EB-1A Cases Approved in May 2009

This report includes eight (8) Eb-1A cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in May 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 Tiffany Smith, Senior Legal Assistant at LPY Law Group.

Case #1:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Materials Science
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                                    Published 14 journal and conference papers
                                    Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers
                                    Invited to review the works of others over 10 times
Supporting Letters:      6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                  January 23, 2009
Approval Date:            May 4, 2009

Case #2:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Molecular Genetics
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a foreign university
                                    Published 38 journal papers
                                    Published 2 Book Chapters
                                    Received national Science and Technology Advancement Award from a foreign country
                                   Cited approximately 105 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:     6 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:                 November 11, 2008
Approval Date:            May 15, 2009

Case #3:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a U.S. university.
                                    Published 12 journal papers
                                    Cited over 100 times by other researchers
                                    Invited to serve as a peer-reviewer for journals
Supporting Letters:     6 including 2 independent expert
Filing Date:                 September 14, 2008
Approval Date:            May 18, 2009

Case #4:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Biomedical Research
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a foreign university
                                    Published 18 journal papers
                                    Cited approximately 130 times by other researchers
                                    Invited to review the works of others
Supporting Letters:      6 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date:                 June 6, 2008
Approval Date:            May 21, 2009

Case #5:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Materials Science
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a foreign university
                                    Published 15 journal papers
                                    Cited approximately 110 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:      6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                  November 6, 2008
Approval Date:            May 20, 2009

Case #6:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                                    Published 15 journal papers
                                    Invited to review the works of others 14 times
                                    Cited approximately 280 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:      6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date:                  December 23, 2008
Approval Date:            May 20, 2009

Case #7:

Case Type:                  Eb-1A
Field of Research:       Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials:       Ph.D. from a U.S. university
                                    Published 20 journal papers with heavy citations
                                    Invited to review the works of others 6 times
Supporting Letters:      6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date:                  April 24, 2009
Approval Date:            May 21, 2009

Case #8:

Case Type:                 Eb-1A
Field of Research:      Pharmacology
Major Credentials:      Ph.D. from a foreign university
                                   Published 8 journal papers
                                   Invited to review the works of others 25 times
                                   Cited approximately 80 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters:     6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date:                 July 15, 2008
Approval Date:            May 4, 2009

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