EB-1A Cases Approved in February 2009

This report includes six (6) Eb-1A cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in February 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-1A
Field of Research:     Nanotechnology
Major Credentials:     Ph.D. from
                                  Published 22 journal papers
                                  Holds 4 patents
                                  Invited to review the work of others 25 times
                                  Cited approximately 1,100 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:    6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:                May 15, 2008
Approval Date:           February 4, 2009

Case #2:  

Case Type:                Eb-1B
Field of Research:     Neuroradiology
Major Credentials:     M.D. and M.S. from a foreign university
                                  Published 14 journal papers
                                  Co-authored 1 book and 1 book chapter
Supporting Letters:    5 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                July 17, 2008
Approval Date:           February 3, 2009

Case #3:  

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Signal Processing
Major Credentials:     Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                                  Published 23 journal papers
                                  Invited to review the work of others for 12 journals
Supporting Letters:    6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                July 29, 2008
Approval Date:           February 9, 2009

Case #4:

Case Type:                Eb-1B
Field of Research:     Biotechnology
Major Credentials:     Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                                  Published 12 journal papers
                                  Co-authored 1 book chapter
                                  Cited approximately 190 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:    5 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:                 August 28, 2008
Approval Date:           February 19, 2009

Case #5:  

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Particle Physics
Major Credentials:     Ph.D. from a foreign university
                                  Published 145 journal papers
                                  Cited approximately 2,300 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:    3 independent experts
Filing Date:                 June 27, 2008
Approval Date:           February 2, 2009

Case #6:

Case Type:                Eb-1A
Field of Research:     Autoimmune Research
Major Credentials:     Ph.D. from a foreign university
                                  Published 17 journal papers
                                  Invited to review the work of others
                                  Cited approximately 120 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:    5 independent experts
Filing Date:                June 6, 2008
Approval Date:           February 2, 2009

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