NIW Cases Approved in June 2009
This report includes seventeen (17) National Interest Waiver (NIW) cases filed by LPY Law Group and approved by the USCIS in June 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: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 21 journal papers
Cited approximately 70 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: May 21, 2009
Approval Date: June 12, 2009
Case #2
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Nanotechnology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited approximately 100 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: June 3, 2009
Approval Date: June 29, 2009
Case #3
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Neuroscience
Major Credentials: M.D. from a foreign university
Published 5 journal papers
Received national Science and Technology Progress Award from a foreign country
Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: December 18, 2007
Approval Date: June 19, 2009
Case #4
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 7 journal papers
Cited approximately 95 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: January 10, 2008
Approval Date: June 19, 2009
Case #5
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Microbiology
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 10 journal papers
Cited approximately 25 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: June 9, 2008
Approval Date: June 17, 2009
Case #6
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Medical Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 15 journal papers
Cited approximately 95 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: January 19, 2009
Approval Date: June 2, 2009
Case #7
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 11 journal papers
Invited to serve as a peer-reviewer for journals
Cited approximately 80 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: May 29, 2009
Approval Date: June 29, 2009
Case #8
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Physics
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 24 journal papers
Invited to review the works of others 9 times
Cited approximately 150 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: April 28, 2009
Approval Date: June 23, 2009
Case #9
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Environmental Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 5 journal papers
Cited approximately 45 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 1 independent experts
Filing Date: December 31, 2008
Approval Date: June 2, 2009
Case #10
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biochemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 6 journal papers
Cited approximately 110 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: May 29, 2009
Approval Date: June 30, 2009
Case #11
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Network Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 17 journal papers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: June 23, 2008
Approval Date: June 24, 2009
Case #12
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 15 journal papers
Cited approximately 60 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: February 27, 2009
Approval Date: June 23, 2009
Case #13
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 18 journal papers
Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: November 2, 2007
Approval Date: June 11, 2009
Case #14
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Medical Research
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 30 journal papers
Cited approximately 120 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 5 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: April 23, 2009
Approval Date: June 23, 2009
Case #15
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Materials Science
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 16 journal papers
Cited approximately 110 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 3 independent experts
Filing Date: May 6, 2009
Approval Date: June 19, 2009
Case #16
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Chemical Engineering
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a U.S. university
Published 9 journal papers
Cited approximately 40 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 2 independent experts
Filing Date: November 5, 2008
Approval Date: June 15, 2009
Case #17
Case Type: Eb-2 NIW
Field of Research: Biochemistry
Major Credentials: Ph.D. from a foreign university
Published 15 journal papers
Cited approximately 170 times by other researchers
Supporting Letters: 6 including 4 independent experts
Filing Date: May 7, 2008
Approval Date: June 1, 2009
For more approved cases, please see http://www.niwus.com/Approvals.html.
