 cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in December 2017. 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 Monica Castellanos, Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.

    

Case #1

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Applied Mathematics
Current Position: Vice President at a financial research company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 9 journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 27, 2017
Approval Date: December 13, 2017

    

Case #2

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Materials Science and Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 7 journal papers
Cited approximately 50+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: December 5, 2016
Approval Date: December 12, 2017

    

Case #3

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Immunology
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 4 journal papers
Cited approximately 170+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: June 26, 2017
Approval Date: December 13, 2017

    

Case #4

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Current Position: Device Engineer at a hardware company
Major Credentials: M.S. from a U.S. university
Published 3 journal papers
Cited approximately 130+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 7 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: November 17, 2016
Approval Date: December 1, 2017

    

Case #5

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Science
Current Position: Resident at a medical center
Major Credentials: M.D. from a foreign university
Published 20+ journal papers
Cited approximately 210 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: December 2, 2016
Approval Date: December 1, 2017

    

Case #6

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Petroleum Engineering
Current Position: Research Scientist at an oil and gas company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 8 journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: September 15, 2017
Approval Date: December 12, 2017

    

Case #7

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Petroleum Engineering
Current Position: Geopressure Geologist at a geosciences firm
Major Credentials: M.S. from a U.S. university
Published 5 conference papers
Cited approximately 110+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent expert
Filing Date: July 24, 2017
Approval Date: December 2, 2017

    

Case #8

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Public Health
Current Position: Neonatal Hospitalist at a hospital
Major Credentials: M.P.H. from a U.S. university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited approximately 20+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent expert
Filing Date: January 19, 2017
Approval Date: December 13, 2017

    

Case #9

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Biomedical Science
Current Position: Resident Physician at a hospital
Major Credentials: Ph.D. and M.D.'s from U.S. and foreign universities
Published 10+ journal papers
Cited approximately 300+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: September 22, 2016
Approval Date: December 15, 2017

    

Case #10

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Molecular Genetics
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at a research institute
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S.university
Published 4 journal papers
Cited approximately 60+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 19, 2017
Approval Date: December 21, 2017

    

Case #11

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Physics
Current Position: Process Engineer at a technology company
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 10+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 70+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: March 23, 2017
Approval Date: December 28, 2017

    

Case #12

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Computational Biology
Current Position: Staff Scientist at a medical research center
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 7 journal papers
Cited approximately 40+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: September 8, 2017
Approval Date: December 9, 2017

    

Case #13

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Mathematical Modeling
Current Position: Associate at an investment banking firm
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 7 journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 140+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 9 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: October 5, 2016
Approval Date: December 13, 2017

    

Case #14

Case Type: Eb-2 NIW I-140
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at a university
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 20+ journal and conference papers
Cited approximately 130+ times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: June 5, 2017
Approval Date: December 19, 2017

    

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