NIW Cases Approved in May 2009
This report includes eighteen (18) National Interest Waiver (NIW) 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-2 NIW
Field of Research: Aerospace Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university.
Published 5 journal papers
Cited approximately 30 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent expert
Filing Date: December 15, 2008
Approval Date: May 21, 2009
Case #2:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 33 journal papers
Cited approximately 140 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: December 1, 2008
Approval Date: May 12, 2009
Case #3:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university.
Published 16 journal papers
Cited approximately 86 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent expert
Filing Date: April 30, 2008
Approval Date: May 4, 2009
Case #4:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Electronic Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 25 journal papers
Cited approximately 70 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: February 8, 2008
Approval Date: May 22, 2009
Case #5:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university.
Published 26 journal papers
Cited approximately 85 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent expert
Filing Date: May 6, 2008
Approval Date: May 8, 2009
Case #6:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 30 journal papers with heavy citations
Supporting Letters: 6 including 5 independent experts
Filing Date: November 7, 2008
Approval Date: May 26, 2009
Case #7:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Materials Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university.
Published 8 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent expert
Filing Date: January 8, 2009
Approval Date: May 4, 2009
Case #8:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Organic Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 18 journal papers
Cited approximately 250 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: October 15, 2008
Approval Date: May 20, 2009
Case #9:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biochemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 2 journal papers
Cited approximately 89 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: May 16, 2008
Approval Date: May 4, 2009
Case #10:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Bioengineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 4 journal papers and
Featured in USA Today and www.NewScience.com
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: September 29, 2008
Approval Date: May 14, 2009
Case #11:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Developmental Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 5 journal papers
Cited approximately 37 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: January 4, 2008
Approval Date: May 19, 2009
Case #12:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biochemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 8 journal papers
Cited approximately 86 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: January 12, 2009
Approval Date: May 5, 2009
Case #13:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Medical Research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university.
Published 18 journal papers
Cited approximately 128 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 8 including 6 independent expert
Filing Date: June 3, 2008
Approval Date: May 21, 2009
Case #14:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Pharmacology & Toxicology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 4 journal papers
Co-authored 6 conference proceeding papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: May 6, 2008
Approval Date: May 7, 2009
Case #15:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Electrical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 16 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: December 13, 2007
Approval Date: May 21, 2009
Case #16:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biomedical Research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 7 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: December 20, 2007
Approval Date: May 7, 2009
Case #17:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Computer Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 11 journal papers
Cited approximately 164 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: April 2, 2008
Approval Date: May 28, 2009
Case #18:
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Neuroscience
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 4 journal papers
Cited approximately 61 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: November 14, 2008
Approval Date: May 19, 2009
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
